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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.
The number of the faithful that shall remain at his coming, shall not be many. So saith Christ, When the Son of man cometh, 1shall he find faith on the earth? S. John prophesying of that day, saith, The sun was as 2black as sackcloth of hair, and the Moon was like blood. The beauty of the Church shall be defaced: the light of the Gospel shall be put out. Then shall few be left of those that shall behold the glory of God. These shall give witness unto the truth. And albeit they be but few, yet are they enough to condemn the ungodliness of the wicked. We shall not go in routes: for we shall be but few, we shall then be in the body, and live in this world, and look up, and see these things: yet when the Lord shall come, we shall not prevent them that sleep. Although we live, and they were dead, yet shall they be as ready as we.
The number of the faithful that shal remain at his comming, shal not be many. So sayth Christ, When the sonne of man commeth, 1shal he finde faith on the earth? S. Iohn prophecying of that day, sayth, The sunne was as 2blacke as sackecloath of hayre, and the Moone was like bloud. The beautie of the Church shal be defaced: the light of the Gospel shal be put out. Then shal few be left of those that shal behold the glory of God. These shal giue witnesse vnto the truth. And albeit they be but few, yet are they ynough to condemne the vngodlinesse of the wicked. We shal not go in rowtes: for we shal be but few, we shal then be in the bodie, and liue in this world, and looke vp, and sée these things: yet when the Lord shal come, we shal not preuent them that sléepe. Although we liue, and they were dead, yet shal they be as readie as we.