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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.
There is great error, and darkness, and ignorance, in mans life. We rejoice ⟨p. 160⟩when we have cause to mourn, and mourn many times when we have cause to rejoice. Therefore he sayeth, I would not have you ignorant. Be not deceived. God hath given you eyes to see the right ways God hath given you ears to hear counsel: and a heart to know reason, and to understand, and judge. God hath given you the Scriptures, and by them the knowledge of his will. He hath given you a face to look up to heaven, and the spirit of life hath he poured into you: that you should not by any means be deceived.
There is great errour, and darkenesse, and ignoraunce, in mans life. Wee reioyce ⟨p. 160⟩when wee haue cause to mourne, and mourne manie times when wee haue cause to reioyce. Therefore he sayeth, I would not haue you ignorant. Be not deceiued. God hath giuen you eyes to sée the right ways God hath giuen you eares to heare counsel: and a heart to knowe reason, and to vnderstande, and iudge. God hath giuen you the Scriptures, and by them the knowledge of his wil. He hath giuen you a face to looke vp to heauen, and the spirit of life hath he poured into you: that you should not by anie meanes be deceiued.
That ye sorrow not as other that have no hope. He doth not forbid natural affection. Our parents, and our children are dear unto us. They are our flesh and blood, and the chief and principal parts of our body. Any part of our body can not be cut off, but we shall feel it. The father if he feel not the death of his son: or, the son if he feel not the death of his Father, and have not a deep feeling of it, he is unnatural. David mourned for Jonathan. The whole land mourned for Josiah. Paul saith, God have mercy upon Epaphroditus, (he was sick, very near unto death) and not on him only, but on me also, least I should have sorrow upon sorrow. If God had taken Epaphroditus out of life, ⟨p. 161⟩