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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.
V. 13. But we ought to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, because that God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the spirit, and the faith of trueth.
V. 13. But wee ought to giue thankes alwayes to God for you, brethren, beloued of the Lorde, because that God hath from the beginning chosen you to saluation, through sanctification of the spirite, and the faith of trueth.
14. Whereunto he called you by our Gospel, to obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
14. Whereunto hee called you by our Gospel, to obtaine the glorie of our Lord Iesus Christ.
God hath chosen you from the beginning, his election is sure for even The Lord knoweth who are his. You shall not be deceived with the power and subtlety of Antichrist, you shall not fall from grace, you shall not perish. This is the comfort, which abideth with the faithful, when they behold the fall of the wicked. When they see them for sake the trueth, and delight in fables. When they see them return to their vomit, and to wallow again ⟨p. 383⟩in the mire. When we see these things in other, we must say, alas, they are examples for me, and they are lamentable examples. Let him that standeth take heed that he fall not. But God hath loved me, and hath chosen me to salvation. His mercy shall go before me, and his mercy shall follow in me. His mercy shall guide my feet, and stay me from falling. If I stay by my self, I stay by nothing, I must needs come to ground. Although all the world should be drowned with the waves of ungodliness, yet will I hold by the boat of his mercy, which shall safely preserve me. If all the world be set on fire with the flame of wickedness, yet will I creep into the bosom of the protection of my Lord, so shall no flame hurt me. He hath loved me, he hath chosen me, he will keep me. Neither the example, nor the company of others, nor the enticing of the devil, nor mine own sensual imaginations, nor sword, nor fire is able to separate me from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. This is the comfort of the faithful. So shall they wash their hands in the blood of the Lamb.