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…

S. Peter sayeth, There shall come in the last ¹days, mockers, which will walk after their lusts, and say, where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers dyed, all things continue alike from the beginning of the creation. They scorn the threatenings of Gods judgement. When shall the world come to an end? We have winter and summer, rain, snow, day and night as before. The sun keepeth his course: the floods run: the fr• bear fruit: all things are as they have been. O, saith Peter, know this, that god hath made the heaven and earth, and all the furniture in them. They are his creatures: he doth hold them up, and preserve them by the power of his word. When God shall withdraw his word, they shall decay, and have an end. As for our Lord, he shall come, and not tarry: at his coming heaven shall depart away as a scroll that is rolled, the element shall melt with heat, and the earth with the works that are therein, shall ⟨p. 173⟩be burnt up and consumed before his face. Deceive not your selves with lying words. For when you say, peace, peace, and all things are safe: then shall sudden destruction come upon you. Then two men shall be in the fields, the ²one shall be received, and the other refused. Two women shall be grinding at the mil: the one shall be received, and the other refused. So shall also the coming of the Son of man •ee.

S. Peter sayeth, There shal come in the last ¹dayes, mockers, which will walke after their lustes, and say, where is the promise of his comming? for since the fathers dyed, al things continue alike from the beginning of the creation. They skorne the threatninges of Gods indgement. When shal the world come to an ende? We haue winter and sommer, raine, snow, day and night as before. The sonne kéepeth his course: the fioudes runne: the fr• beare fruit: al things are as they haue béene. O, sayth Peter, know this, that god hath made the heauen and earth, and al the furniture in them. They are his creatures: he doth holde thē vp, and preserue them by the power of his word. When God shal withdrawe his word, they shal decay, and haue an ende. As for our Lorde, he shal come, and not tarie: at his comming heauen shal depart away as a scrol that is rold, the element shal melt with heat, and the earth with the works that are therin, shal