...have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise." § " ak, provided certain materials ; and, afterwards,...subordination to these rules, the task of drawing forth a * Rom. тШ. 35. 37. + 2 Cor. iv. 8, 9, 10. 14. le, 17. t James v. )0, 11. « Heb. x. 32_36. be counted...

...speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" Luke xviii, 7, 8. " We ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for...endure ; which is a manifest token of the righteous judgement of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer : seeing...

...Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost," 1 Thess. ch. L 6. " vation ; that when " we go the way of all earth, we...preeence," and admitted into thy heavenly kingdom. Amen. 2 Thess. chap. i. 4. We may seem to have, accumulated /texts unnecessarily; but beside that the point...

...which will take place at the coming of the day of the Lord ( 1 Thess. iv. 14). XVI. 2 Thess. i. " 5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment...God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer : 6 seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation...

...apostle encourages the Thessalonians, who saitb, 'We ourselves glory in you, &c. for your patienee, and faith in all your persecutions, and tribulations,...endure, which is a manifest token of the righteous judgments of God, that ye may be worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer, seeing it...

...feel the Lord in all your afflictions. And the apostle saith, ' We ourselves glory in you, (to wit, in the churches of God,) for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure.' So here you may see the saints are one another's joy in the Lord, who doth uphold them...

...unsearchable riches of Christ. O Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the chief. So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches...your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure — For ye had compassion on me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing...

...faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboiindeth : 4 So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches...your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure ; Observe here, 1. The holy wisdom and pious prudence of our apostle, who being about to magnify and...

...give thee a crown of life. Re. ii. 10. Far their' t is thf kingdom of (lad.] See ver*e 3, and com. r ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them ; b i'.iii Ii in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure ; which it a manifest token of the...

...threatened with future punishment, and a rest is promised to the faithful. These are the words of Paul. " So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches...a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, for which ye also suffer; seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them...