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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.
When Christ came into the world, he came in the name of his father, to save the lost sheep of the house of Israel, and to gather the flock that was scattered. Antichrist shall come in the name of the Devil, to scatter and disperse, and consume the stock of Gods sheep. His coming shall be by the effectual working of Satan. And what or who is Satan? he hath been a murderer from the beginning: through his envy came death into the world: he is the Prince of this world: the Prince of darkness: the father of lies: the spirit of pride, which hath said, I will ⟨p. 341⟩ascend above the height of the clouds, and I will be like the most high. He shall work and inflame the heart of Antichrist, and fill it with his spirit and wickedness, and shall make him the man of sin, and the son of perdition, full of vanity, and of pride, and of ungodliness, that he may mock the world, and blind the hearts of the people.
When Christ came into the worlde, hée came in the name of his father, to saue the lost shéepe of the house of Israel, and to gather the flocke that was scattered. Antichrist shall come in the name of the Diuel, to scatter and disperse, and consume the stocke of Gods shéepe. His comming shall be by the effectuall working of Sathan. And what or who is Sathan? he hath béene a murderer from the beginning: through his enuie came death into the worlde: hee is the Prince of this world: the Prince of darkenesse: the father of lies: the spirite of pride, which hath saide, I will ⟨p. 341⟩ascend aboue the height of the cloudes, and I will be like the most high. He shal worke and inflame the heart of Antichrist, and fil it with his spirite and wickednesse, and shall make him the man of sinne, and the sonne of perdition, full of vanitie, and of pride, and of vngodlinesse, that he maie mocke the world, and blind the hearts of the people.
His coming shall be by the working of Satan: yet he shall make show as if he came in the name of Christ. He shall come with fatherly looks, with holy countenance, and shall set himself in the holy place: but his whole endeavour shall be to deface the kingdom of Christ: which he shall practise to do, not by the leading of any Angel or Archangel, or by the power of God, but by the effectual working of Satan. He shall allege the Doctors and Fathers: he shall allege Peter and Paul, the holy Apostles of Christ: he shall allege Christ, and God himself, as though his doings were warranted by them: he shall say, I am the buttress and pillar of the Church, my word is the word of God: he shall set up masses and sacrifices of his own: he shall take away the word of God: he shall teach the people to give divine honour to a weak creature.