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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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Let us remember we may not seek him in the streets, or in market places, or in woods, or in the wilderness: but in the temple of god. There shall he sit, and hold the stern, & devise laws & canons, and shall rule the hearts and consciences of the people: there shall he show his power, and put on him the cloak of simplicity, and of truth, and of holiness.
Let vs remember we may not séeke him in the stréetes, or in market places, or in woods, or in the wildernesse: but in the temple of god. There shal he sit, and holde the sterne, & deuise lawes & canons, and shal rule the heartes and confciences of the people: there shal he shewe his power, and put on him the cl•ake of simplicitie, and of truth, and of holinesse.
S. Augustine saith, Antichrist shall not only sit in the church of god, but also shall show himself in outward appearance, as if he himself were the Church it selfe. Non in templo Dei, 1sed, in templum dei sedeat: tanquam ipse sit templum dei, quod est ecclesia. Not, that he sitteth in the temple of God, but he sitteth as the temple of God, as if he himself were the temple of God, which is the Church. Let us remember what shall let his coming, even the safety of the Emperor, & his continuance in that full power and estate wherein he then was. The decay of the Empire shall make way for Antichrist. If therefore it be weakened and hath ⟨p. 334⟩been weakened any time sithence, if the kingdoms of the world be divided from it: that is an evident token that the coming of Antichrist is not stopped, but he hath come and showed himself, and by little and little ever since such decay of the Empire, hath enlarged himself and established his power over all countries and nations, as Chrysostom saith: Donec illius 2imperij timor fuerit. &c. As long as the Empire shall be had in awe, no man, shall straightway submit himself to Antichrist: but after that the Empire shall be dissolved, Antichrist shall invade the state of the Empire standing void: and shall labour to pull unto himself the empire both of man and God.