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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
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.
Christ saith, Except a man be borne again, 1he can not see the kingdom of God. These words are most true. For, by our own nature, we be the vessels of Gods wrath, and the children of damnation. Unless we be regenerate, and borne a new of water and of the holy ghost, we cannot be saved. Yet Nicodemus a wise man, a Pharisee, and a ruler of the Jews mistook this speech: it seemed strange unto him, how a man might be borne, when he is old. Can he enter (saith he) the second time into his mothers womb, and be borne? how can these things be? Jesus answered, and said unto him, art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? This new birth must be from above: even by the working of the holy ghost.
Christ saith, Except a man be borne againe, 1hee can not see the kingdome of God. These words are most true. For, by our owne nature, we be the vessels of Gods wrath, and the children of danmation. Vnlesse we be regenerate, and borne a new of water and of the holie ghost, we cannot be saued. Yet Nicodemus a wise man, a Pharisée, and a ruler of the Iewes mistooke this speech: it séemed strange vnto him, how a man might be borne, when he is olde. Can he enter (saith he) the second time into his mothers wombe, and be borne? how can these things be? Iesus aunswered, and said vnto him, arte thou a maister of Israel, and knowest not these things? This newe birth must be from aboue: euen by the working of the holie ghost.
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