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the churches of God, for your patience and faith in all your perfecutions, and tribulations that ye endure. 5. Which is a h manifeft token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye alfo fuffer: 6. Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompence tribulation to them that trouble you. 7. And to you who are troubled, reft with us, when "the Lord Jefus fhall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels [Gr. angels of his power]. 8. In • flaming fire taking [Or, yielding]

boafted any thing to him of you, I
am not afhamed; but as we fpake
all things to you in Truth, even fo
our boafting which I made before
Titus is found a Truth. t2 Cor. 5
9. 2. I know the forwardnefs of
your Mind, for which I boaft of you
to them of Macedonia, that A-
chaia was ready a Year agoe; and
your Zeal hath provoked very ma-
ny. † Thef 2. 19. What is our
hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing?
are not even ye in the Prefence of
our Lord Jefus Chrift at his com-

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Thef. 2. 14. Ye, Brethren,
became followers of the Churches
of God, which in Judea are in
Chrift Jefus: for ye alfo have fuf-
fered like things of your own
Countrymen, even as they have of
the Jews.

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dost thou not judge and avenge our Blood on them that dwell on the Earth.

7. in Heb. 4. 9, 10. There remaineth therefore a Reft to the People of God. For he that is entred into his Reft, he alfo hath ceafed from his own Works, as God did from his. Rev. 6. 11. -It 10 was faid unto them, that they should reft yet for a little Seafon, until their fellow-fervants alfo,

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5. Phil. 1. 28. And in nohing terrified by your Adverfaries: which is to them an evident Token of Perdition, but to you of25 Salvation, and that of God."

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See on Luk. 20. 35.

I Thef. 2. 14. The Words under ver. 4.

6. Zech. 2. 8. Thus faith the 30 Lord of Hofts, After the Glory ath he fent me unto the Nations which spoiled you, for he that toucheth you, toucheth the Apple of his Eye. Mat. 16. 27. Then 35 hail he reward every Man accordng to his Works. Rev. 6. 10. They ried with a loud Voice, faying, low long, O Lord, holy and true, 40

and their Brethren that fhould be killed as they were, fhould be fulfilled. Rev. 14. 13. -Bleffed are the Dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth: Yea, faith the Spirit, that they may reft from their Labours. See on Rom. 8. 18

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8. Exod 19. 18. Mount Sinai was altogether on a Smoke, becaufe the Lord defcended upon it in Fire. Exod. 24. 17. The Sight of the Glory of the Lord was like devouring Fire on the Top of the Mount, in the Eyes of the Children of Ifrael. Lev. 10. 2. There went out Fire from the Lord and devoured them, [Nadab and Abihu] and they died before the Lord. Numb. 16. 35. There came out a Fire from the Lord and confumed the two Hundred and fifty Men that offered Incenfe. Deut. 4. 24. The Lord thy God is a confu ming Fire, even a jealous God.

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vengeance on them that P know not God, and that a cbey not the gofpel of our Lord Jefus Chrift: Chrift: 9. Who fhall be punished with everlasting deftruction from the prefence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 10. When he fhall come to be glorified in his faints, and to be admired in all them that believe (becaule our teftimony among you was believed) in that day. 11. Wherefore alfo we pray always for you, that our God would count [Or, vouchsafe] you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleafure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power.

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Deut. 9. 3. Underftand therefore
this Day, that the Lord thy God is
he which goeth over before thee as
a confuming Fire: he fhall deftroy
them. Pfal. 97. 3. A Fire goeth
before him, and burneth up his E-
nemies round about. Ifa. 66. 15.
Behold, the Lord will come with
Fire, and with his Chariots like a
Whirlwind, to render his Anger to
and Fury, and his rebuke with Flames
of Fire. Ezek. 36. 5. Thus faith.
The Lord God, Surely in the Fire of
my jealoufe have I fpoken against
the refidue of the Heathen.-Dan.15
7. 9. I beheld till the Thrones
were caft down, and the antient
of Days did fit- His Throne was
Bike the fiery Flame, and his Wheels
Like burning Fire. Zeph. 1. 18 Nei-20
ther their Silver nor their Gold
thall be able to deliver them in the
Day of the Lord's Wrath, but the
whole Land fhall be devoured by
the Fire of his jealoufie.

