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<BR><FONT SIZE=+3><B>F I R S T T H E S S A L O N I A N S.</B></FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=+2>CHAP. I.</FONT>
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After the introduction
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Th+1:1">ver. 1</A>)
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the apostle begins with a thanksgiving to God for the saving benefits
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bestowed on them,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Th+1:2-5">ver. 2-5</A>.
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And then mentions the sure evidences of the good success of the gospel
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among them, which was notorious and famous in several other places,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Th+1:6-10">ver. 6-10</A>.</P>
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<TR><TD><FONT SIZE=+1><I>Inscription and Apostolical Salutation.</I></FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=BOTTOM><FONT SIZE=-1>A. D.</FONT> 51.</TD></TR>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the
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Thessalonians <I>which is</I> in God the Father and <I>in</I> the Lord
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Jesus Christ: Grace <I>be</I> unto you, and peace, from God our
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Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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In this introduction we have,</P>
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I. The inscription, where we have,
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1. The persons from whom this epistle came, or by whom it was written.
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Paul was the inspired apostle and writer of this epistle, though he
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makes no mention of his apostleship, which was not doubted of by the
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Thessalonians, nor opposed by any false apostle among them. He joins
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Silvanus (or Silas) and Timotheus with himself (who had now come to him
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with an account of the prosperity of the churches in Macedonia), which
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shows this great apostle's humility, and how desirous he was to put
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honour upon the ministers of Christ who were of an inferior rank and
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standing. A good example this is to such ministers as are of greater
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abilities and reputation in the church than some others.
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2. The persons to whom this epistle is written, namely, the church of
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the Thessalonians, the converted Jews and Gentiles in Thessalonica; and
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it is observable that this church is said to <I>be in God the Father
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and in the Lord Jesus Christ;</I> they had fellowship with the Father,
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and his Son Jesus Christ,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Jo+1:3">1 John i. 3</A>.
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They were a Christian church, because they believed in God the Father
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and in the Lord Jesus Christ. They believed the principles both of
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natural and revealed religion. The Gentiles among them were turned to
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God from idols, and the Jews among them believed Jesus to be the
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promised Messias. All of them were devoted and dedicated to God the
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Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: to God as their chief good and
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highest end, to Jesus Christ as their Lord and Mediator between God and
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man. God the Father is the original centre of all natural religion; and
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Jesus Christ is the author and centre of all revealed religion. <I>You
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believe in God,</I> says our Saviour, <I>believe also in me.</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Joh+14:1">John xiv. 1</A>.</P>
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II. The salutation or apostolical benediction: <I>Grace be with you,
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and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.</I> This is
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the same for substance as in the other epistles. Grace and peace are
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well joined together; for the free grace or favour of God is the spring
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or fountain of all the peace and prosperity we do or can enjoy; and
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where there are gracious dispositions in us we may hope for peaceful
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thoughts in our own breasts; both grace and peace, and all spiritual
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blessings, come to us from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ;
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from God the original of all good, and from the Lord Jesus the
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purchaser of all good for us; from God in Christ, and so our Father in
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covenant, because he is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Note, As all good comes from God, so no good can be hoped for by
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sinners but from God in Christ. And the best good may be expected from
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God as our Father for the sake of Christ.</P>
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<TR><TD><FONT SIZE=+1><I>Thanksgiving to God.</I></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of
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you in our prayers;
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3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of
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love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight
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of God and our Father;
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4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
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5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in
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power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know
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what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
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I. The apostle begins with thanksgiving to God. Being about to mention
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the things that were matter of joy to him, and highly praiseworthy in
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them, and greatly for their advantage, he chooses to do this by way of
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thanksgiving to God, who is the author of all that good that comes to
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us, or is done by us, at any time. God is the object of all religious
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worship, of prayer and praise. And thanksgiving to God is a great duty,
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to be performed always or constantly; even when we do not actually give
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thanks to God by our words, we should have a grateful sense of God's
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goodness upon our minds. Thanksgiving should be often repeated; and not
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only should we be thankful for the favours we ourselves receive, but
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for the benefits bestowed on others also, upon our fellow-creatures and
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fellow-christians. The apostle gave thanks not only for those who were
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his most intimate friends, or most eminently favoured of God, but for
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them all.</P>
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II. He joined prayer with his praise or thanksgiving. When we in every
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thing by prayer and supplication make our requests known to God, we
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should join thanksgiving therewith,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Php+4:6">Phil. iv. 6</A>.
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So when we give thanks for any benefit we receive we should join
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prayer. We should pray always and without ceasing, and should pray not
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only for ourselves, but for others also, for our friends, and should
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make mention of them in our prayers. We may sometimes mention their
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names, and should make mention of their case and condition; at least,
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we should have their persons and circumstances in our minds,
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remembering them without ceasing. Note, As there is much that we ought
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to be thankful for on the behalf of ourselves and our friends, so there
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is much occasion of constant prayer for further supplies of good.</P>
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III. He mentions the particulars for which he was so thankful to God;
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namely,</P>
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1. The saving benefits bestowed on them. These were the grounds and
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reasons of his thanksgiving.
