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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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These miracles are wrought by Antichrist. They are his tools wherewith he worketh, they are his weapons wherewith he prevaileth. They are full of lying, full of deceitfulness, and full of wickedness. So shall Antichrist prevail, and rule over the world. By these miracles he shall possess ⟨p. 348⟩the ears, the eyes, and the hearts of many, and shall draw them after him. He shall shadow the Moon, and darken the Sun, and make the third part of the stars of heaven to follow him. He shall change light into darkness, and darkness into light. He shall work in all things at his pleasure. If a man see well, he shall make him blind. This is a miracle. Such as are whole he shall make sick: he shall infect them with leprosy which before were clean. This is a miracle. He shall change the sense and feeling of nature, he shall make the son hate the father: and shall make the Father hate the son, yea to seek the death of his son. This is a miracle. He shall make the people mislike and doubt the word of God, and embrace his follies. This is a miracle.
These myracles are wrought by Antithriste. They are his tooles wherewith he worketh, they are his weapons wherewith hée preuayleth. They are ful of lying, full of deceitfulnesse, and ful of wickednesse. So shal Antichrist preuaile, and rule ouer the worlde. By these myracles he shal possesse ⟨p. 348⟩the eares, the eyes, and the heartes of manie, and shall drawe them after him. He shall shadowe the Moone, and darken the Sunne, and make the thirde part of the starres of heauen to followe him. Hée shal chaunge light into darkenesse, and darkenesse into light. Hée shal worke in al thinges at his pleasure. If a man sée wel, hee shal make him blinde. This is a myracle. Such as are whole he shal make sicke: he shal infect them with leprosie which before were cleane. This is a myracle. He shal chaunge the sense and féeling of nature, hée shal make the sonne hate the father: and shal make the Father hate the sonne, yea to séeke the death of his sonne. This is a myracle. Hee shal make the people mislike and doubt the word of God, and imbrace his follies. This is a myracle.