John Trapp on 1 Thessalonians 1:9

Verſe 9. What manner of entring in, &c.] The Paſtour hath his part and ſhare in the peoples commendation. If they grow famous, he cannot lie obſcured.

Ye turned to God from idols] They gave not the half turn only from Eaſt to South, but the whole turn from the Eaſt to Weſt, from idols to God. Ephraim ſhall ſay,Hoſ. 6.4. What have I to do any more with idols, Hoſ. 148? Thoſe Balaam blocks, thoſe mawmets and monuments of idolatry, thoſe images of jealouſie? Ephraim is now no longer as a cake half baked, as a ſpeckled bird, Jet. 12.9. &c. Better be a Papiſt then an Atheiſt, a groſſe idolater then a profligate profeſſour, a carnall Goſpeller.