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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.
When David heard of the destruction of ⟨p. 422⟩that wicked wight Absalom, he wrong his 1hands and wept saying, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom, would God I had died for thee, oh Absalom, my son, my son. Such a care, such a love, and zeal hath a godly minister over his people, if he be a true pastor, which hath taken his calling from God, and hath due consideration of his charge.
When Dauid heard of the destruction of ⟨p. 422⟩that wicked wight Absalon, he wrong his 1hands and wept saying, O my sonne Absalon, my sonne, my sonne Absalon, woulde God I had died for thee, oh Absolon, my sonne, my sonne. Such a care, such a loue, and zeale hath a godlie minister ouer his people, if he be a true pastor, which hath taken his calling from God, and hath due consideration of his charge.
He weepeth for the sins of the people, as did Jeremiah, he gusheth out into tears, and consumeth away as David, because of the ungodly: he is wounded at heart, and trembleth, as Paul, to see them perish. He seeketh for them, calleth after them, that they may return, to him as did John the Cuangelist: and is willing to die for their sake, if so be he might redeem them, as David was for Absalom. The people are his children, he is their father. Albeit they be wicked, and filthy: yet he presenteth himself before God for them, and poureth forth his prayers, and saith sanctify them, oh Lord, sanctify them with thy trueth, thy word is truth. Let their hearts see the wrath to come, and thy heavy displeasure, which they have deserved, and hangeth over their heads. They are thine, save them, and let not satan prevail against them. Turn them oh Lord, and they shall be turned. Give them a new heart, and renew a clean spirit in