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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.
But where shall Antichrist be resident? In what place shall we seek him? for, if we look for him in one place, and he be in an other, we shall not find him. Where then is ⟨p. 323⟩he stalled, in what City? in what Church? Some say, in Babylon, some in Syria, some in Chaldea, some in Jerusalem upon mount Zion, some in one place, some in an other. These are but guesses, and bear no weight. Paul telleth us, he shall creep into the Empire of Rome. So saith the Apostle, and so the fathers. The Empire shall be made waste, and then Antichrist shall come, and invade the Church. But the Empire was great and wide, it reached thed over a great part of the world. It did contain England, France, Spain, Germany, Poland, Denmark, Italy, Illyricum, Macedonia, Thracia, Graecia, Asia, Armenia, Egypt, Mauritania, and the rest of Africa. Al these were parts of the Empire of Rome. In what part, or in what City, or in what Church of all these shall he sit?
But where shal Antichrist bée resident? In what place shal we séeke him? for, if we looke for him in one place, and he be in an other, we shal not finde him. Where then is ⟨p. 323⟩he stalled, in what Citie? in what Church? Some saie, in Babylon, some in Syria, some in Chaldea, some in Hierusalem vpon mount Sion, some in one place, some in an other. These are but gesses, and beare no waight. Paule telleth vs, hée shall créepe into the Empire of Rome. So saith the Apostle, and so the fathers. The Empire shall be made waste, and then Antichrist shall come, and inuade the Church. But the Empire was great and wide, it reached thed ouer a great part of the world. It did containe England, Fraunce, Spaine, Germanie, Poland, Denmarke, Italie, Illyricum, Macedonia, Thracia, Graecia, Asia, Armenia, Aegypt, Mauritania, and the rest of Affrica. Al these were partes of the Empire of Rome. In what part, or in what Citie, or in what Church of al these shall he sit?
Saint John sayeth, The seven heads, are 1