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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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By it the Goats are divided from the Lambs, the weed from the good corn, and the sons of GOD from the sons of Belial. It hath continued from the beginning, and hath been used in the Church of Christ, in the synagogue of the Jews, in the law of Moses, and before Moses received the law: among the Patriarchs, and the Prophets, and the Apostles of Christ. Christ ⟨p. 414⟩sayeth, If thy brother trespass against thee, 1in doing any wickedness, Go and tell him his fault between thee, & him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast won thy brother. But if he hear thee not, take yet with thee one or two: and if he will not vouchsafe to hea•e them, tell it unto the Church, publish it, and make it known: And if he refuse to hear the Church also, if he continue wilful, and stand in his wickedness: Let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a publican. This form of excommunication our saviour hath set down, whereby the wicked and ungodly are removed from the Church of Christ.
By it the Goates are diuided from the Lambes, the wéede from the good corne, and the sonnes of GOD from the sonnes of Belial. It hath continued from the beginning, and hath béene vsed in the Church of Christ, in the sinagogue of the Iewes, in the lawe of Moses, and before Moses receyued the lawe: among the Patriarches, and the Prophets, and the Apostles of Christ. Christ ⟨p. 414⟩sayeth, If thy brother trespasse against thee, 1in doing any wickednesse, Goe and tel him his fault betweene thee, & him alone: if he heare thee, thou hast wonne thy brother. But if hee heare thee not, take yet with thee one or two: and if he wil not vouchsafe to hea•e them, tel it vnto the Church, publish it, and make it knowen: And if he refuse to heare the Church also, if he continue wilful, and stande in his wickednesse: Let him be vnto thee as a heathen man and a publicane. This forme of excommunication our sauiour hath set downe, whereby the wicked and vngodly are remoued from the Church of Christ.