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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 shall walk in craftiness, and handle the word of God deceitfully: he shall mingle his lies with the truth of God: he shall mingle his poison with the wholesome food of our souls; so closely and subtly, that it shall hardly be espied: he shall go forward by little and little, and so win credit, and convey him self into the hearts of the people. This is a mystery. Christ sayeth, A man sowed good 1feed in his field, but while men slept, there ⟨p. 307⟩came his foe, & sowed tares among the wheat, •nd went his way. They grew together, and had both one like colour. The householder willed them to let both grow together till harvest come, least with the tares, they pluck up the wheat also. So shall be the coming of Antichrist. He shall come whiles men sleep, in the night of blindness, and of negligence, and of ignorance: and shall so we his tares with the Lords wheat. They shall both grow up together. The day of the Lord shall reveal them and set each part by it self. This is a mystery, and as it is secret, so is it long in working. This mystery began in the d•ies of the Apostles, and continueth on still unto our time. It is still in work.
He shal walke in craftinesse, and handle the worde of God deceitfully: he shal mingle his lies with the truth of God: he shal mingle his poyson with the wholesome foode of our soules; so closely and suttlely, that it shal hardly be espied: he shal goe forwarde by little and little, and so winne credite, and conueigh him selfe into the heartes of the people. This is a mysterie. Christ sayeth, A man sowed good 1feede in his fielde, but while men slept, there ⟨p. 307⟩came his foe, & sowed tares amōg the wheate, •nd went his waie. They grew together, and had both one like colour. The housholder willed them to let both grow together til harnest come, least with the tares, they plucke vp the wheate also. So shall be the comming of Antichrist. He shal come whiles men sléepe, in the night of blindnesse, and of negligence, and of ignorance: and shall so we his tares with the Lords wheate. They shal both grow vp together. The day of the Lord shal reueale them and set ech part by it selfe. This is a mysterie, and as it is secret, so is it long in working. This mysterie began in the dies of the Apostles, and continueth on stil vnto our time. It is stil in worke.