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(1.) Their faith and their work of faith. Their faith he tells them
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Th+1:8"><I>v.</I> 8</A>)
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was very famous, and spread abroad. This is the radical grace; and
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their faith was a true and living faith, because a working faith.
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Note, Wherever there is a true faith, it will work: it will have an
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influence upon heart and life; it will put us upon working for God and
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for our own salvation. We have comfort in our own faith and the faith
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of others when we perceive the work of faith. <I>Show me thy faith by
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thy works,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Jam+2:18">Jam. ii. 18</A>.
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(2.) Their love and labour of love. Love is one of the cardinal graces;
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it is of great use to us in this life and will remain and be perfected
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in the life to come. <I>Faith works by love;</I> it shows itself in the
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exercise of love to God and love to our neighbour; as love will show
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itself by labour, it will put us upon taking pains in religion.
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(3.) Their hope and the patience of hope. <I>We are saved by hope.</I>
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This grace is compared to the soldier's helmet and sailor's anchor, and
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is of great use in times of danger. Wherever there is a well-grounded
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hope of eternal life, it will appear by the exercise of patience; in a
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patient bearing of the calamities of the present time and a patient
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waiting for the glory to be revealed. <I>For, if we hope for that we
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see not, then do we with patience wait for it,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ro+8:25">Rom. viii. 25</A>.</P>
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2. The apostle not only mentions these three cardinal graces, faith,
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hope and love, but also takes notice,
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(1.) Of the object and efficient cause of these graces, namely, our
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Lord Jesus Christ.
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(2.) Of the sincerity of them: being in the <I>sight of God even our
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Father.</I> The great motive to sincerity is the apprehension of God's
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eye as always upon us; and it is a sign of sincerity when in all we do
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we endeavour to approve ourselves to God, and that is right which is so
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in the sight of God. Then is the work of faith, or labour of love, or
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patience of hope, sincere, when it is done under the eye of God.
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(3.) He mentions the fountain whence these graces flow, namely, God's
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electing love: <I>Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Th+1:4"><I>v.</I> 4</A>.
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Thus he runs up these streams to the fountain, and that was God's
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eternal election. Some by their election of God would understand only
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the temporary separation of the Thessalonians from the unbelieving Jews
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and Gentiles in their conversion; but this was according to the
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<I>eternal purpose of him who worketh all things according to the
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counsel of his own will,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Eph+1:11">Eph. i. 11</A>.
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Speaking of their election, he calls them, <I>brethren beloved;</I> for
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the original of the brotherhood that is between Christians and the
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relation wherein they stand one to another is election. And it is a
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good reason why we should <I>love one another,</I> because we are all
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beloved of God, and were beloved of him in his counsels when there was
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not any thing in us to merit his love. The election of these
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Thessalonians was known to the apostles, and therefore might be known
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to themselves, and that by the fruits and effects thereof--their
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sincere faith, and hope, and love, by the successful preaching of the
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gospel among them. Observe,
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[1.] All those who in the fulness of time are effectually called and
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sanctified were from eternity elected and chosen to salvation.
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[2.] The election of God is of his own good pleasure and mere grace,
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not for the sake of any merit in those who are chosen.
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[3.] The election of God may be known by the fruits thereof.
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[4.] Whenever we are giving thanks to God for his grace either to
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ourselves or others, we should run up the streams to the fountain, and
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give thanks to God for his electing love, by which we are made to
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differ.</P>
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3. Another ground or reason of the apostle's thanksgiving is the
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success of his ministry among them. He was thankful on his own account
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as well as theirs, that he had not laboured in vain. He had the seal
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and evidence of his apostleship hereby, and great encouragement in his
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labours and sufferings. Their ready acceptance and entertainment of the
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gospel he preached to them were an evidence of their being elected and
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beloved of God. It was in this way that he knew their election. It is
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true he had been in the third heavens; but he had not searched the
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records of eternity, and found their election there, but knew this by
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the success of the gospel among them
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Th+1:5"><I>v.</I> 5</A>),
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and he takes notice with thankfulness,
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(1.) That the gospel came to them also not in word only, but in power;
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they not only heard the sound of it, but submitted to the power of it.
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It did not merely tickle the ear and please the fancy, not merely fill
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their heads with notions and amuse their minds for awhile, but it
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affected their hearts: a divine power went along with it for convincing
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their consciences and amending their lives. Note, By this we may know
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our election, if we not only speak of the things of God by rote as
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parrots, but feel the influence of these things in our hearts,
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mortifying our lusts, weaning us from the world, and raising us up to
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heavenly things.
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(2.) It came in the Holy Ghost, that is, with the powerful energy of
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the divine Spirit. Note, Wherever the gospel comes in power, it is to
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be attributed to the operation of the Holy Ghost; and unless the Spirit
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of God accompany the word of God, to render it effectual by his power,
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it will be to us but as a dead letter; and the letter killeth, it is
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the Spirit that giveth life.
