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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.
Now it remaineth, that we hear ⟨p. 361⟩how Antichrist shall be overthrown. We have seen his pomp and pride, his might and power, that he overlooketh all the world, bindeth all Kings and Princes, and nations to keep his laws, and is himself exempted from all laws of GOD or man. So mighty and so marvellous is his power, Who can declare it? He is called of his own side, Stupor mundi, The gaze stock, or wonder of the world. Something less than God, something more than man. But, being in all this estate, in the middest of his Pontificalibus, so fast mortised, so high built up to the skies, so surely shored, so strongly beset on every side, he shall be suddenly shaken down, and become the shame of the world.
Nowe it remaineth, that wée heare ⟨p. 361⟩howe Antichrist shall be euerthrowen. Wée haue séene his pompe and pride, his might and power, that hée ouerlooketh all the worlde, bindeth all Kings and Princes, and nations to kéepe his lawes, and is himselfe exempted from all lawes of GOD or man. So mightie and so maruailous is his power, Who can declare it? Hée is called of his owne side, Stupor mundi, The gaze stocke, or wonder of the world. Something lesse than God, something more than man. But, being in all this estate, in the middest of his Pontificalibus, so fast mortized, so high built vppe to the skies, so surely shoared, so strongly beset on euerie side, hée shall be sodainely shaken downe, and become the shame of the world.
How may this be done? being so mortised, so built, so shored, and so beset, who shall shake him down? What power shall consume him? shall it be the great power of Kings or of Emperors? They shall give their power 1and authority to the beast, and fight with the lamb, that is, against Christ. Shall it be the authority of Bishops and Cardinals, and great Clerks? all they are linked and joined to him. Shall it be by the wisdom and drift of Counsellors and men of law? They be the feed men, and sworn to him.