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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. 16. Rejoice evermore.
V. 16. Reioice euermore.
The joy of the wicked shall have an end. They rejoice in their goods, in their wisdom, in their peace and worldly safety, and in the multitude of their children, or descent of their pedigree. This joy is transitory, it fadeth and abideth not. The world passeth (saith Saint John) 1and the lust thereof. They rejoice in their ⟨p. 201⟩wickedness, the Lute and the Harp, Tabret and Pipe, and wine are in their feasts, but they regard not the work of the Lord: They eat up the people as it were bread: they do whatsoever they can devise against the servants of God: but the later end of their joy, shall be heaviness, as it is said, Woe be 2unto you that laugh now, for you shall weep and lament.
The ioie of the wicked shall haue an ende. They reioice in their goods, in their wisedome, in their peace and worldly safetie, and in the multitude of their children, or discent of their petidegrée. This ioie is transitorie, it fadeth and abideth not. The worlde passeth (saith Saint Iohn) 1and the lust thereof. They reioice in their ⟨p. 201⟩wickednesse, the Lute and the Harpe, Tabret and Pype, and wine are in their feastes, but they regard not the woorke of the Lorde: They eat vp the people as it were bread: they doe whatsoeuer they can deuise against the seruantes of God: but the later ende of their ioye, shalbe heauinesse, as it is saide, Woe be 2