John Trapp on 1 Thessalonians 1:10

Verſe 10. And to wait for his Son] This is pinned as a badge to the ſleeve of every true believer, that he looketh and longeth for Chriſt his coming to judgement. The old character of Gods people was, they waited for the conſolation of Iſrael, Chriſts firſt coming: So is it now, the earneſt expectation of his ſecond coming.

Which delivered us from the wrath to come] This is the [illegible: 3 letters] mon, the notation of his name Jeſus, a Saviour. Salvation properly betokeneth the privative part of mans happineſſe, but includeth the poſitive too. King Alphonſus, when he ſaw a poor man pulling of his beaſt out of a ditch, he put to his hand to help him. Is it not more that Chriſt ſhould ſtoop ſo low as to help us (who were in worſe condition then the beaſts that periſh) out of the ditch of deſtruction? The devil is ſaid to be [non-Latin text not transcribed], a roaring Lion: but our comfort is, That the Lion of the Tribe of Judah is [non-Latin text not transcribed], h[illegible: 1 letter] that delivereth us from the wrath to come.

The wrath to come] There is a preſent wrath that men ſuffer; and who knoweth the power of this wrath? Even according to a mans ſear, ſo is Gods wrath, Pſal 90.11. Let a man fear never ſo much, he ſhall be ſure to feel more, when Gods wrath fals upon him. A timorous man can fancy vaſt and terrible fears; fire, ſword, racks, ſcalding lead, boiling pitch, running b[illegible: 1 letter]ll-mettle. Yet all this is but as a painted fire to the wrath to come, that eternity of extremity, which graceleſſe perſons ſhall never be able to avoid, or to abide.