...to his work. Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the beginning, &c. The Lesson. 1 Thess. v. 2. Yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord...safety,' then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child : and they shall not escape. But ye brethren, are not in darkness,...

...informs us, as a flash of lightning ; or, as an apostle expresses it, the day of the Lord will so come, as a thief in the night. For when they shall say,...safety ; then sudden destruction cometh upon them. And who can doubt that such a sight, bursting in such a manner upon men immersed in worldly cares and pleasures,...

...beginning, &c. The Lesson. 1 Thess. v. 2. Yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord so eonn-ili as a thief in the night. For when they shall say,...safety,' then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child : and they shall not escape. But ye brethren, are not in darkness,...

...In the apostolical epistles. Paul says to the Thessalonians, " Yourselves know perfectly, brethren, that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say 37 peace and safety, then sudden destruction shall come upon them, as travail upon a woman with child...

...we unto you. beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more; d 11 And that ye study to be t 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief iu quiet, and to do your own the night. business, and to work with 3 For when they shall...

...judgment, &ьс. BUT of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh...

...the seasons, brethren, ye have 5 not revealed. no nee(j that I write unto you ; for yourselves know 2 perfectly, that the day of the Lord so cometh as a...shall say, Peace and safety ; then sudden destruction 3 cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child ; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren,...

...snare, and all their hopes are at once cut off, and turned into everlasting despair : 1 Thess. v. 3. " When they shall say, Peace and safety ; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child ; and they shall not escape. SECT. III. r The subject applied. I....

...the next chapter." But of the times and seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you : for yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night," &c. The apostle, by the expression he uses, probably had in his mind those...

...words. CHAP. V. UT of the times and the seasons, hrethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. t 2 For yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety ; then sudden destruction cometh...