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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.
12 That ye may behave your selves honestly towards them that are without, and that nothing be lacking unto you.
12 That yee may behaue your selues honestlie towardes them that are without, and that nothing be lacking vnto you.
Let no man among you, be a busy body in other mens matters. Be not caves droppers, and hearkening what is said or done in your neighbours house. Wide ears and long tongues dwell together. They that love to hear all that may be told them, do also love to blab out all they hear.
Let no man among you, bée a busie bodie in other mens matters. Be not caues droppers, and harkening what is sayde or doone in your neighbours house. Wide eares and long tongues dwel together. They that loue to heare al that may bée tolde them, doe also loue to blab out al they heare.
Study to be quiet, and meddle with your own business. The Church of God, is as the body of man. In a mans body every part hath his several office, the arm, the leg, the hand, and foot do that, whereto they are appointed: and doing the same, they live together in peace. But, if the arm would take in hand to do that is the duty of the leg: or the foot, that is the part of the hand, it would breed great disorder in the whole body. So if every man in the Church of God, seek to do that to them belongeth, the Church shall flourish, and be in quiet. But when every man will he busy, and take upon him to look into other: when every private man will govern, and the subject take in hand to rule the Prince: all must needs come to wrack and decay. Busy bodies ever find fault, with their brethren and neighbours, with the ⟨p. 156⟩State, the Clergy, the Common wealth, the Church, the Government, and with the Prince. They are an unquiet kind of men, ever looking, for that they may mislike, and never contented. From these men come privy whisperings, slander, backbiting, mutinies, conspiracies, treasons, deposing of Princes, and utter decay of common wealths. These are the fruits of curiosity.