Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Thessalonians 5:3

3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety , then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travel upon a woman with child , and they shall not escape .

By these words the Apostle proves that the day of the Lord will come unexpected, by the security that will be then found in the World. They say it in their hearts and practice, if not with their Tongues. And he useth two words the better to express the greatness of this security, present peace, and no danger of sliding, as the words import: And as the effect of Christs coming will be destruction to such, which will be Salvation to others, Heb. 9. last. so through their security it will be

sudden destruction,

which he describes under the similitude of Travel upon a Woman with Child, which doth for the most part come of a sudden, and is the most exquisite pains in Nature, and is often made use of in Scripture to set forth extremity of misery, Isa. 13.8. Ier. 13.21.

And these pains come upon her unavoidably, so saith the Apostle of these mens destruction, and they shall not escape, or in no wise escape, exprest in the Greek by two Negatives, which do strongly affirm.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word]. 21.34, [illegible: 2 letters]