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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.
V. 9. But as touching brotherly love, you need not that I write unto you: for ye are taught of God to love one an other.
V. 9. But as touching brotherly loue, you neede not that I write vnto you: for yee are taught of God to loue one an other.
Love is the bond of unity, of perfection, of ⟨p. 150⟩knowledge, of wisdom, and of all godliness. Paul the more to set forth the sweetness, and comfort thereof, calleth it, brotherly love. Brethren are bound to love one another. God, and nature, and bringing up, do bind them. Many brethren have endangered themselves, to save their brethren. It were a monster in nature, that one brother should kill an other. You are all brethren, and have one father, even God. How then can you hate and trouble your brethren? Hereto Christ calleth us, A new commandment 1give I you, that ye love one an other: as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to an other. Hereof the Prophet David saith, Behold, how 2good and how comely a thing it is, brethren to dwell even together. There is peace, there is comfort, there is heaven, there is God himself among them. This is the duty of the children of God, to love together, as the parts & members of one body, as brethren, and as the sons of one father.
Loue is the bond of vnitie, of perfection, of ⟨p. 150⟩knowledge, of wisedome, and of al godlinesse. Paul the more to set foorth the swéetnesse, and comfort thereof, calleth it, brotherly loue. Brethren are bound to loue one another. God, and nature, and bringing vp, doe bind them. Many brethren haue endangered themselues, to saue their brethren. It were a monster in nature, that one brother should kill an other. You are all brethren, and haue one father, euen God. How then can you hate and trouble your brethren? Hereto Christ calleth vs, A newe commaundement