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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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The godly preachers, sit also in the temple of god: they are the ministers of Christ, & disposers ⟨p. 288⟩of the secretes of God. There they expound the Scriptures, and she we the good and acceptable will of God. There they exhort, & teach, and reprove, and correct, and instruct the people in righteousness. Antichrist sitteth not in the Church after this sort. He teacheth not, nor exhorteth the people. He maketh that no part of his office. How sitteth he then? What shall he say, what shall he do? The Apostle telleth us, He exalteth himself against all that is called God, or that is worshipped. He shall be honoured with the honour that is due unto God. He shall shine and glitter in gold and precious stones. He shall be carried upon the shoulders of men, and waited upon by kings, and princes, and great estates. So shall he be contrary to Christ.
The godly preachers, sit also in the tēple of god: they are ye ministers of Christ, & disposers ⟨p. 288⟩of the secretes of God. There they expound the Scriptures, and she we the good and acceptable wil of God. There they exhort, & teach, and reproue, and correct, and instruct the people in righteousnesse. Antichrist sitteth not in the Church after this sort. He teacheth not, nor exhorteth the people. He maketh that no part of his office. How sitteth he then? What shal he say, what shal he doe? The Apostle telleth vs, He exalteth himselfe against al that is called God, or that is worshipped. He shal be honoured with the honour that is due vnto God. He shal shine and glitter in gold and precious stones. Hee shal be carried vppon the shoulders of men, and waited vpon by kings, and princes, and great estates. So shal he bée contrarie to Christ.
Christ was humble and lowly. The prophet in his own person speaketh of him, I am a worm, and not a man: a shame of men, 1and the contempt of the people. And the Apostle saith, He humbled himself, and became