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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.
But God hath said, Gather the people together: 1men, […] women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and keep and observe all the words of this law. The Prophet David thought it meet the people should know the scriptures, therefore said, Blessed is that man whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and in that law doeth exercise himself day and night. And again, Wherewith shall a young man redress his ways? In keeping thy words.
But God hath said, Gather the people together: 1men, 〈…〉 women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may heare, and that they may learne, and feare the Lord your God, and keepe and obserue all the words of this law. The Prophet Dauid thought it méete ye people shold know the scriptures, therefore said, Blessed is that man whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and in that lawe doeth exercise himselfe day and night. And againe, Wherewith shal a yong man redresse his waies? In keeping thy words.
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When Christ himself came first into the world to plant his Church, he vouchsafed the poor and simple the knowledge of his trueth, and the wed it first unto them. The first that had tidings of his birth, were not Scribes and Pharisees, out a company of poor shepherds. The first that received his gospel & taught it in the world, were not doctors or learned men, bars & toll-gatherers, & of base condition. The first that met him with triumph at Jerusalem, and sang Hosanna, were not Bishops and priests, but babes and infants. They that followed him most, and believed, were not the greatest men of power and policy, but such as the Pharisees termed, a cursed people, which knew not the law. The first that told the Apo•les the resurrection of Christ, were not the