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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 3
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.
Pray you that the word of the Lord may have free passage, that the Gospel of Christ may be glorified, that the hearts of the people may be ready and greedy to receive it, that the kingdom of Heaven suffer violence, and the violent take it by force: that the word may so possess the hearts of the people, as fire hath passage through stubble: that it may shine as the sun beams over all the world: that it may be known from Cast to West, and from North to South. In this forte pray, that the word may have a glorious entrance into you and also among other. Herein shall appear the love you have to the Saints, and the ⟨p. 394⟩zeal you bear to the house of God, when you wish others to be partakers of his blessedness with you: when you seek not your own glory, but the building of the Church of Christ: when you pray that GOD will be merciful unto other• as unto you: that a light may be given to them which sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: that they may know the time of their visitation.
Praie you that the worde of the Lorde may haue frée passage, that the Gospell of Christ may be glorified, that the hearts of the people may be readie and gréedie to receiue it, that the kingdome of Heauen suffer violence, and the violent take it by force: that the worde may so possesse the heartes of the people, as fire hath passage through stubble: that it may shine as the sunne beames ouer al the worlde: that it may be knowne from Cast to Weast, and from North to South. In this forte pray, that the worde may haue a glorious entraunce into you and also among other. Héerein shall appeare the loue you haue to the Saintes, and the ⟨p. 394⟩zeale you beare to the house of God, when you wish others to be partakers of his blessednesse with you: when you séeke not your owne glorie, but the building of the Church of Christ: when you praie that GOD will be mercifull vnto other• as vnto you: that a light may be giuen to them which sitte in darkenesse, and in the shadow of death: that they may knowe the time of their visitation.