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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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The people of God were taught to pray in ⟨p. 357⟩the vulgar tongue, that their hearts might give consent, and their mouth say Amen. This order did Peter and Paul, and John and James, and the godly fathers keep. There is not one of them, that took order for the contrary: but now there are some risen up, which in spite of Christ and his Apostles say: prayers shall be made in a strange tongue, either Latin or Greek The people shall not understand what they hear. They shall not know what it is, which they themselves say: their hearts cannot give consent thereto, their mouths cannot say Amen. The example of the Apostles, the commandment of Christ, the comfort of the people, the confusion of the Church nothing moveth them: so great and mighty is the power of error.
The people of God were taught to praie in ⟨p. 357⟩the vulgare tongue, that their heartes might giue consent, and their mouth saie Amen. This order did Peter and Paul, and Iohn and Iames, and the godlie fathers kéepe. There is not one of them, that tooke order for the contrarie: but nowe there are some risen vp, which in spite of Christ and his Apostles saie: praiers shall be made in a strange tongue, either Latine or Gréeke The people shall not vnderstand what they heare. They shall not knowe what it is, which they themselues saie: their hearts cannot giue consent thereto, their mouths cannot saie Amen. The example of the Apostles, the commaundement of Christ, the comforte of the people, the confusion of the Church nothing mooueth them: so great and mighty is the power of error.
The people worship a creature in stead of the creator, who is GOD over all blessed for ever. They see they do amiss: yet continue in it, and find no fault. They see, wherein their Fathers were deceived, yet they sa•, they could not be deceived. They see many and foul abuses, yet seek not to redress them. For they say, we will walk in the ways of our forefathers: we will believe, as they believed, howsoever they believed. We will do as they did, whatsoever they did; they will not hear the word of the