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…

So that we our selves rejoice of you in the Church of God, &c. Your faith is not only true, and pure, but settled, and constant. For you continued steadfast in the middest of persecution: you have been tormented, and juffred afflictions in your body, by the hands of tyrants: yet could they never remove you, from your faith in our saviour Jesus Christ, nor from your obedience to the will of God. You know, that all which will live godly in ¹Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution. Yet are you comforted, and say as the prophet David, The Lord is with me, therefore I will not fear, ²what man can do unto me. You cannot forget who it is that said, Whosoever shall confess ³me before men, him will I confess also before my father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me, I will also deny him before my father which is in heaven. He that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it. He that endureth unto the end, he shall be saved. And ⟨p. 241⟩•gnien, Blessed shall ye be, when men revile you, ⁴and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you, for my sake, falsely. Rejoice and be glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For so persecuted they the Prophets, which were before you.

So that we our selues reioyce of you in the Church of God, &c. Your faith is not onelie true, and pure, but setled, and constant. For you continued stedfast in the middest of persecution: you haue béene tormented, and iuffred afflictions in your bodie, by the handes of tyrauntes: yet could they neuer remoue you, from your faith in our sauiour Iesus Christ, nor from your obedience to the wil of God. You knowe, that al which wil liue godly in ¹Christ Iesus, shal suffer persecution. Yet are you comforted, and say as the prophet Dauid, The Lord is with me, therefore I wil not feare, ²