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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.
When the Apostle putteth the Corinthians in mind of that good success which God gave unto his ministry among them, he saith: Such 1trust have we through Christ to GOD: not that we are sufficient of our selves to think any thing as of our selves: but our sufficiency is of God. Christ showeth this to his disciples, I am the vine, you are the branches: he that 2abideth in me, and I in him, bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. To the Colossians saith Paul, It is God 3which worketh in you, both the will and the deed, even of his good pleasure. It is God that disposeth our goings, & turneth our harts, as seemeth best to him. He is able to make of the stones in the streets children unto Abraham, he is able to take away our stony heart, and to give us a heart of flesh.
When the Apostle putteth the Corinthians in minde of that good successe which God gaue vnto his ministery among them, he saith: Such 1trust haue we through Christ to GOD: not that we are sufficient of our selues to thinke any thing as of our selues: but our sufficiencie is of God. Christ sheweth this to his disciples, I am the vine, you are the braunches: he that 2abideth in me, and I in him, bringeth foorth much fruite: for without me ye can doe nothing. To the Colossians sayth Paul, It is God 3which worketh in you, both the wil and the deede, euen of his good pleasure. It is God that disposeth our goings, & turneth our harts, as séemeth best to him. He is able to make of the stones in the stréetes children vnto Abraham, he is able to take away our stony heart, and to giue vs a heart of flesh.
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