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…

The consideration hereof ever moved the Prophets and Apostles to warrant their sayings with authority from God, and to set apart all fear when they spake in his name. When Ahab reproved Elijah, Art thou he that ¹troubleth Israel? He answered, I have not bubbled Israel, but thou & thy fathers house, in that ⟨p. 55⟩ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim. The Prophet Isaiah is bold with the Princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and saith, Hear the word ²of the Lord, O Prince, of Sodom, hearken unto the law of our God, O people of Gomorrah John the Baptist nothing feared to tell Herod a mighty Prince, It is not lawful ³for thee to have her to wife. If Balaac would ⁴give me his house full of filuer and gold, sayeth Balaam, I cannot pass the commandment of the Lord to do good or bad of mine own mind: What the Lord shall command, that same will I speak. Moses was bid to tell Pharaoh, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath ⁵sent me unto thee. Christ calleth James and John the sons of Zebedeus Boanerges, which is, the sons of thunder, because they should not flatter, but raise tempest, and lighten, and thunder in the ears and hearts of their hearers.

The consideration hereof euer mooued the Prophets and Apostles to warrant their sayings with authoritie from God, and to set apart al feare when they spake in his name. When Ahab reprooued Elias, Art thou hee that ¹troubleth Israel? He answered, I haue not •ubled Israel, but thou & thy fathers house, in that ⟨p. 55⟩yee haue forsaken the commandements of the Lorde, and thou hast followed Baalim. The Prophet Esaie is bolde with the Princes of Iuda and Ierusalem, and saith, Heare the word