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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
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.
It is a great and deadly smart to the faithful servant of God, to see the people wilful, and to despise the word of their salvation. Hereof Isaiah complaineth, I have spread out 1my hands all the day long to a rebellious people, which walked in a way that was not good, even after their own imaginations. They stopped their ears, and would not hear, nor be reclaimed, nor return that they might be saved. And Jeremiah, O that my head 2were full of water, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the stain of the daughter of my people, ⟨p. 36⟩for they be adulterers, and an assembly of rebels. Sword and destruction cometh upon them, and they will not see: Oh that they would give ear and repent in time. Again, My people is foolish, they have not known 3me: they are foolish children, and have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do well, they have no knowledge. David crieth out: O ye sons of men, how long 4will ye love vanity and seek after lies? Why forsake you the truth of GOD, and have no regard to his mercy? So our Saviour mourneth over Jerusalem, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 5which killest the Prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as the hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not? how carefully and tenderly have I sought for thy salvation? how often have I called upon thee, sent unto thee my servants, and poured out my blessings before thine eyes? So bitter and mournful a thing is it to all those that seek the glory of God, to see no fruit follow of their labours, to see the people continue ignorant, and wilful, and to seek their own destruction.
It is a great and deadly smart to the faithfull seruant of God, to sée the people wilfull, and to despise the word of their saluation. Hereof Esaie complaineth, I haue spred out 1