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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.
Saint John sayeth, Antichrist shall sit in a City built upon seven hills. That City is the City of Rome. Dame Sybilla sayeth, his greatest work shall be by the banks of Tiber. That City so built, is the City of Rome. Ireneus sayeth, the name of Antichrist shall be Latinus: this name belongeth to the Bishop of Rome. Bernard saith, the beast that is spoken of in the Revelation, is gotten into Peters chair. John lived 1560. years since. Sybilla 2000: Irenaeus about 1500: Joachimus Abbas 300: Bernard lived about four hundred years sithence, and by the testimony of all these, Antichrist shall be a Bishop and placed at Rome.
Saint Iohn saieth, Antichrist shall sit in a Citie built vpon seauen hilles. That Citie is the Citie of Rome. Dame Sybilla saieth, his greatest worke shal be by the bankes of Tyber. That Citie so built, is the Citie of Rome. Ireneus saieth, the name of Antichrist shall be Latinus: this name belongeth to the Bishop of Rome. Bernard saith, the beast that is spoken of in the Reuelation, is gotten into Peters chaire. Iohn liued 1560. yeares since. Sybilla 2000: Irenaeus about 1500: Ioachimus Abbas 300: Bernard liued about foure hundred yeares sithence, and by the testimonie of all these, Antichrist shall be a Bishop and placed at Rome.
You marvel at this, how it should be possible that Antichrist should sit in Peters chair, ⟨p. 326⟩you hear who hath said it: and no wonder at all, for he shall sit in the place of God, in the holy place, in the Church of Christ. So doth Augustine gather upon the Apostles words: Non 1enim templum alicuius idoli, aut daemonis, templum dei Apostolus diceret. For the temple of an idol, or of a devil, the Apostle would never call the temple of God. And Hierome saith, Antichristus 2sedebit in templo dei, vel Hierosolymis (ut quidam putant) vel in Ecclesia (ut verius arbitramur) ostendens setanquam ipse sit Christus & filius dei. Antichrist shall sit in the temple of God, either at Jerusalem (as some imagine) or in the church (as we more truly think) showing himself as if he were Christ, and the son of God. Again he saith of him, Antichrist shall tread under