John Trapp on 1 Thessalonians 1:3

Verſe 3. Remembring without ceaſing] A good memory is required to aſſiduity in praier. All the faculties are exerciſed, and the whole man hard wrought.

Your work of faith] We believe not without much conflict, When faith goes about to lay hold on Chriſt, the devil raps her on the ſingers, and would beat her oft. Hence the believer hath ſuch ado to believe.

And labour of love] Every mans love is as his labour is, Heb. 6.10. Therefore alſo love and labour are of one root in latin, becauſe love is diligent and laborious,

And patience of hope] To wait the accompliſhment of Gods promiſes. Thus every Chriſtian vertue hath it's proper diſtinctive character, to difference it from that which is counterfeit.

In the ſight of God] True grace will ſtand to Gods triall, which falſe grace cannot abide: as Alchy my gold cannot paſſe the ſeventh ſire: nor doth it comfort the heart, as true gold doth.