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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.
V. 3. We ought to thank God always for you, brethren as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of every one of you towards another aboundeth.
V. 3. Wee ought to thanke God alwayes for you, bretheren as it is meete, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the loue of euerie one of you towardes another aboundeth.
4. So that we our selves rejoice of you in the church of God, because of your patience, and faith in all your persecutions, and tribulations, that ye suffer.
4. So that we our selues reioice of you in the church of God, because of your patience, and fayth in al your persecutions, and tribulations, that ye suffer.
God hath wrought this good work of faith, and love, and patience in your hearts: he will make it prosper, and increase. It is he which hath put this fire in you, and he will make it burn. He hath laid his leaven in the dough or meal of your heart, and will make it heavy, and work, until all be leavened. He will make you abound more and more, and will bring to a good end the thing he hath begun.
God hath wrought this good worke of faith, and loue, and pacience in your hearts: he wil make it prosper, and encrease. It is he which hath put this fire in you, and he wil make it burne. Hee hath layde his leauine in the dough or meale of your heart, and wil make it heauie, and worke, vntill al be leauined. Hée wil make you abounde more and more, and wil bring to a good ende the thing he hath begonne.