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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
¶ The Second Epistle of the Apostle Saint Paul to the Thessalonians. › Chapter 1
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.
CHAP. I.
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the Church of the Thessalonians which is in God our father, and in our Lord Jesus Christ.
PAule, and Syluanus, and Timotheus, vnto the Church of the Thessalonians which is in God our father, and in our Lord Iesus Christ.
IN the former Epistle, he wrote somewhat touching the latter day and the coming of our Lord to judgement, and said, that that day shall come as a thief in the night: and therefore exhorted them to watch, and pray, and to prepare themselves to be in a readiness. ⟨p. 232⟩The false Apostles did fondly and maliciously mistake his words: and devised means thereby to disquiet the minds of the faithful, and to trouble the Church of God. Thus could the Prince of darkness, the old Serpent, and deceiving spirit, turn the truth of God into occasion of slander. In the mean while the Apostle was far off from them at Athens. But when he heard of their case, he sent unto them this other Epistle, wherein he declareth more plainly that matter which before seemed doubtful, and seeketh to satisfy their hearts, and to remove them from that error, which they had conceived.
IN the former Epistle, hée wrote somewhat touching the latter day and the comming of our Lord to iudgement, and saide, that that daie shall come as a théefe in the night: and therefore arborted them to watch, and praie, and to prepare themselues to be in a readinesse.