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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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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. ⟨p. 362⟩Shall it be the violence and conspiracy of the people? They shall kneel down to him, and honour him, and reverence him as an Angel of God. If neither the power of Doctors, nor of Bishops, nor Archbishops: if not the power of Counsellors, and men at law: if not the power of the Kings and Princes of the world: if not the power and commotion of the people: if all these shall not abolish him: what power then is it, wherewith he shall be consumed? it shall be the power of God which shall be revealed from above, The Lord shall consume him with the spirit of his mouth.
How maie this be done? being so mortized, so built, so shoared, and so beset, who shal shake him downe? What power shall consume him? shall it be the great power of Kings or of Emperours? They shall giue their power 1and auctoritie to the beast, and fight with the lamb, that is, against Christ. Shal it be the auctoritie of Bishoppes and Cardinalles, and great Clearkes? al they are lincked and ioined to him. Shall it be by the wisedome and drift of Counsailours and men of lawe? They be the féede men, and sworne to him. ⟨p. 362⟩Shal it be the violence and conspiracie of the people? They shall knéele downe to him, and honour him, and reuerence him as an Angell of God. If neither the power of Doctours, nor of Bishops, nor Archbishops: if not the power of Counsailors, and men at lawe: if not the power of the Kings and Princes of the worlde: if not the power and commotion of the people: if al these shal not abolishe him: what power then is it, wherewith he shall be consumed? it shal be the power of God which shal be reuealed from aboue, The Lorde shall consume him with the spirite of his mouth.