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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
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Mark his •rdes, and in what case he speaketh them. For, they that delight in wickedness, & are sold over unto sin, which are filthy, and increase in filthiness: They are not of God, they have no part in the Church of God. The Devil and Satan hath power over them, therefore deliver them up unto Satan. The reward of sin is death: the soul which hath sinned, shall die. For this cause ⟨p. 402⟩hath the Church of God ordained excommunication: that he which hath do•e wickedly may be ashamed: that others who are guiltless may be afraid: and that the heavy displeasure of God may be avoided.
Marke his •rdes, and in what case he speaketh them. For, they that delite in wickednesse, & are sold ouer vnto sinne, which are filthie, and increáse in filthines: They are not of God, they haue no part in the Church of God. The Diuel and Satan hath power ouer them, therefore deliuer th•m vp vnto Satan. The rewarde of sinue is death: the soule which hath sinned, shal die. For this cause ⟨p. 402⟩hath the Church of God ordained excommunication: that he which hath do•e wickedly may bee ashamed: that others who are guiltlesse may be afraid: and that the heauie displeasure of God may be auoyded.
We warn you (saith he) in the name of our Lord. You know me, and my name, and that I am an Apostle of Christ. But the commandment which I give you, is in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I warn you by the glorious day of his coming, that you withdraw your selves from every one that liveth inordinately. Receive him not to your company, bid him not God speed, that you be not partakers of his evil, that he may know his filthiness, and be ashamed. Yet let us pray for such, that they may be sorry, that they may know whom they have offended, and turn again unto the Lord. For God would not the death of a sinner, but that he repent of his wickedness, and live. The mercy of God is abou all his works.