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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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This warning the Apostle gave to the Thessalonians. The like warning he gave to other Churches where he taught the Gospel: and the same is also spoken unto us. They knew by his teaching that Antichrist should come. We know by the marks which he hath given to know Antichrist, that he is already come: and that, the very same is come, which the Apostle describeth: that he is grown unto his fullness, and hath stalled himself in the place of God.
This warning the Apostle gaue to the Thessalonians. The like warning he gaue to other Churches where he taught the Gospel: and the same is also spoken vnto vs. They knewe by his teaching that Antichrist should come. We know by the markes which he hath giuen to know Antichrist, that he is alreadie come: and that, the very same is come, which the Apostle describeth: that he is growen vnto his fulnesse, and hath stalled himselfe in the place of God.
V. 6. And now ye know what withholdeth: that he might be revealed in his time.
V. 6. And nowe yee knowe what withholdeth: that hee might bee reueyled in his time.
Paul seemeth not in these words to say, what letteth the coming of Antichrist: but what shall stay the coming of Christ. For so be maketh entry into his matter: I beseech ⟨p. 301⟩you, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye be not troubled as though the day of Christ were at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means. For the day of Christ shall not come, except there come a departing first, and that Antichrist be disclosed. Even so here he saith, ye know what withholdeth Christ, and why he cometh not. Even this, that Antichrist might first be revealed in his time. His time is appointed. The spring cometh not, until the winter have gone before: the night goeth before, and then the day cometh. And so shall not the glorious majesty of Christs coming appear, before the dreadful and dangerous days of Antichrist shall come. There shall be no delivery, unless bondage go before.