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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.
Thus have I by occasion of the Apostles words, spoken of the coming, and of the kingdom of Antichrist. And, least we might be deceived as touching his person: I have said ⟨p. 379⟩what he should be, what things he shall do, of what estate he shall be, what countenance he shall carry, in what place he shall sit, at what time shall be his coming, by what means he shall prevail, who they be that shall believe in him, what power shall beat him down, what end he shall have, what triumph shall follow upon his fall.
Thus haue I by occasion of the Apostles words, spokē of the comming, and of the kingdome of Antichrist. And, least we might be de•eiued as touching his person: I haue saide ⟨p. 379⟩what hée should bée, what thinges he shal doe, of what estate he shal bée, what countenaunce he shal carie, in what place he shal sit, at what time shal be his comming, by what meanes he shal preuaile, who they be that shal beléeue in him, what power shal beate him downe, what ende hee shal haue, what triumph shal followe vpon his fal.
I have told you, that he shall be the overthrow of the world, the confusion of the Church, the son of perdition: that he shall destroy himself, and be the destruction of others.
I haue tolde you, that he shal be the ouerthrowe of the worlde, the confusion of the Church, the sonne of perdition: that he shal destroye himselfe, and be the destruction of others.
I have told you, he shall be a reverend father, and wear a mitre, and be a Bishop, and a Bishop of Bishops. So saith Gregory, so Jerome, so Augustine, and Barnard, and others. And can not we tell who it is, that calleth himself an universal Bishop, the Bishop of all Churches? Do we not hear of such a one? Do we not know him? What soever he be, wheresoever he dwell, what countenance soever he bear, he is Antichrist. I have told you, he shall sit in the temple of God, in the consciences of the people: that the people shall hear, credit, follow, and honour him, as if he were God: and think it sin and daaioon to break his lore.