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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.
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 da•aioon to break his lore.
I haue tolde you, he shal be a reuerend father, and weare a myter, and be a Bishop, and a Bishop of Bishoppes. So saith Gregorie, so Ierome, so Augustine, and Barnard, and others. And can not we tel who it is, that calleth himselfe an vniuersal Bishop, the Bishoppe of al Churches? Doe we not heare of such a one? Doe we not know him? What soeuer he be, wheresoeuer he dwel, what countenaunce soeuer he beare, he is Antichrist. I haue tolde you, he shal sit in the temple of God, in the consciences of the people: that the people shal heare, credite, follow, and honor him, as if he were God: and thinke it sinne and da•aioon to breake his loare.
I have told you where he shall be stalled