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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.
Some there are, that thus say: O that I might hear Christ, or Peter, or Paul, I would verily believe what they should preach. This is fondness, and curious vanity. For whensoever thou doest hear the minister of GOD break unto thee the word of life, and teaching thee the trueth of the Gospel: thou hearest Paul and Peter, and Christ himself. If thou despisest the word of God spoken unto thee by him, and the grace which God offereth thee by him: thou despisest Christ him self, and heapest up the heavy displeasure of God against thee. God will give thee over into a reprobate mind: thou shalt have eyes, yet shalt not see: thou shalt have ears, yet shalt not hear: thou shalt die in thy sin. It shall be easier for Sodom at that day, than for thee. Therefore acknowledge them, give credit to their message, they watch, and take pains for you.
Some there are, that thus say: O that I might heare Christ, or Peter, or Paule, I would verily beléeue what they should preach. This is fondnesse, and curious vanitie. For whensoeuer thou doest heare the minister of GOD breake vnto thée the word of life, and teaching thée the trueth of the Gospell: thou hearest Paule and Peter, and Christ himselfe. If thou despisest the word of God spoken vnto thée by him, and the grace which God offereth thée by him: thou despisest Christ him selfe, and heapest vp the heauie displeasure of God against thée. God wil giue thée ouer into a reprobate minde: thou shalt haue eies, yet shalt not sée: thou shalt haue eares, yet shalt not heare: thou shalt die in thy sinne. It shall be easier for Sodome at that daie, than for thée. Therefore acknowledge them, giue credit to their message, they watch, and take paines for you.
What shall we say of them that labour not? that do neither teach, nor exhort, nor reprove, nor correct: that have no care to do their message, and no regard to the people? What may I say of such? God himself saith, They are dumb dogs, and can not bark: 1they lie and sleep, and delight in sleeping: they all look to their own way: and to their own advantage, and every one for his own purpose. Christ calleth them thieves and robbers. They are unsavoury salt, profitable for nothing, but to be cast forth and trodden under feet of men. Woe is unto me, saith Paul, if I