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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.
Now to return again to the words of the Apostle, Only he which now letteth, shall let till he be taken away.
Now to returne againe to the wordes of the Apostle, Onelie hee which nowe letteth, shall let till hee be taken awaie.
Now the Emperor hath the rule over the world. Let him keep it. There shall a time come when he shall loose his possessions: then Antichrist shall appear. When the Empire shall be dismembered, and the kingdoms belonging to him shall depart from him, then shall be the coming of Antichrist. Who will look into the story of things and times past, shall perceive the meaning of the Apostle: and how the empire of Rome, being so great, is consumed and brought to nothing: and in what sort Antichrist, which was once so poor and simple, so little regarded and obscure, might grow to be so great, and advance himself above Kings and Princes. The impoverishing of the one, was the enriching of the other.
Nowe the Emperour hath the rule ouer the worlde. Let him kéepe it. There shall a time come when he shall loose his possessions: then Antichrist shall appeare. When the Empire shall be dismembred, and the kingdomes belonging to him shall departe from him, then shall be the comming of Antichrist. Who will looke into the storie of things and times past, shall perceiue the meaning of the Apostle: and how the empire of Rome, being so great, is consumed and brought to nothing: and in what sorte Antichrist, which was once so poore and simple, so little regarded and obscure, might growe to be so great, and auaunee himselfe aboue Kings and Princes. The empouerishing of the one, was the enriching of the other.
I told you, that the empire of Rome contained sometimes a great part of the world, as England, France, Spain, Germany, &c. Where is England now? It is divided from, and is no part of the Empire. Where