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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.
Neither sought we praise of men, neither of you, nor of others. This is an other hinderance of the course of the Gospel, when the ministers thereof love the praise of men more than the praise of God. Howe can ye believe 1(saith Christ) which receive honour one of an ⟨p. 58⟩other, and seek not the honour that cometh of God alone? how far the Apostle was from this ambition, it appeared. For he was reviled, and evil spoken of, and counted the filth and outcast of the world.
Neither sought wee praise of men, neither of you, nor of others. This is an other hinderaunce of the course of the Gospel, when the ministers thereof loue the praise of men more than the praise of God. Howe can ye beleeue 1(sayth Christ) which receiue honour one of an ⟨p. 58⟩other, and seeke not the honour that commeth of God alone? how farre the Apostle was from this ambition, it appeared. For he was reuiled, and euil spoken of, and counted the filth and outcast of the world.
V. 7. When we might have been chargeable, as the Apostles of Christ: but we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children.
V. 7. When we might haue beene chargeable, as the Apostles of Christ: but we were gentle among you, euen as a nourse cherisheth her childrem.