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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.
Say to the Usurer, oh hear the voice of the Lord, thus saith the Lord, before whom thou shalt stand to give an account of those things which thou hast done in this life: Thou shalt not give thy money to Usury. He that careth not for these words, but doeth otherwise, shall not scape unpunished. Say to the rich man: oh put not your trust in riches. Lay up your treasure in heaven: lay it up in the bosom of the poor, and it shall make intercession for thee. Put thy trust in the living God, ⟨p. 193⟩which giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy. Thy house, thy land, thy money, thy gold and silver shall not continue: thou shalt go the shalt of all flesh, and thy riches shall not be able to deliver thee in the day of wrath.
Say to the Vsurer, oh heare the voyce of the Lord, thus sayth the Lord, before whom thon shalt stande to giue an account of those things which thou hast done in this life: Thou shalt not giue thy money to Vsurie. Hee that careth not for these wordes, but doeth otherwise, shal not scape vnpunished. Say to the rich man: oh put not your trust in riches. Lay vp your treasure in heauen: lay it vp in the bosome of the poore, and it shal make intercession for thée. Put thy trust in the liuing God, ⟨p. 193⟩which giueth vs abundantly all things to inioie. Thy house, thy lande, thy money, thy golde and siluer shall not continue: thou shalt go the shalt of all flesh, and thy riches shall not be able to deliuer thée in the daie of wrath.
Say to the learned man, to the wise man, and to the man whom God hath endued with worldly power: what hast thou, that thou hast not received? be not high minded. It is the gift of God. It is not thine. Thou shalt give a reckoning of all that thou hast received. Abuse it not to the dishonour of God. It is of charity that I speak unto thee. Thou art my brother, God hath a care over thee: it is his will, that one of us should exhort an other. Oh why should thy life give offence to any man? why should the name of God be il spoken of through thee? He hath made thee to be a vessel of honour, thou belongest to his fold, why shouldest thou be lost, and perish in thy wilfulness?