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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.
And the dead in Christ shall rise, first. The earth shall open & yield forth her dead bodies: that so they may be ready with us that remain, to go before the presence of our judge. Which are dead in Christ. Who are they? They whom he chose out of this world: and which have chosen God for their portion: whom God hath sealed unto the day of redemption. Which have said, Christ is to me both in life, & death, advantage. And, I live, not I now, but Christ liveth in me. And again, whether we live or ⟨p. 177⟩bie we are the Lords. Which say I have bound my self to serve the Lord, all the days of my life.
And the dead in Christ shal rise, first. The earth shal open & yéelde foorth her dead bodies: that so they may be ready with vs that remain, to go before the presence of our iudge. Which are dead in Christ. Who are they? They whom he chose out of this world: and which haue chosen God for their portion: whome God hath sealed vnto the day of redemption. Which haue saide, Christ is to me both in life, & death, aduantage. And, I liue, not I now, but Christ liueth in me. And againe, whether we liue or ⟨p. 177⟩bie we are the Lords. Which say I haue boūd my selfe to serue the Lord, all the daies of my life.
They are dead in Christ which commend them selves wholly unto him, and say, O Lord in thee have I trusted, let me never be confounded. I desire to be loosed, and to be with Christ. Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit, thou hast redeemed me, O Lord of truth. To be short, whosoever liveth in the Lord, he dieth in the Lord. He in whom Christ liveth, which hath a taste and feeling of Christ in his heart: he that rejoiceth in Christ, and looketh for that blessed hope, and appearing of the glory of the mighty God, and of our saviour Jesus Christ: he is a sheep of his pasture, he is a member of his body, he is the apple of his eye: he liveth and dieth in Christ. Blessed is he that so liveth and so dieth, for he shall rise with Christ in the resurrection of the righteous, and shall have his part in the land of the living.