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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
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.
4 Knowing, beloved brethren that ye are elect of God.
4 Knowing, beloued brethren that ye are elect of God.
5 For our Gospel was not unto you in word ⟨p. 12⟩only, but also in power and in the holy ghost, and in much assurance, as ye know after what manner, we were among you for your sakes.
5 For our Gospel was not vnto you in word ⟨p. 12⟩onely, but also in power and in the holy ghost, and in much assuraunce, as ye know after what maner, we were among you for your sakes.
We give thanks, &c. Paul teacheth what is the office of a good minister. He must ever carry in remembrance the estate of the congregation over which the Lord hath placed him. He must give thanks to God in their behalf, and pray for them that God will bless that which he hath begun, and con•rme them unto the end, that they may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ: that he will behold them from above, and bless his inheritance, and guide the sheep of his pasture. Your effectual faith: Faith is not idle, it worketh and is forcible, it breaketh out like fire: it is always fruitful through love. Faith without works is no faith, it is dead and bringeth death. And diligent love: Love is painful, and full of travail: it thinketh not evil: it seeketh not her own things: it is bountiful. This love had the Thessalonians to the saints of God, which suffered affliction in all places for the Gospels sake. Many were spoiled of their goods, cast out of their houses, and banished from their country. Even as at this day for the like cause many of our brethren the good servants of God are driven into banishment, cast into prisons, put to the sword,