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(3.) The gospel came to them in much assurance. Thus did they entertain
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it by the power of the Holy Ghost. They were fully convinced of the
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truth of it, so as not to be easily shaken in mind by objections and
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doubts; they were willing to leave all for Christ, and to venture their
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souls and everlasting condition upon the verity of the gospel
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revelation. The word was not to them, like the sentiments of some
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philosophers about matters of opinion and doubtful speculation, but the
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object of their faith and assurance. Their <I>faith was the evidence
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of things not seen;</I> and the Thessalonians thus knew what manner of
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men the apostle and his fellow-labourers were among them, and what they
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did for their sake, and with what good success.</P>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having
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received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
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7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia
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and Achaia.
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8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in
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Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to
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God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any
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thing.
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9 For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we
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had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the
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living and true God;
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10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the
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dead, <I>even</I> Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
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In these words we have the evidence of the apostle's success among the
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Thessalonians, which was notorious and famous in several places.
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For,</P>
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I. They were careful in their holy conversation to imitate the good
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examples of the apostles and ministers of Christ,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Th+1:6"><I>v.</I> 6</A>.
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As the apostle took care to demean himself well, not only for his own
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credit's sake, but for the benefit of others, by a conversation
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suitable to his doctrine, that he might not pull down with one hand
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what he built up with the other, so the Thessalonians, who observed
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what manner of men they were among them, how their preaching and living
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were all of a piece, showed a conscientious care to be followers of
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them, or to imitate their good example. Herein they became also
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followers of the Lord, who is the perfect example we must strive to
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imitate; and we should be followers of others no further than they are
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followers of Christ,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Co+11:1">1 Co. xi. 1</A>.
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The Thessalonians acted thus, notwithstanding their affliction, that
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much affliction which the apostles and themselves also were exposed to.
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They were willing to share in the sufferings that attended the
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embracing and professing of Christianity. They entertained the gospel,
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notwithstanding the troubles and hardships which attended the preachers
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and professors of it too. Perhaps this made the word more precious,
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being dear--bought; and the examples of the apostles shone very bright
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under their afflictions; so that the Thessalonians embraced the word
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cheerfully, and followed the example of the suffering apostles
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joyfully, <I>with joy in the Holy Ghost</I>--such solid and spiritual
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and lasting joy as the Holy Ghost is the author of, who, when our
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afflictions abound, makes our consolations much more to abound.</P>
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II. Their zeal prevailed to such a degree that they were themselves
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examples to all about them,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Th+1:7,8"><I>v.</I> 7, 8</A>.
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Observe here,</P>
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1. Their example was very effectual to make good impressions upon many
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others. They were <B><I>typoi</I></B>--<I>stamps,</I> or instruments to
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make impression with. They had themselves received good impressions
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from the preaching and conversation of the apostles, and they made good
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impressions, and their conversation had an influence upon others. Note,
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Christians should be so good as by their example to influence
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others.</P>
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2. It was very extensive, and reached beyond the confines of
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Thessalonica, even to the believers of all Macedonia, and further, in
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Achaia; the Philippians, and others who received the gospel before the
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Thessalonians, were edified by their example. Note, Some who were last
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hired into the vineyard may sometimes outstrip those who come in before
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them, and become examples to them.</P>
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3. It was very famous. The word of the Lord, or its wonderful effects
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upon the Thessalonians, sounded, or was famous and well known, in the
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regions round about that city, and <I>in every place;</I> not strictly
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every where, but here and there, up and down in the world: so that,
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from the good success of the gospel among them, many others were
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encouraged to entertain it, and to be willing, when called, to suffer
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for it. Their faith was spread abroad.
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(1.) The readiness of their faith was famed abroad. These
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Thessalonians embraced the gospel as soon as it was preached to them;
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so that every body took notice what manner of entering in among them
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the apostles had, that there were no such delays as at Philippi, where
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it was a great while before much good was done.
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(2.) The effects of their faith were famous.
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[1.] They quitted their idolatry; they turned from their idols, and
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abandoned all the false worship they had been educated in.
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[2.] They gave themselves up to God, to the living and true God, and
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devoted themselves to his service.
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[3.] They set themselves to wait for the Son of God from heaven,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Th+1:10"><I>v.</I> 10</A>.
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And this is one of the peculiarities of our holy religion, to wait for
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Christ's second coming, as those who believe he will come and hope he
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will come to our joy. The believers under the Old Testament waited for
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the coming of the Messiah, and believers now wait for his second
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coming; he is yet to come. And there is good reason to believe he will
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come, because God has raised him from the dead, which is full assurance
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unto all men that he will come to judgment,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ac+17:31">Acts xvii. 31</A>.
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And there is good reason to hope and wait for his coming, because he
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has delivered us from the wrath to come. He came to purchase salvation,
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and will, when he comes again, bring salvation with him, full and final
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deliverance from sin, and death, and hell, from that wrath which is yet
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to come upon unbelievers, and which, when it has once come, will be yet
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to come, because it is <I>everlasting fire</I> prepared for the devil
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and his angels,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Mt+25:41">Mt. xxv. 41</A>.</P>
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