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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
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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.
Now, as the comming of Christ was, such is ⟨p. 281⟩the comming of Antichrist. God hath foretold of his comming. Daniel hath foretold. Christ, and his Apostles Paule and Iohn haue foretolde it, the Scriptures, and o•de Fathers make often mention hereof. There is none, neither olde nor young: neither learned nor vnlearned, but he hath hearde of Antichrist. They hate his name, and detest him, before they know him. But here you may marke the wonderful sleight and sutteltie of Satan. The worlde shal looke after the comming of Antichrist. He shal not faile but come. Al men shal carie hatred against him, and recken him abhominable, and yet their eyes shal be blinded, and their hearts deceiued, so that they shal not knowe him. They shal hate his name, and embrace his doctrine: he shal couer himselfe with a cloke of holinesse. They shal thinke they doe good seruice vnto Christ, but shal therein doe seruice vnto Antichrist.
The diverse fantasies of men, have devised many sundry fond tales of the person of Antichrist. Some say he should be a Jew, of the tribe of Dan. Some that he should be borne in Babylon: some, that he should be bred up in Bethsaida and Corazin: some, that he should rise up in Syria: some, that Mahomet is Antichrist: some that he should overthrow Rome: some, that he should build up the City