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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.
12. That all they might be damned which believed not the trueth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
12. That al they might be damned which beleeued not the trueth but had pleasure in vnrighteousnesse.
The spirit of God, is the spirit of trueth, and giveth light into our hearts, and maketh us behold that blessed hope, and rejoice in the knowledge of his will. Therefore the Prophet David maketh prayer, O God renew 1a right spirit within me, and, take not ⟨p. 353⟩thy holy spirit from me. And again, O 2Lord my GOD lighten mine eyes that I sleep not in death. And again he sayeth, 3With thee is the well of life, and in thy light shall we see light. Without this spirit we are but flesh and blood: even void of sense and understanding. The natural man perceiveth 4not the things of the spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him. No man knoweth the things of GOD, but the spirit of God. And those things which God hath prepared for them that love him, he hath revealed unto us by his spirit. Christ saith, No man 5cometh to me, except the father draw him. Unless a man be borne from above, unless God print and seal his heart with his finger: he shall not be able to see the kingdom of God.
The spirite of God, is the spirite of trueth, and giueth light into our heartes, and maketh vs beholde that blessed hope, and reioyce in the knowledge of his will. Therefore the Prophete Dauid maketh prayer, O God renue