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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.
This is to be lamented, that in a christian estate there should be any such. That they at whose hands God shall require a straiter account, than of others: because he hath given them the use of greater talents, either of wit, or of learning, or of preferment, or of riches, should so misspend the good gifts of God, or use his talents to such evil purpose, that they more than all other, should devise means how to deny Christ among men, and as much as in them lieth to seek to cr•e again the Lord of glory.
This is to be lamented, that in a christian estate there should be any such. That they at whose handes God shal require a straiter accoumpt, than of others: because he hath giuen them the vse of greater talents, either of wit, or of learni•g, or of preferment, or of riches, should so mispende the good giftes of God, or vse his talents to such euil purpose, that they more than al other, shoulde deuise meanes how to deny Christ among men, and as much as in them lieth to seeke to cr•e againe the Lorde of glorie.
The lewes deal not so wickedly, the Turks deal not so traitorously. The Je•e, although his case be miserable, and his heresies most dangerous: yet he is earnest in his folly: he will not dissemble his profession. The Turk is faithful unto Mahomet, and will not deny, or forsake him.
The lewes deale not so wickedly, the Turks deale not so traiterously. The Je•e, although his case bee miserable, and his heresies most dangerous: yet hee is earnest in his folly: he wil not dissemble his profession. The Turke is faithful vnto Mahomet, and wil not denie, or forsake him.