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All the Earth fhall be devoured by the Fire of my Jealousie. Heb. 10. 27. A certain fearful looking for of Judgment, and fiery Indigna tion, which fhall devour the Ad-30 verfaries. Heb. 12. 29. Our God is a confuming Fire. † 2 Pet. 3.7. The Heavens and the Earth which are now, by the fame Word are kept in ftore, referved unto Fire a-35 gainst the Day of Judgment, and perdition of ungodly Men.

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9. Mat. 25.41.-Depart from me ye curfed into everlasting Fire, prepared for the Devil and his Angels. Rom. 2. 8, 9. Unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the Truth, but obey unrigh teoufnefs; indignation and wrath; tribulation and anguish upon every Soul of Man that doth evil. Phil. 3. 19. Whofe End is Deftruction 2 Pet. 3. 7. The Words under Ver. 8.

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S Deut. 33. 2. The Lord came from Sinai,- He came with ten thousands of Saints: from his right Hand went a fiery Law for them. Ifa. 2. 19. They fhall go into the Holes of the Rocks, and into the Caves of the Earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the Glo ry of his Majefty, when he arifeth to hake terribly the Earth. Thef. 2. 8. And fhall deftroy with the brightness of his coming.

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10. Pfal. 89. 7. God is greatly to be feared in the Affembly of the Saints and to be had in Reverence of all them that are about him.

a Pfal. 68. 35. O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy Places, the God, of Ifrael is he that giveth Strength and Power unto his People: bleffed be God.

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name of our Lord Jefus Chrift may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God, and the Lord Jefus Chrift.

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you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and by our gathering together unto him, 2. That ye be not foon fhaken in mind, or be troubled, neither (1) by d fpirit, nor by word, nor by letter, as from us, as that the day of Chrift is at hand. 3. Let no man e deceive you by any means: for that day fhall not cept there come a falling away a falling away firft, and that man

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Spirits, and Do&trines of Devils. 2 Tim. 3. 1. This know alfo, that in the laft Days perilous times fhall come. 2 Pet. 3. 3. Knowing this 5 firft, that there shall come in the laft Days Scoffers. 1 Joh. 2. 18. Little Children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that Antichrist fhall come. Jude ver. 18. [The Apoftles of our Lord Jefus Chrift]. told you there fhould be Mockers in the last time.

loing feek for Glory, and Honour, nd Immortality, eternal Life. But Glory, Honour, and Peace, to every Man that worketh good, to the lew firft, and alfo to the Gentile. I Pet. 1.7. That the Trial of our Faith being much more preious than of Gold,- might be ound unto Praife, and Honour, and lory, at the appearing of Jefus hrift. Pet. 4. 14. If ye be eproached for the Name of Chrift, appy are ye; for the Spirit of Dan. 7. 25. He hall fpeak Flory, and of God refteth upon great Words against the most Ou: on their Part he is evil fpo- 15 High, and fhall wear out the Saints en of, but on your part he is lorified.

