...with joy of the Holy Ghost, and much assurance, not in word only, but in power; that they had shewed the work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in Christ Jesus,c and were the elect of God in whom the word wrought effectually ;<z and yet he doth...

...sary.' f See on p. 119, Refutation. $ 3 Cor. v. ~. § Eph. vi. 16. 1 Tim. vi. 12- fl Gal. u. 30. " the work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of " hope," and " patient continuance in well-doing:" yet, after all, to the very last, k is by faith alone, that...

...brought ' quite on the verge of heaven,' they have been willing to retire from the rieir of its robee, its palms, its diadems, its mansions, and its enraptured...for a moment, be contested, says, " Come up hither," it, to render those spiritual services to their fallen fellow* Creatures, which death will bring to...

...state. They lie in three words, — faith, hope, and charity. The Apostle beheld in the Thessalonians the work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus ; and hence knew their election of God. Wouldst thou prove thyself one of the elect...

...to increase faith, hope, and love ; so if you can thereby trace in yourselves stronger evidences of the work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, your confidence will be increased, that he which hath begun a good work in...

...crimes and abused talents ; or, on the other hand, the privileges secured to them as believers, and the " work of faith, and labour of " love, and patience of hope in the Lord Jesus," to determine the measure of their gracious recompense. " Surely man walketh in...

...chastened habit of mind ; and it will exhibit what the Apostle so much valued in the Thessalonians — the " work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ and in the sight of God and our Father." But shall we despair of seeing all...

...should make you give all diligence that you may crowd into what remains of it as much as possible of "the work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope." Rise then, and be doing. Lose not a moment; every passing hour is precious — for it embraces a portion...

...purposes." — Ibid. Vol. ip 289. 9. " But faith, which ' worketh by love,' will manifest itself by the ' work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope,' and ' patient continuance in well doing:' yet, after all, to the very last, it is by faith alone, that...

...modes of honouring the Redeemer, and being the most effectively beneficial to men ;— in a word, " the work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ ;" all the methods within their wide and powerful grasp, by which they may...