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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.
17. The salutation of me Paul, with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.
17. The salutation of me Paule, with mine owne hande, which is the token in euerie epistle: so I write.
18. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
18. The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ be with you al.
I need not commend peace unto you. It is the guard and strength of mighty Princes: it is the nurse and fosterer of the Church of God: it is the wealth and prosperity of the world: it is the comfort and quietness of our conscience: it is truce taken with God and man, and our own selves. I need not to tell you who is the worker of peace. You know God is the God of peace. Worldly ⟨p. 424⟩peace seemeth to be made by the will and liking of men: but God moveth their hearts, and establisheth it. But the peace of the heart, and quietness of mind passeth all understanding. The power, and wisdom, and strength, and riches of all the world are not able to make it. It is the glory of God, that he alone is the God of peace.
I neede not commende peace vnto you. It is the garde and strength of mighty Princes: it is the nurse and fosterer of the Church of God: it is the wealth and prosperitie of the worlde: it is the comfort and quietnesse of our conscience: it is truce taken with God and man, and our owne selues. I néede not to tel you who is the worker of peace. You knowe God is the God of peace. Worldlie ⟨p. 424⟩