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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
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.
The comfort which is given in this case to the godly, is hidden within them. For to him that over cometh shall be given a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. The afflictions of this present time are 1not worthy the glory, which shall be showed unto us. When our saviour did see the time of his passion draw near, he said to his Disciples, You are they which have continued with 2me in my temptations. Therefore I appoint ⟨p. 26⟩to you a kingdom as my father hath appointed unto me, that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on seats, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel. And in his sermon upon the mountain, he saith, Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousness 3sake, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven. The case shall be altered. It shall be between them and their persecutors as it was between Lazarus and the Rich man. When the wicked and cruel tyrants shall see them in the presence of the throne of God, because they came out of great tribulation, & have 4washed their long robes, and have made them white in the blood of the lamb: the god of Abraham shall say unto the wicked: sons, remember that you in your life time received your pleasures, & like wise these men pains: now therefore are they c•orted, & you tormented. They are taken out of affliction into rest, from their bonds into liberty, out of prison into a kingdom, out of misery unto glory, from life unto death. The promise of this comfort is often renewed. The prophet David saith, They that sow 5in tears, shall reap in joy. Our saviour telleth his Disciples, Ye shall weep and lament, and 6the world shall rejoice: and you shall sorrow, but your sorrow shall be turned to joy. S. John heard a voice from heaven, saying: Blessed be