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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.
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.
As a father his children. What maner 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? pastours, or teachers of the people should be affected towardes their people, as fathers are to their natural children.
Let such as are fathers, and have children, know in what sort they must be careful. Your children are a good blessing of God, they be members of the body of Christ, & the sons of God. The kingdom of heaven belongeth to them. God hath appointed his Angels to guide and lead them, and to •ield them from ⟨p. 61⟩evil: and their Angels be in the presence of God and do behold the face of their father which is in heaven. They be fresh plants of the Church. Who knoweth what necessary instruments they may be in the common wealth, and in the house of God? It is not enough to feed them, and to nourish their bodies, with necessary sustenance. For this do the heathen that know not God: and the savage and brute beasts, and the birds which have no understanding. They breed up their young ones, and are tender and painful to provide for them. The ass though she be dull, the Bear, and Lion, though they be wild and cruel, yet seek they far and near to get wherewith to help their young. Therefore if there be any, or can be any which doeth forsake and leave his own, he is more beastly than the foolish Ass, and more unnatural than most cruel Bears, and Lions, and Tigres.
Let such as are fathers, and haue children, knowe in what sort they must be careful. Your children are a good blessing of God, they bée members of the bodie of Christ, & the sonnes of God. The kingdome of heauen belongeth to them. God hath appointed his Angels to guide and leade them, and to ield them from