John Trapp on 1 Thessalonians 3:5
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1 Thessalonians3:5
Verſe 5. To know your faith] That is, Your perſeverance, and encreaſe in faith. That which the devil mainly endeavoureth is, to hind[illegible: 1 letter]r and unſettle our faith, as he dealt by Eve, and Peter, Luk. 22.31, 32. to batter this buckler, Epheſ. 6.16. for then he knows he may do what he will with us. Omnia perdidit,Seneca qui fidem amiſit.
Leſt[illegible: 2 letters]y ſome means the tempter] Who feels our pulſes, and fits his aſſaults accordingly. See the Note on Mat. 4.3.
And our labour be in vain] So it proves many times by Satans malice. Other labourers can finde their work as they left it, not ſo Miniſters: the devil cometh and marreth all.
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