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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.
Who considereth not the swallows and other birds? they sleep all the winter long. But when the spring cometh, they come to life again, and are seen abroad. What creature ⟨p. 165⟩so little, so vile, and so little worth, as the sty? Yet by those so base, and contemptible things, doth God teach us to know our selves and our estate. The greatest part of the winter, they are as dead. They creep into chinks and corners, as into their grave, and lie there without life, without feeling. Prove it who list, he shall see it so. The body is dead, the wings moulted. Yet the very same fly so little and so vile shall be refrozed again at the spring, and shall live in the warm weather, and have the same wings, and the same feet, and the same body. If we be hard of belief, to give credit to the word of God, these are manifest proofs to teach us the resurrection of our bodies. If GOD do so much for the flies, which are so vile a creature: how much rather will he quicken us again, whom he hath chosen out of this world to live with him for ever?
Who considereth not the swallowes and other birdes? they sléepe al the winter long. But when the spring commeth, they come to life againe, and are séene abroad. What creature ⟨p. 165⟩so little, so vile, and so little worth, as the stie? Yet by those so base, and contemptible things, doth God teach vs to know our selues and our estate. The greatest part of the winter, they are as dead. They créepe into chinks and corners, as into their graue, and lie there without life, without féeling. Prooue it who list, he shall sée it so. The bodie is dead, the wings moulted. Yet the verie same flie so little and so vile shall be refrozed againe at the spring, and shall liue in the warme weather, and haue the same wings, and the same féete, and the same bodie. If we be hard of beléefe, to giue credite to the word of God, these are manifest proofes to teach vs the resurrection of our bodies. If GOD do so much for the flies, which are so vile a creature: how much rather wil he quicken vs againe, whome hée hath chosen out of this world to liue with him for euer?