...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...shall say, peace and safety, " then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as tra" vail upon a woman with child, and they shall not " essape."* Death is very...

...have made this a common topic in their general discourses ; for St. Paul says to the Thessalonians, " Yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the. night. For when they (the slumbering and careless world) shall say, peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon...

...observes, how that Christ will come on- ungodly men '"' as a thief in the night ; and when they si tail -say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction shall come upon them, as travail on a woman with child, and they shall not escape :'* then immediately he uses caution, that the members...

...THESS. chap. vr T. 2 — 1. " For yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord so cometh :u a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and Safety ; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child ; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren,...

...nearly approaching to the truth. " Ye yourselves know perfectly,' says St. Paul, (1 Thess. v. 2, 3.) "that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in...shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape." This language seems...

...Micah vii. 3. " But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you ; for yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord...shall say ' peace and safety,' then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child ; and THEY shall not escape. But ye, brethren,...

...to his work. Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the beginning, &c. The Lesson. 1 Thess. v. 2. Yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord...shall say, ' peace and safety/ then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child : and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren,...

...should come to pass. It would certainly take the world unawares, as Christ had himself said : — " For yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord...as a thief in the night : for when they shall say," — or, " shall be saying,'' — " Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail...

...Eph. 15, 16.) 27. Will the day of the Lord take careless sinners by surprise? The day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night: for . , when they...shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them. (I. Thes. 5. 2, 3.) 28. Has God decreed the termination of time ? And the angel which...

...day is with the " Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years " as one day." and we are assured that " the day " of the Lord so cometh as a thief...say, Peace and safety, then •' sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail " upon a woman with child, and they shall not " escape."1 Death is very...