...any should perish, but that all should come to repentance," yet the day of his vengeance will come " as a thief in the night :" — " For when they shall...upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape." It will be sudden and irresistible. It will be as a torrent that no power or wisdom of man will be...

...the end of the world the terrible judgments of God will overtake and overwhelm impenitent sinners. " For when they shall say, Peace and safety ; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as tra trail upon a woman with child ; and they shall not escape." I shall conclude in the words of Peter...

...snare, and all their hopes arc at once cut off, and turned into everlasting despair : 1 . Thess, y. 3. " When they shall say, Peace and safety ; then sudden...upon a woman with child ; and they shall not escape." APPLICATION. 1 . Hence we learn one reason why there are but few saved, and why so many perish from...

...everlasting despair: l.Thess. v. 3. " When they shall say, Peace and safety ; then sudden destruo tion cometb upon them, as travail upon a woman with child ( and they shall not escape." APPLICATION. 1 . Hence we learn one reason why there are but few saved, and why so many perish from...

...andof the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I write unto you ; for yourselves knowperfectly, that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the...upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape," 1 Thess. v. As the days of Noah were, so shall be the coming of the Son of man. For as they were before...

...andof the seasons, brethren, you 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...sudden destruction cometh upon, them, as travail upon a womaa with child, and they shall not escape," 1 Thess. v. As the days of Noah were, so sliall be the...

...day " is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thou" sand years as one day." and we are assured that " the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief -in...safety, " then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as tra" vail upon a woman with child, and they shall not " essape."* Death is very near, and judgment...

...the apostolical epistles. St. Paul says to the Thessalonians, " Yourselves know perfectly, brethren, that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the...shall say, peace and safety, then sudden destruction shall come upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren,...

...streets ?'t St. Paul also tells us, that while some are crying peace and safety, and apprehend no danger, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape4 This is likewise evidently confirmed by observation : for how often do we find in fact, that...

...have no need that I write to you.2 2 For yourselves know thief in the night.1 (Matth. xxiv. 42 44.) 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as the pains of child-bearing,^ on her ID/IO is with child ; and they shall not escape.2 that the day...