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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.
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.
Paule séemeth not in these wordes to say, what letteth the comming of Antichrist: but what shal stay the comming of Christ. For so be maketh entrie into his matter: I beseeche ⟨p. 301⟩you, by the cōming of our Lord Iesus Christ, that ye be not troubled as though the day of Christ were at hand. Let no man deceiue you by any meanes. For the day of Christ shal not come, except there come a departing first, and that Antichrist be disclosed. Euen so here he sayth, ye know what withholdeth Christ, and why he cōmeth not. Euen this, that Antichrist might first be reueiled in his time. His time is appointed. The spring commeth not, vntil the winter haue gone before: the night goeth before, and then the day commeth. And so shal not the glorious maiestie of Christs comming appeare, before the dreadful and daungerous dayes of Antichrist shal come. There shal be no deliuerie, vnlesse bondage goe before.