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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. 23. Now the very God of peace sanctify you throughout: and I pray God, that your ⟨p. 223⟩whole spirit, and soul, and body, may be kept blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
V. 23. Now the very God of peace sanctifie you throughout: and I pray God, that your ⟨p. 223⟩whole spirite, and soule, and bodie, may bee kept blamelesse vnto the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ.
Our God is the God of peace. He giveth peace and quiet to his Church. He doth mussel the Lion, amaze the tyrant, make blunt the sword, and quench the fire prepared against his servants. He giveth his sons peace and quietness, among themselves. He abhorreth discord and malice between brethren. God is love, saith Saint John, And he that dwelleth in 1love, dwelleth in God, and God in him. He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death. God hath made us all members of one body. There is no respect of persons with him, no difference of learned and unlearned, wise or foolish, rich or poor. His will is that we all should be as one, of one mind, and that we should all think one thing, & speak one thing: that we should be one fold under one shepherd, and with one month glorify the father of our Lord Jesus Christ. For this peace Christ prayed, sanctify them through thy trueth. Bless them, take away all bitterness, and swelling from among them. Make them Citizens of thy heavenly Jerusalem, that they may live in peace, and love one an other, and delight one in other. That 2they all may be one, as thou, ô father, art one in me, and I in thee.
Our God is the God of peace. He giueth peace and quiet to his Church. He doth mussel the Lion, amaze the tyrant, make blunt the sworde, and quench the fire prepared against his seruantes. He giueth his sonnes peace and quietnesse, among themselues. He abhorreth discorde and malice betwéene brethren. God is loue, sayth Saint Iohn, And he that dwelleth in