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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. 7. For the mystery of iniquity doeth already work, only he which now letteth, shall let till he be taken out of the way.
V. 7. For the mysterie of iniquitie doeth alreadie worke, onely he which nowe letteth, shal let til he be taken out of the way.
The mystery of iniquity doeth already work. Let us not be deceived. Antichrist shall certainly come, and shall draw many into error. As it was with Christ, at his coming, he was in the world, he did the works of his father, yet few knew him: So shall it be with Antichrist, he shall be in the world, he shall work his iniquity, and few shall know him. Paul lived more than fifteen hundred years past. Yet then he said the mystery of the iniquity ⟨p. 303⟩doth already work. The devil is not idle, saith he, Antichrist even now worketh, when as the blood of Christ was fresh: when as yet the Apostles and many other witnesses of our redemption by Christ were living. And S. John saith, Even now are there many Antichrists 1come already. So soon was his foundation cast, his plot laid, his way prepared, and his work begun. So long sithens did Paul see some which delighted in the works of darkness: which were the enemies of the cross of Christ, which served their belly and not the Lord, even then did he see the grievous wolves not sparing the flock, should enter in among them. Al these were the forerunners and the harbingers of Antichrist.
The mysterie of iniquitie doeth alreadie worke. Let vs not be deceiued. Antichrist shal certainly come, and shal drawe many into errour. As it was with Christ, at his cōming, he was in the world, he did the workes of his father, yet fewe knewe him: So shal it be with Antichrist, hee shal be in the worlde, he shal worke his iniquitie, and fewe shal know him. Paule liued more than fiftéene hundred yeares past. Yet then he saide the mysterie of the iniquitie ⟨p. 303⟩