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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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S. John had a revelation, and did see Jesus 1Christ the son of God. And, He had in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth went a sharp two edged sword. It was sharp and mighty: it entereth through even to the dividing 2asunder of the soul and the spirit, and of the joints and the marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. So we see the breath of the mouth of Christ is a sword. This sword shall overthrow Antichrist. Remember how Dagon sell on his face upon the 3ground before the Ark of the Lord, how he could not stand, how at that presence, the head and the two palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold with a fall. So shall Antichrist fall at the presence of Christ. His arms and his head shall be broken off, and he shall not stand. Remember, that Aaron cast forth his rod 4before Pharaoh and his servants, and it was turned into a serpent: so did the charmers of Egypt. They cast down every man his rod, and they were also turned into serpents. But Aaron's rod devoured their rods, & consumed them to nothing. Even so shall the truth of Christ consume and bring to nothing the falsehood of Antichrist. Al his glory shall be scattered as ⟨p. 373⟩the chaff which the wind driveth away, as a thin some is scattered away with a storm, and as the smoke which is dispersed with the wind, and as the darkness which can not abide in the sight of the sun: it shall be consumed, it shall be defaced, it shall not stand. At the name of Jesus every knee shall how, & every tongue shall confess, that Jesus Christ is mighty, to the glory of God the father: that he is worthy to receive glory, and honour, and power.
S. Iohn had a reuelation, and did sée Iesus 1Christ the sonne of God. And, Hee had in his right hand seauen starres, and out of his mouth went a sharp two edged sword. It was sharpe and mightie: it entreth thorow euen to the diuiding