...SPIRIT OF INDUSTRY RECOMMENDED. II THESSALONIANS, III. IO. WHEN WE WERE WITH YOU, THIS WE COMMANDED YOU, THAT IF ANY WOULD NOT WORK, NEITHER SHOULD HE EAT. THE apoftle Paul has given in this chapter fome admirable moral precepts to the people, to whom he was...

...this society Dr. Chauncy, in SEC xv 1^52, preached a sermon from 2 Thess. iii. 10. " This we commanded you, that, if any would not work, neither should he eat." The Dr. first ascertains the sense of the command ; in the next place, justifies ; and, lastly, applies...

...OF LABOR. • ' -. 2 THESSALONIANS iii. 10. ,* j For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. The First Epistle to the Thessalonians seems to have been so interpreted, as to induce the expectation...

...VIII. THE LAW OF LABOR. 2 THESSALONIANS iii. 10. For even when we were with you, thi-i we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. The First Epistle to the Thessalonians seems to have been so interpreted, as to induce the expectation...

...make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat." The necessity for this is apparent from the following verse: "For we hear that there are some which walk...

...flatly contradicts, and reprobates the idea, throughout his writings. He says to the Thessalonians : and this we command you, that if any would not WORK, neither should he eat ; we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their...

...in 2 Thess. iii., where the apostle writeth thus : " When we were amongst you, we declared this unto you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat." The law of nature, therefore, doth license such as have the governance of kingdoms to correct any abuses...

...occupied in glory. "When we were with you," writes St. Paul to tne Thessalonians, " this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat"* The Christian believer seeks to fulfil the twofold duty of improving his " talent " both with respect to...

...rich. The indolent, in strongest terms, He condemns. Such is the fulness and wisdom of scripture. " This we command you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat." While it is one of our most sacred christian privileges to communicate to those who have need,...

...Whoever brings the last has no dinner whatever, but is referred to 2 Thess. iii. 10, where he may read, This we command you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. With this ancient and weighty principle he must be content to stay his hunger, and is likely...