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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.
The Church of God hath ever been under persecution, and afflictions, as may appear by the stories of all ages: but GOD hath not failed to comfort them, and work their deliverance. Israel was in great bondage under Pharaoh. They were put to great slavery ⟨p. 262⟩to •hoppe straw, and to bake brick, &c. Their male children were slain before their faces. This was done unto them, that so they might be rooted out, and their name quite put out from the •arth. It was high time for the Lord to put to his hand. They called upon him in their troubles and he heard them. Then sent he Moses and Aaron, and delivered them: he opened the read sea, and gave them passage.
The Church of God hath euer béene vnder persecution, and afflictions, as may appeare by the stories of al ages: but GOD hath not failed to comfort them, and worke their deliuerance. Israel was in great bondage vnder Pharao. They were put to great stauerie ⟨p. 262⟩to •hoppe strawe, and to bake bricke, &c. Their male children were slaine before their faces. This was done vnto them, that so they might be rooted out, and their name quite put out from the •arth. It was high time for the Lord to put to his hand. They called vpon him in their troubles and he heard them. Then sent he Moses and Aaron, and deliuered them: he opened the redde sea, and gaue them passage.
When the Phili•ines oppressed them, GOD sent them Gideon, Barak, Jehu, Debora, and Sampson, whom he endued with wisdom, and courage, and power to overcome their enemies, and to set them at liberty. What should I speak of Nebuchadnezzar, An•ochus, Nero, Julian, and other tyrants? They oppressed the servants of GOD, and kept them in great misery. But God looked down from heaven, and was their helper in the time of need: he brake the ords asunder, and delivered them. The more ie was extended or practised against them, the more glorious did GOD shei himself, in the […]