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of the moft High, and think to change Times and Laws: and they fhall be given into his Hand, until a Time and Times, and the 20 dividing of Time. fi Joh. 2. 18. The Words above. 1 Joh. 4. 3. Every Spirit that confeffeth not that Jefus Chrift is come in the Fleih, is not of God: and this is that Spirit of Antichrist, whereof you have heard that it fhould come, and even now already is it in the World. Rev. 13. 11. I beheld. another Beaft coming up out of

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(1) of fin be revealed, the h fon of perdition: 4. Whò oppofeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; fo that he as God fitteth in the temple of God, thewing himself that he is God. 5. Remember ye not, that when I was yet with with you, I told you thefe things? 6. And now ye know, what withholdeth [Or, holdeth] that he might be revealed in his time. 7. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work only he who now letteth, will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8. And then fhall that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord fhall confume

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him that flayeth thee. † Dan. 11. 36. And the King fhall do according to his Will, and he fhall exalt himself, and magnifie himself above every God, and fhall fpeak marve lous things against the God of Gods, and Thall profper till the Indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined fhall be done. Rev. 13. 6. And he opened his Mouth in Blafphemy againf God, to blafpheme his Name, and his Tabernacle, and them that dwell in Heaven.

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Joh 17.12. -None of them is loft, but the Son of Perdition.4. • Ifa. 14. 13. Thou haft faid in thine Heart, I will afcend into Heaven, I will exalt my Throne 10 above the Stars of God: I will fit alfo upon the Mount of the Congregation in the fides of the North. + Ezek. 28. 2, 3,9. Son of Man, fay unto the Prince of Tyrus, Thus faith the Lord God, Becaufe thine Heart is lifted up, and thou haft faid, I am a God, I fit in the Seat of God: -Yet thou art a Man, and not God, though thou 20 fet thine Heart as the Heart of Ged. Behold, thou art wifer than Daniel; there is no fecret that they can hide from thee. Wilt thou yet fay before him that flayeth thee, I am God? but thou fhalt be a Man and no God in the Hand of

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Cor. 8. 5. Though there be that are called gods, whether in Heaven or in Earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many).

7. Joh. 4. 3. The Words under Ver. 3.

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(1) In the Hebrew Language, which the Writers of the New-Teftament imitate, it is ufual, inftead of an Epithet expreffing the Nature or Qualities of the Perfon or thing fpoken of, to put the Subftantive in the genitive Cafe; for inftance, Vanity of Vanities; that is, the higheft and vainet Vanity. Ecclef. 1 2. A Man of Sorrows; that is, a very Sorrowful and afflicted Man: So here, a Man of Sin; that is, a very finfal or wicked Man, one who is as it were made up of Wickedness. Dr. Henry More, and feveral other eminent Writers, prove that by this Man of Sin is meant the Pope and Clergy of the Church of Rome. See his My fery of Iniquity, Book. II. Chap. 19, &c.

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with the fpirit of his mouth, and fhall deftroy with he brightnefs of his coming: 9. Even him whole comng is after the working of Satan, with all power, and figns, and lying wonders, 10. And with all deceiveblenefs of unrighteoufnefs, in them that perifh; beaufe they received not the love of the truth, that they night be faved. 11. And for this caufe God fhall end them ftrong delufion," that they fhould believe a ie: 12. That they all might be damned, who believe ot the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteoufnefs. 13. But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, rethren, beloved of the Lord, becaufe God hath from he beginning chofen you to falvation, through fanctiication of the Spirit, and belief of the truth: 14. Wherento he called you by our gofpel, to the obtaining of he glory of our Lord Jefus Chrift. 15. Therefore, brehren, ftand faft, and (1) hold the traditions which ye

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1. 29. For that they hated Know. ledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord. † Ezek. 14.9. If the Prophet be deceived when he hath 5 fpoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that Prophet, and I will ftretch out my Hand upon him, and will deftroy him from the midst of my People Ifrael. See the References and Note on Acts 7. 42.

9. Pt Eph. z. z. Wherein in me paft ye walked according to he Courfe of this World, according 10 the Prince of the Power of the ir, the Spirit that now worketh 1 the Children of Difobedience. Rev. 18. 23. By thy Sorceries vere all Nations deceived.

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11. 1 Kings 22. 23. Behold, 20 he Lord hath put a lying Spirit n the Mouth of all thefe thy [Aabs] Prophets, and the Lord hath poken Evil concerning thee. Prov.

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