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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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Now, as the spirit of God was among the faithful, and distributed to every man several gifts, as it seemed best to profit withal: so did the spirit of Satan wait upon the wicked, and possessed their hearts and bodies, and caused them to imagine, and to do those things which were unseemly. He used them as instruments to disquiet the Church of God, and to cast into it the seed of error, of untruth, and dissension. Of such spirits Saint John giveth warning, saying, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits, whether they 1are of God: for many false Prophets are gone into the world. At what time Ahab would not believe the answer which the Prophet Micah made him: there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will go out, and be a false spirit in the mouth of all his 2prophets. This spirit ever walketh up and down, seeking whom he may devour, and blindeth the minds of many, that the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ may not shine unto them. Take here, that you be not deceived by any such, which shall seek to abuse you, by pretence of revelation. Though they shall take upon them to tell you of the day or hour ⟨p. 254⟩of the coming of our Lord, believe them not: for the false spirit is in the mouth of such prophets.
Nowe, as the spirite of God was among the faithful, and distributed to euerie man seueral giftes, as it séemed best to profit withal: so did the spirite of Satan waite vpon the wicked, and possessed their hearts and bodies, and caused them to imagine, and to doe those thinges which were vnséemely. He vsed them as instrumentes to disquiet the Church of God, and to cast into it the séede of error, of vntrueth, and dissention. Of such spirites Saint Iohn giueth warning, saying, beleeue not euerie spirite, but trie the spirites, whether they 1are of God: for many false Prophets are gone into the worlde. At what time Achab would not beléeue the aunswere which the Prophet Micheas made him: there came foorth a spirite, and stoode before the Lorde, and sayde, I wil go out, and be a false spirite in the mouth of al his 2