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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.
He selleth merits, the forgiveness of sins: the sacrifice for the quick and the dead. He maketh merchandise of the souls of men. He layeth his filthy hands upon the Lords anointed. He removeth kings, and deposeth the states and Princes of the world. This is Antichrist. This is his power. Thus shall he work and make himself manifest. So shall he sit in the temple of God. The people shall wonder at him, and shall have him in reverence. They shall say, who is like unto the beast? Who is so wise, so mighty, so godly, so virtuous, so holy, so like unto God? so intolerable and monstrous shall be his pride.
Hée selleth merites, the forgiuenesse of sinnes: the sacrifice for the quicke and the dead. Hée maketh marchandize of the soules of men. Hée laieth his filthie handes vppon the Lordes annointed. Hée remooueth kings, and deposeth the states and Princes of the world. This is Antichrist. This is his power. Thus shal he worke and make himselfe manifest. So shall he sit in the temple of God. The people shall woonder at him, and shall haue him in reuerence. They shall say, who is like vnto the beast? Who is so wise, so mightie, so godlie, so vertuous, so holie, so like vnto God? so intolerable and monstrous shal be his pride.
It were much for him to sit in the seat, and to occupy the room of an earthly King or Emperor. But he shall take upon him the authority and the name of GOD, the name of the living Lord, the name of GOD which hath made heaven and earth, even the name of GOD the father of our Lord Jesus Christ. And in this pride he shall exceed all others that have been wicked. The Pharisees and the Scribes were wicked: yet none of them did sit in the temple of God, showing himself that he was God. Arius, Nestorius, Montanus, Valentinus were wicked heretics, yet they never ⟨p. 291⟩•ooke upon them the name of God. What should I say of this blasphemy? or in whom may we find the like? Mahomet was a Turk and a false Prophet, and a deceiver of the people, yet he took not upon him the name of God. This point and reach of ungodliness belongeth only to Antichrist. He shall sit in the place of God in judgements: he shall show himself out of that place as if he were God. Irenaeus sayeth, Quum sit servus, tamen