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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.
Was there ever any, which took the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and wrought to himself therewith a principality or kingdom ⟨p. 317⟩in earth? was there ever any which hath shut them out from the kingdom of God, to whom God hath opened it, and hath set free the consciences of those sinners whom God hath not loosed? he is Antichrist.
Was there euer any, which tooke the keyes of the kingdome of heauen, and wrought to himselfe therwith a principalitie or kingdome ⟨p. 317⟩in earth? was there euer any which hath shut them out from the kingdome of God, to whom God hath opened it, and hath set frée the consciences of those sinners whom God hath not loosed? he is Antichrist.
Was there ever any which beguiled the people, which devoured widows houses under colour of long prayers, and hath used them as a net to fish for the treasures and riches of all the world? he is Antichrist.
Was there euer anie which beguiled the people, which deuoured widowes houses vnder colour of long praiers, and hath vsed them as a net to fishe for the treasures and riches of al the world? he is Antichrist.
Was there ever any which sold bulls, and pardons, and forgiveness of sins, and the mercies of God, and the merits of men, and the blood of the Martyrs, and the passion of Christ the son of God? Was there ever any that sold Paradise, and Heaven, & mad• sale of the souls of the people, and all for money? the same is Antichrist.