...particular affinity to what is found in the passage cited from the first epistle. The clause is this : " We beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord...Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him." Now in the first epistle the description of the coming of Christ is accompanied with the mention of...

...second chapter of this same Epistle fully explains this passage, and all others of like import : " Let no man deceive you by any means : for that day shall not come, ex*ept there come a falling away first, and that man of «*» be revealed, the son ofperdition : "...

...our danger. I cannot but recommend to you that remarkable piece ot » Scripture, in 2 Thes. 2. 1, 2. Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our...shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, (or by pretended in• spirations, nor by word, nor by letter, as from us, as that the day of Christ...

...man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. 2 Thess. ii. 2. That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled,...spirit, nor by word, nor by letter, as from us, as tha; the day of Christ is at hand. Nevertheless, we acknowledge the inward illumination of the Spirit...

...many converts. But let us not be offended: such things must needs be, but the end is not yet. " Let no man deceive you " by any means ; for that day shall not " come, except there come a falling " away first *:" Let us watch the signs of the times. Let our eyes be turned upon the Word,...

...Apostles. Our Saviour says, " When Christ cometh, shall he find faith on the earth ?" St. Paul says, " Let no man deceive you by any means ; for that day shall not come, except there be a falling away first, and that MAN OF SIN be revealed, the son of perdition, who opposeth and exalteth...

...12. That the name— The love and power of our Lard may be glorifiei-* Gloriously displayed in you. 2 together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind or terrified, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter, 3 as from us, as if the day of Ihe Lord were...

...contained in the New Testament. I. 2 Thess. ii. 1, 2, 3. " Now I beseech you, brethren," says St. Paul, " by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our...together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no...

...beseeeh you, brethren, by the eoming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and byour gathering together unto him,a 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled,...neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from ns, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deeeive you uy any means ;& for that day shall...

...difficulties have beenthought of. 1. St. Paul says a 2 Thess. ii. 1, 2. " Now we beseech you, brethren, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled,...as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand." These words, as I apprehend, afford not any proof that St. Paul wrote more epistles to the Thessalonians,...