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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 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 ⟨p. 282⟩of Jerusalem: some, that Nero was Antichrist: some, that he should be borne of a Fryer and a Nun: some, that he should continue but three years and a half: some, that he should turn trees upside down, with the tops in the ground, and should force the roots to grow upward, and then should flee up into heaven, and fall down, and break his neck. These tales have been craftily devised to beguile our eyes, that whilst we think upon these guesses, and so occupy our selves in beholding a shadow or probable conjecture of Antichrist, he which is Antichrist indeed may unawares deceive us.
The diuerse fantasies of men, haue deuised manie sundrie fonde tales of the person of Antichrist. Some say he should be a Iewe, of the tribe of Dan. Some that he should bée borne in Babylon: some, that he should be bred vp in Bethsaida and Corazin: some, that he should rise vp in Syria: some, that Mahomet is Antichrist: some that he should ouerthrowe Rome: some, that he should builde vp the Citie ⟨p. 282⟩of Hierusalem: some, that Nero was Antichrist: some, that he should be borne of a Fryer and a Nonne: some, that he should continue but three yeares and a halfe: some, that he shoulde turne trées vpside downe, with the toppes in the grounde, and should force the rootes to growe vpwarde, and then should flée vp into heauen, and fal downe, and breake his necke. These tales haue béene craftily deuised to beguile our eyes, that whilest we thinke vpon these gesses, and so occupie our selues in beholding a shadowe or probable coniecture of Antichrist, he which is Antichrist indéede may vnawares deceiue vs.