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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.
Except there come a departing first. There must first be a departing from faith in the Church of God, and then shall be the coming of the Lord. There was one general departing in the days of Noah. Al flesh had corrupt their ways: there was not any that did seek after righteousness. Then came the day of the Lord upon them: he poured out the water•, and they prevailed upon the earth, so that both man and cattle, and worm, & the soul of the heaven were destroyed. There was a general departing of the Jews, & people of God at ⟨p. 264⟩Jerusalem. They made the house of God a den of thieves: they saved a thief, and crucified the Lord of glory. God had no delight in them, neither regarded their sacrifices. Christ said unto them, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou 1that killest the Prophets, and stonest them which have been sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not? Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. They shall not 2leave in thee one stone upon another, because thou knowest not the time of thy visitation. Such a departing it shall be, whereof the Apostle speaketh, and so general, that the son of man when he cometh shall hardly find faith upon the earth.
Except there come a departing first. There must first be a departing from faith in the Church of God, and then shall be the comming of the Lorde. There was one general departing in the daies of Noah. Al flesh had corrupt their waies: there was not ani• that did seeke after righteousnesse. Then came the daie of the Lorde vpon them: he powred out the water•, and they preuailed vpon the earth, so that both man and cattel, and worme, & the soule of the heauen were destroied. There was a general departing of the Iewes, & people of God at ⟨p. 264⟩Hierusalem. They made the house of God a denne of théeues: they saued a théefe, and crucified the Lord of glorie. God had no delight in them, neither regarded their sacrifices. Christ said vnto them, O Ierusalem, Ierusalem, thou