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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.
V. 11. Wherefore exhort one an other, and edify one another, even as ye do.
V. 11. Wherefore exhort one an other, and edifie one another, euen as ye doe.
This is the bond of true love and Christian friendship, that every man be careful of his brother as of himself: that every man short, and teach the things that are good, and rebuke others in il: that every man seek to bring home the lost sheep, and to restore him to his master. Therefore Christ saith, If thy 1brother trespass against thee, go and tell him his faults, between him and thee alone: if he hear thee, thou hast won thy brother. For what knowest thou, whether thou shalt save thy brother? Brethren, saith Saint James, If any 2of you hath erred from the trueth, and some man hath converted him, let him know that he which hath converted the sinner, from going astray out of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
This is the bonde of true loue and Christian friendship, that euerie man be careful of his brother as of himselfe: that euerie man •hort, and teach the thinges that are good, and rebuke others in il: that euerie man séeke to bring home the lost shéepe, and to restore him to his maister. Therefore Christ sayth, If thy 1brother trespasse against thee, goe and tel him his faults, betweene him and thee alone: if he heare thee, thou hast wonne thy brother. For what knowest thou, whether thou shalt saue thy brother? Brethren, sayth Saint Iames, If any 2of you hath erred from the trueth, and some man hath conuerted him, let him knowe that he which hath conuerted the sinner, from going aftray out of his way, shall saue a soule from death, and shall hide a multitude of sinnes.