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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.
Saint Paul saith, I am not ashamed of the 1Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth. It is the word of God, and shall endure for ever. He hath not given us the spirit of fear to flatter, but the spirit of might and of power to speak roughly and courageously, where occasion so requireth. And therefore saith, If I ⟨p. 56⟩would please men, I were not the servant of Christ. But I preach Gods doctrine, and not the doctrine of men: I seek to please God, and not men.
Saint Paul saith, I am not ashamed of the 1Gospell of Christ, for it is the power of God vnto saluation to euerie one that beleeueth. It is the worde of God, and shall endure for euer. He hath not giuen vs the spirit of feare to flatter, but the spirite of might and of power to speake roughly and couragiously, where occasion so requireth. And therefore saith, If I ⟨p. 56⟩would please men, I were not the seruaunt of Christ. But I preach Gods doctrine, and not the doctrine of men: I séeke to please God, and not men.
- 1Rom. 1.
The Pharisees sought to please men, and to deceive the people. They taught them to walk in the ways of their forefathers, to believe as they believed, to do as they had done. They flattered them, and said you are the Church of God, you are Gods people, you are the sons of Abraham, you can not err, you can not be deceived. They that in this sort flatter the people and deceive them, they serve not Jesus Christ, but their belly, and through flattery and fair speech seduce the hearts of the simple.