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An expositio[n] upon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians…An expositio[n] vpon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians…
An expositio[n] upon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians by the reverend Father John Jewel ... ; whereunto is adjoined a very necessary table of the principal matters contained in this exposition.An expositio[n] vpon the two epistles of the apostle S. Paul to the Thessalonians by the reuerend Father Iohn Ievvel ... ; vvhereunto is adioined a very necessarie table of the principal matters contained in this exposition.
London: printed by Ralfe Newberie, 1584
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
6 Neither sought we praise of men, neither of you, nor of others.
The servant and messenger of God must so speak, as God speaketh. God speaketh deeply, and to the heart. He lanceth the spirit, and ⟨p. 51⟩woundeth the inward parts. He biddeth Isaiah them the people their transgressions, and the house of Jacob their sins: God himself saith, I visit the sin of the fathers upon their children, 1unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. Again he saith, If ye shall 2despise my ordinances, either if your soul abhor my laws, so that ye will not do all my commandments, I will set my face against you, and you shall fall before your enemies, and they that hate you shall reign over you. But unto those that repent them of their sins, and turn […] to him, God saith, Turn unto me, & ye shall 3be •aved. Again, Thou disobedient Israel, return, 4saith the Lord, and I will not let my wrath fall upon you. So must the minister of God, he must •hew forth the mercy of God, & not hide his judgements. He hath the Lords business in band, he may not do it negligently. A flatterer maketh it his greatest care to please men, he seeketh their favour, he feareth to displease, and dareth not speak that that will be evil taken. When he seeth a thief, he runneth with him, & is partaker with the adulterers: he soweth pillows under the arms of sinners. Whosoever saith, nay, his nay is ready: & if any say yea, he is ready to say, yea: he changeth often as the weathercock: he dareth not strive against the stream: his hart is at the will of others: he seeketh some ⟨p. 52⟩