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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.
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⟩peace séemeth to be made by the wil and liking of men: but God moueth their heartes, and establisheth it. But the peace of the heart, and quietnesse of minde passeth al vnderstanding. The power, and wisedome, and strength, and riches of al the world are not able to make it. It is the glorie of God, that hee alone is the God of peace.
I pray for you, that nothing may be done among you, to the hinderance of peace: but that it abide with you always, not for a while, not in prosperity only: but in persecution, in your death, and for ever. If God be with you, you shall have peace. And if you love one an other and keep his word: God will come to you, and love you, and abide with you, and give you the comfort of his peace.
I pray for you, that nothing may be doone among you, to the hinderaunce of peace: but that it abide with you alwaies, not for a while, not in prosperitie onely: but in persecution, in your death, and for euer. If God be with you, you shal haue peace. And if you loue one an other and kéepe his word: God wil come to you, and loue you, and abide with you, and giue you the comfort of his peace.
The salutation of me Paul: he gave them warning before of false Apostles, who came in his name, and pretended his word or his letter. Therefore now telleth them, how they shall know certainly, whether such Epistles as they receive be his, written, or sent by him. In every Epistle, that I send, saith he, to the Churches, or to any the brethren, I write mine own name, and send this greeting written with mine own hand, which now I send to you all, The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
The salutation of me Paule: hee gaue them warning before of false Apostles, who came in his name, and pretended his worde or his letter. Therfore now telleth them, how they shal know certainly, whether such Epistles as they receiue be his, written, or sent by him. In euerie Epistle, that I sende, saith he, to the Churches, or to any the brethren, I write mine owne name, and sende this gréeting written with mine owne hande, which nowe I send to you al, The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ be with you al.
AMEN.
FINIS.