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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.
God giveth us warning to be ready to suffer afflictions for his name. My son if thou 1wilt come into the service of God, stand fast in righteousness and fear, and prepare thy soul to temptation. And in the Proverbs: My son refuse not the chastening of the 2Lord, neither be grieved with his correction. For the Lord correcteth him whom he loveth, even as the Father the child in whom he delighteth. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten, 3saith Christ. Therefore the Apostle telleth the Hebrews, If you be without correction, 4whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. In the tenth of Matthew, our saviour warneth his Disciples hereof, 5Behold I send you as sheep in the middest of Wolves. Thus God schooleth, and nurtureth his people, that so through many tribulations, they may enter to their rest. Frankincense when it is put in the fire, giveth the greater perfume: spice if it be punned, smelleth the sweeter: the earth when it is torn up with the plough, becometh more fruitful: the seed in the ground, after frost and snow, and winter storm, springeth the ranker: the nigher ⟨p. 93⟩the vine is pruned to the stock, the greater grape it yieldeth: the grape when it is most pressed and beaten, maketh the sweetest wine: fine gold is the better when it is cast in the fire: rough stones with hewing are squared, and made fit for building: cloth is rent, and cut, that it may be made a garment: linen is bucked and washed, and wrung, and beaten, and is the fairer. These are familiar examples to show the benefit and commodity which the children of God receive by persecution. By it God w•sheth, and scoureth his congregation. We rejoice (saith Saint Paul) in tribulations, 6knowing that tribulation bringeth forth patience, and patience experience, and experience hope, and hope maketh not ashamed. The power of God is made perfect in weakness. And all things turn unto good to them that fear the Lord.