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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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12 Therefore them that are such, we warn and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that they work with quietness, and eat their own bread.
12 Therefore them that are such, we warne and exhort by our Lord Iesus Christ, that they worke with quietnesse, and eate their owne bread.
13 And ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
13 And ye, brethren, be not wearie in wel doing.
Here Paul maketh his speech against those who under the pretence of the Gospel lived idly, and would not labour. Take an crample of me, I lived not idly, I earned my bread, I was not chargeable to any. Do you as you have us for an example. So ought the servants of God to live, that their well doing may be a pattern for the people to follow. Saint Paul telleth Timothy, A Bishop must be 1unreprovable. He saith not, without sin: for no man is without sin: but, without rebuke. And again, Let no man despise thy 2youth, but be unto them that believe, an example ⟨p. 404⟩in word, in conversation, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in pureness. And unto Titus the Bishop of Candia he saith: In all things show thy self an example of good works, with uncorrupt doctrine, with gravity, integrity, & with the wholesome word, which cannot be condemned, that he which withstandeth may be ashamed, having nothing concerning you to speak evil of. So, in this place to the Thessalonians, he saith, you behold my conversation, how I have lived among you. Be ye followers of me: let me be the pattern for you to follow. Such should be the speech of all those who are Bishops & ministers in the church of God. They must walk so uprightly, that they may be unto all others the patterns of good life, of liberality, of mercy, and of love. They must carry the ark of the Lord, that the people may follow them.