Two discourses I. of the punishment of sin in hell, demonstrating the wrath of…

And then in the second Epistle, chap. 2. ver. 13. he provokes them unto thankfulness for this; But we are bound to give thanks always unto God for you, who hath from the beginning chosen you unto Salvation, through Sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the Truth: which he speaks with reference to what was done to others, (ver. 12. compared.) Let me speak to you then in the Apostles Language; Oh what thanks are your selves then bound (if the Apostle gave them for others) to give unto God for your selves, to whom God hath ⟨p. 255⟩given Faith and Holiness, upon both these respects?

2. To Jesus Christ, for that hand which he had in this our Deliverance from Wrath: thus expressly, 1 Thess. 1. ult. Ye wait for his Son from Heaven, even Jesus, who delivered us from the Wrath to come. Here again you have these two parts of Salvation set together. 1. His coming from Heaven, which they waited for, with hopes of his carrying them thither, as he tells them chap. 4. ver. 17. We shall be caught up to meet the Lord in the Air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Then 2. (which the Apostle adds with an Emphasis) even Jesus, who delivered us from the Wrath to come. Take in that too, says he, and forget it not, to endear your Jesus to you: and for ever know him by this Character, [It is that Jesus who delivered you from the Wrath to come.] It was the Fathers work indeed to appoint and ordain this Deliverance, and us unto the benefit of it through Faith; but it was our Jesus, his Son's work, to effect and accomplish it; 'twas his Soul that paid for all.

2. To Jesus Christ, for that hand which he had in this our Deliverance from Wrath: thus expresly, 1 Thess. 1. ult. Ye wait for his Son from Heaven, even Jesus, who delivered us from the Wrath to come. Here again you have these two parts of Salvation set together. 1. His coming from Heaven, which they waited for, with hopes of his carrying them thither, as he tells them chap. 4. ver. 17. We shall be caught up to meet the Lord in the Air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Then 2. (which the Apostle adds with an Emphasis) even Jesus, who delivered us from the Wrath to come. Take in that too, says he, and forget it not, to endear your Jesus to you: and for ever know him by this Character, [It is that Jesus who delivered you from the VVrath to come.] It was the Fathers work indeed to appoint and ordain this Deliverance, and us unto the benefit of it through Faith; but it was our Jesus, his Son's work, to effect and accomplish it; 'twas his Soul that paid for all.