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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.
27 I charge you in the Lord, that this Epistle be read unto all the brethren, the Saints.
27 I charge you in the Lord, that this Epistle be read vnto al the brethren, the Saints.
Salute one another in token of true and ⟨p. 228⟩unfeigned love. And withhold not this Epistle from any of the brethren. It is written for their sakes. Let them hear it, that they may take comfort by it. How agreeth Paul in this charge with them, that in no case would have the people read the Scriptures? That say, Ignorance is the mother of devotion. It is the word of God the father: why should not the people of God understand it? It is the water, that springeth out to everlasting life: why should the people of God be driven away, and not suffered to drink thereof? It is the light of the world: why should the people be hoodwinked, and kept that they should not look up and see it? Why should they sit and perish in the darkness of death? It is the will of God, that all the people should know him, from the least to the greatest among them. Saint Paul saith, Whatsoever things are written aforetime, 1are written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. Christ sayeth, This is 2life eternal, to know thee to be the only very God, and whom thou hast sent Jesus Christ. Let us not forget these words of Paul. I charge you in the Lord, by his death, by his cross, by his blood, by the day of his appearance, that this epistle be read to the learned, and unlearned, to the wise and simple: to the Masters ⟨p. 229⟩and to the servants: to all our brethren, to all the sons of God.
Salute one another in token of true and