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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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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 ⟨p. 380⟩where his chief place shall be, whence he may be seen. Saint John saith, he shall sit in a City built upon seven hills: that city is the city of Rome. Rome is so built, Rome is set upon seven hills. Dame Sybilla saith, Antichrist shall sit by the water of Tiber: and Tiber is a river, that runneth by Rome. Joachimus Abbas sayeth, Antichrist is long since borne at Rome, and shall be advanced in the Apostolic see. He is borne, and showeth himself, not at Babylon, not at Constantinople, but at Rome. These be plain speeches. If any man doubt this, let him read their books, they be extant abroad. Antichrist shall sit in Peters chair, and Rome shall be the seat of his kingdom.