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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.
They would have the Popes authority restored. What is the Pope? they say he is the successor of Peter. What doth the Pope as Peter did? or what did Peter as the Pope doth? He is a mortal man. And cursed are they of God, that put their trust in man. He feedeth not the flock, he teacheth not the simple, he strengtheneth not the weak: I will say no more. GOD make him a servant of ⟨p. 217⟩Christ, and a faithful disposer of the mysteries of God.
They woulde haue the Popes auctoritie restored. What is the Pope? they saie hée is the successour of Peter. What doth the Pope as Peter did? or what did Peter as the Pope doth? He is a mortall man. And cursed are they of God, that put their trust in man. He feedeth not the flocke, he teacheth not the simple, hée strengtheneth not the weake: I wil saie no more. GOD make him a seruant of ⟨p. 217⟩Christ, and a faithful disposer of the mysteries of God.
They are offended at the marriage of the ministers of the Church. Yet Gratian their great master sayeth, Copula sacerdotalis, nec legali, 1nec Evangelica, nec Apostolica authoritate prohibetur. The marriage of Priests is not forbidden by any authority, either of the law, or of the Gospel, or of the Apostles. The holy fathers that lived in the Apostles time, and shortly after, report that Peter, and all the other Apostles excepting only John, were married, and had wives: the Prophet Isaiah was married, and yet he saw the Lord sitting upon an high throne. Moses was married, and yet saw God face to face. Will they reform the Prophets, and the Apostles? Will they account that to be unholy, which the Apostle calleth honourable in all men? Ignatius the scholar of Saint 2John said, I wish to be found meet for God, as was Peter and Paul, and the other Apostles that were married.