John Trapp on 1 Thessalonians 3:8
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1 Thessalonians3:8
Verſe 8. For now we live] A joyleſſe life is a lifeleſſe life. An unſucceſſefull Paſtour hath little or no joy of his life. Thus ſhall ye ſay to him that liveth, 1 Sam. 25.6. that is, that liveth at hearts-eaſe. All the daies of the aff[illegible: 2 letters]cted are evil, Prov. 15.15. As good be out of the world (ſay they) as have no joy of the world. Now, I have no greater joy, faith S. John, then to hear that my children walk in the truth, 3 Joh. 4 This revived his good old heart, and made it dance Levalto's in his boſome.
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