John Trapp on 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Verſe 18. In every thing give thanks] If God give proſperity, praiſe him, and it ſhall be encreaſed, faith Augustine. If adverſity, praiſe him, and it ſhall be removed, or at leaſt ſanct[illegible: 1 letter]fied. Iob bleſſed God as well for taking as giving, Iob 1. He knew that God afflicted him, Non ad exitium, ſed ad exercitium, to refine him, not to ruine him. But this is Christianorum propria virtus. ſaith Hierome, a practice proper to Chriſtians, to be heartily thankfull for croſſes. Baſil ſpends all his Sermon upon this Text, in this theme. Every bird can ſing in a Summers-day, and it is eaſie to ſwim in a warm bath: but in deep affliction to cover Gods altar not with our tears, as Mal, 2.13. but with the calves of out lips, Hoſ. 14.2. this none can doe but the truly religious.