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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.
I took care of you as of mine own soul, and dealt with you by always of comfort, and exhortation, that you would take heed unto your selves, and your calling. I did put you in mind, that you were placed in the middest of the unfaithful people, ⟨p. 60⟩which knew not God: and that they watched you and your doing: that their eye was upon your household, your wives, your servants, and your children: upon your selves, and your words, to espy if they might find any occasion to speak evil of you. I did beseech you by the glorious coming of our Lord, and saviour Jesus Christ, that the name of God might not be il spoken of through you. You can not deny this. You must needs confess, you have thus been taught. Ignorance can not be your excuse. What remaineth then? but that you perform it? For the servant that knoweth his masters will, and doth it not, shall be beaten with many stripes.
I tooke care of you as of mine owne soule, and dealt with you by alwayes of comfort, and erhortation, that you would take héede vnto your selues, and your calling. I did put you in minde, that you were placed in the middest of the vnfaithfull people, ⟨p. 60⟩which knewe not God: and that they watched you and your doing: that their eye was vpon your housholde, your wiues, your seruauntes, and your children: vpon your selues, and your words, to espie if they might finde any occasion to speake euil of you. I did beséech you by the glorious comming of our Lorde, and sauiour Jesus Christ, that the name of God might not be il spoken of through you. You can not denie this. You must néedes confesse, you haue thus béene taught. Ignorance can not be your excuse. What remaineth then? but that you performe it? For the seruaunt that knoweth his maisters wil, and doth it not, shal be beaten with many stripes.
As a father his children. What manner care is it that the father taketh of his children. Many men are fathers of children: but what man taketh the care, he ought to take for them? pastors, or teachers of the people should be affected towards their people, as fathers are to their natural children.