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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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We have heard briefly of Christ and Antichrist, their estates, their several cognisance, what bands of men they shall have, what armour they shall bear, by what title they shall claim, what they shall seek, & where the fight shall be, that it shall be made in the consciences of the people. There shall Antichrist sit: there shall he be worshipped as God: there they shall call him the holy and most holy father: there shall be given to him the power of heaven and earth: there he himself shall rouse himself, and be settled, and shall say, I sit as a Prince, I shall never be removed, I cannot fall. But Christ shall blow him down with the breath of his mouth, and shall abolish him with the brightness of his coming. Christ shall have the upper hand, and destroy him. Even that Christ whom they made the reproach & scorn of the people, whom they reviled calling him drunkard, and companion unto Publicans & harlots, which was so ⟨p. 372⟩poor & simple, which was oppressed and afflicted, and yet opened not his mouth, which was brought as a sheep to the slaughter, & was killed.
We haue heard briefly of Christ and Antichrist, their estates, their seuerall cognisance, what bands of mē they shall haue, what armor they shal beare, by what title they shall claime, what they shal séeke, & where the fight shal be, that it shalbe made in the consciences of ye people. There shall Antichrist sit: there shall he be worshipped as God: there they shall call him the holie and most holie father: there shalbe giuen to him the power of heauen and earth: there he himselfe shall rouze himselfe, and be setled, and shal say, I sit as a Prince, I shal neuer be remooued, I cannot fall. But Christ shal blow him down with the breath of his mouth, and shal abolish him with the brightnesse of his comming. Christ shall haue the vpper hād, and destroy him. Euen that Christ whome they made the reproch & scorne of the people, whom they reuiled calling him drunkard, and companion vnto Publicans & harlots, which was so ⟨p. 372⟩poore & simple, which was oppressed and afflicted, and yet opened not his mouth, which was brought as a shéep to ye slaughter, & was killed.