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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 2
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Their children after them forsook the 1Lord, and served Baal, and Astaroth, They said to a tree, thou art my father, and to a stone, thou hast begotten me. They have turned their 2back to me, and not their face, saith god by the prophet Jeremiah. And was this the offence but of some small number of them: were they but few or of the baser and simpler sort, whom the wicked spirit had thus seduced to make them forsake the true and living GOD, and to give the glory due unto him, to dumb creatures, and to the works of their own hands? No, they departed from GOD in great multitudes, with full consent, and unity, they warranted their doings by antiquity, and by the custom of their fathers before them. The Prophet saith, According to the number 3of thy cities were thy Gods, O Judah: and to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars of confusion, even altars to burn incense unto Baal. And in an other ⟨p. 248⟩place, he saith, A great multitude, even all the 4people that dwelt in the land of Egypt in Phathros answered Jeremiah, saying: the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hear it of thee. But we will do whatsoever thing goeth out of our own mouth, as to burn incense to the Queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our Kings and our Princes &c. Thus, even among that nation, which God hath chosen unto himself, the Apostasy was so great, the departure from true holiness was so universal, that not only every city, but every street was defiled with their Idolatry. And besides the women which burnt incense unto other Gods: a great multitude, yea all the people with one consent cried out against their preacher, refused to hear the word of God, and maintained their super•tion.
Their children after them forsooke the 1Lord, and serued Baal, and Astaroth, They said to a tree, thou art my father, and to a stone, thou hast begotten me. They haue turned their