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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 have planted you, you are my children, whom I have begotten in Christ. I love you, and have care over you. I have an exceeding desire to see your face. But Satan hath withstood my purpose, and found means to keep me from you. I commit my voyage to God: if it please him, that I may come unto you, to rejoice with you, and comfort you. He knoweth what is good for me, and what is profitable for you. The cause is his own. He will do all things to his glory. He will tread Satan under our feet. We can not purpose, and dispose of our selves. I know, 1that the way of man is not in him self, neither is it in man to walk and to direct his steps.
I haue planted you, you are my children, whom I haue begotten in Christ. I loue you, and haue care ouer you. I haue an ercéeding desire to sée your face. But Sathan hath withstoode my purpose, and found meanes to kéepe me from you. I commit my voyage to God: if it please him, that I may come vnto you, to reioice with you, and comfort you. He knoweth what is good for me, and what is profitable for you. The cause is his owne. Hée will doe all things to his glorie. Hée will treade Sathan vnder our féete. We can not purpose, and dispose of our selues. I know, 1that the way of man is not in him selfe, neyther is it in man to walke and to direct his steps.
The Lord increase you, in all godliness, that you may abound more and more, even as you have heard of us, how you ought to walk. You are but a little flock, God increase your number, and make all them partakers of his kingdom with you, which hear of your faith and conversation in Christ.