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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 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.
They are offended at the mariage of the ministers of the Church. Yet Gratian their great maister sayeth, Copula sacerdotalis, nec legali, 1nec Euangelica, nec Apostolica authoritate prohibetur. The marriage of Priestes is not forbidden by any authoritie, either of the lawe, or of the Gospel, or of the Apostles. The holie fathers that liued in the Apostles time, and shortly after, report that Peter, and al the other Apostles excepting only Iohn, were maried, and had wiues: the Prophet Esay was married, and yet he sawe the Lord sitting vpon an high throne. Moses was marryed, and yet saw God face to face. Wil they reforme the Prophetes, and the Apostles? Wil they account that to be vnholie, which the Apostle calleth honorable in al men? Ignatius the scholer of Saint 2Iohn saide, I wish to be found meete for God, as was Peter and Paule, and the other Apostles that were married.
- 126. Quae. 2. Sors.
- 2Ignat. ad Philadelphienses.