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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.
It was not given them to know the secretes of the kingdom of heaven. They have not •nowen the father, nor whom he hath sent, Jesus Christ. Therefore saith he, I confess unto thee 1father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and learned, and hast revealed them to babes: even so father because it so pleased thee.
It was not giuen them to knowe the secretes of the kingdome of heauen. They haue not •nowen the father, nor whom he hath sent, Iesus Christ. Therefore saith he, I confesse vnto thee 1father, Lord of heauen and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and learned, and hast reuealed them to babes: euen so father bicause it so pleased thee.
- 1Luke 10.
Now, as the coming of Christ was, such is ⟨p. 281⟩the coming of Antichrist. God hath foretold of his coming. Daniel hath foretold. Christ, and his Apostles Paul and John have foretold it, the Scriptures, and o•de Fathers make often mention hereof. There is none, neither old nor young: neither learned nor unlearned, but he hath heard of Antichrist. They hate his name, and detest him, before they know him. But here you may mark the wonderful sleight and subtlety of Satan. The world shall look after the coming of Antichrist. He shall not fail but come. Al men shall carry hatred against him, and reckon him abominable, and yet their eyes shall be blinded, and their hearts deceived, so that they shall not know him. They shall hate his name, and embrace his doctrine: he shall cover himself with a cloak of holiness. They shall think they do good service unto Christ, but shall therein do service unto Antichrist.