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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.
Let us imagine a battle of two mighty ⟨p. 369⟩princes, both of great power, and of great courage, they meet together in the field, they join battle, both sides encounter together, either part is bent to beat down the other, what an horror is it to hear the braying of Horses, the sound of trumpets, the thunder of drums, the roaring of guns, the clashing of swords, the groaning and mournful voice of them which are slain, and the crying & trembling of the people? now let us by this make some resemblance of the battle between Christ and Antichrist, between Christ the son of God, and Antichrist the son of the devil. Either of them is well prepared. They are both mighty, and have both of them soldiers, and knights to attend upon them.
Let vs imagine a battaile of two mightie ⟨p. 369⟩princes, both of great power, and of great •ourage, they méete togither in the fielde, they ioyne battaile, both sides encounter together, either part is bent to beate downe the other, what an horrour is it to heare the braying of Horses, the sounde of trumpets, the thunder of drummes, the roaring of guns, the clashing of swords, the groning and mournful voice of them which are slaine, and the crying & trembling of the people? nowe let vs by this make some resemblance of the battaile betwéene Christ and Antichrist, betwéene Christ the sonne of God, and Antichrist the sonne of the diuel. Either of them is wel prepared. They are both mightie, and haue both of them souldiers, and knightes to attende vpon them.
Antichrist shall come from the earth, for all his glory is upon the earth, his power shall be the power of Satan. Christ shall come from the heavens above, even from the bosom of his father. What cognisance shall they give? how & by what difference shall their soldiers be discerned? the ensign of Christ shall be everlasting truth: the ensign of Antichrist shall be, falsehood and vanity, and all deceitfulness. By these marks shall either be known. With what soldiers shall they make their field? they that shall follow Christ are poor and simple, who have forsaken themselves, their goods,