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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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But who be they, which follow his lore: which yield themselves to him, and which shall be deceived? are they poor men, or artificers, or labourers? or are they unlearned and ignorant men? No, no, he shall deceive Priests, •ops, Archbishops, Princes, Kings, Emperors, the gravest, the best learned, the wi•est, the mightiest men in the world. He shall •nd their eyes, and amaze their hearts. They shall run to him out of all parts of the earth: they shall fall down before him: they shall ask counsel of him: they shall say, thou art the Doctor of Doctors, thou art the father ⟨p. 308⟩of fathers, thou art the comfort of the Church, thou art the light of the world, thou art most holy: all law, and all knowledge is hid in thy breast: we beseech thy holiness, show us thy way, expound thou the law unto us, teach us how we may be saved: thou hast the key of knowledge, thy word is the word of truth. So shall they creep to Antichrist, so shall they pour out their souls before him, so shall they seek counsel at his mouth, so shall they fetch light at the Prince of darkness.
But who be they, which follow his loare: which yéeld themselues to him, and which shal be dereiued? are they poore men, or artificers, or labourers? or are they vnlearned and ignorant men? No, no, he shall deceiue Priests, •ops, Archbishops, Princes, Kings, Emperours, the grauest, the best learned, the wi•est, the mightiest men in the world. He shall •nd their eies, and amaze their hearts. They shall runne to him out of al parts of the earth: they shall fall downe before him: they shall aske councell of him: they shall saie, thou art the Doctour of Doctours, thou art the father ⟨p. 308⟩of fathers, thou arte the comforte of the Church, thou art the light of the worlde, thou arte most holie: al lawe, and al knowledge is hid in thy brest: we beséech thy holinesse, shew vs thy waie, expounde thou the lawe vnto vs, teach vs howe wée may be saued: thou hast the key of knowledge, thy word is the word of truth. So shall they créepe to Antichrist, so shall they poure out their soules before him, so shall they séeke counsell at his mouth, so shall they fetch light at the Prince of darknesse.