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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.
We have need of peace, of the peace of conscience within our selves: of peace, from the rage and fury of the world: and of peace and love among those that are of Gods household. Let us seek peace at the hands of God, and he will stablish us in the peace of his gospel, and so give us the rest and peace of our souls.
We haue néede of peace, of the peace of conscience within our selues: of peace, from the rage and furie of the world: and of peace and loue among those that are of Gods honsholde. Let vs séeke peace at the handes of God, and he wil stablish vs in the peace of his gospel, and so giue vs the rest and peace of our soules.
Sanctify you throughout. The God of peace, bless you, & keep you under the shadow of his wings, that your whole spirit, and soul, and body, may be kept blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Here mark, that the Apostle divideth man into three parts, The spirit, the soul, and the body. So that he seemeth to make the spirit one thing, and the soul an other. Howe is it then that we divide man into two parts, the soul and the body, and say that he doth stand but of two parts? There is no difference, the matter is all one. For Paul divideth the soul into two parts. The first is reason and understanding, which he calleth the Spirit. The other is, will & affection, which he calleth the Soul. For as God hath given us reason to see what is good: so hath he given us will to seek after that which is good. Reason hath eyes: Will is blind, and cannot see the way. Therefore will ⟨p. 226⟩must be led and guided by Reason. Reason must go before. Will must follow after. Therefore Reason is compared to the husband, and Will to the wife. If Will take in hand to rule Reason it is no less disorder, than if the wife will adventure or take upon her to rule her husband. Therefore in this place Reason, which is the principal part of our soul is called, the Spirit, and Will which is the other part, is called the Soul. So the spirit is not a several substance, but the soul and the spirit are one soul, even as the body and the flesh are one body. Thus therefore Paul prayeth for the Church, the God of peace sanctify you throughout, that your spirit, your reason, and understanding: your soul, your will, and affection: your body and your flesh, may altogether be pure and holy: that they may be found innocent and upright in the day of the Lord.