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A commentary upon the second epistle of S Paul to the Thessalonia[n]s In the…A commentary vpon the seconde epistle of S Paul to the Thessalonia[n]s In the…
A commentary upon the second epistle of S Paul to the Thessalonia[n]s In the which besides the sum of our faith, there is sincerely handled [and] set forth at large, not only first co[m]myng up [and] rising with the full property [and] dominion, but also the fall and utter confusion of the kingdom of Antichrist: that is to say of Machomet [and] the bishop of Rome.A commentary vpon the seconde epistle of S Paul to the Thessalonia[n]s In the which besydes the summe of oure faythe, ther is syncerelye handled [and] set forth at large, not onely fyrst co[m]myng vp [and] rysyng with the full properyte [and] dominion, but also the fall and vtter confusion of the kyngdome of Antichriste: that is to say of Machomet [and] the byshop of Rome.
Printed in Southwark : In S. Thomas hospital by James Nicolson, 1538Printed in Southwarke : In S. Thomas hospytall by Iames Nicolson, 1538
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I beseech you brethren by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and for our assemble in him, that ye be not suddenly moved from your mind, and be not troubled, neither by sprite, neither by word nor yet by epistle, which should seem to come from us, as though the day of Christ were at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means.
I besech you brethrē by the cōming of oure Lorde Iesus Christ, and for our assemble in hym, that ye be not sodēly moued frō your mynd, and be not troubled, nother by sprite, nother by vvord nor yet by epistle, vvhich shulde seme to come from vs, as though the day of Christe vvere at hande. Let noman deceaue you by ony meanes.
Some men understood by the fourth chapter of his first epistle ye the coming of the Lord unto judgment, & the resurrection of the dead was even then at hand. There were also many deceivers, which affirmed plainly, that the end of all things was than come. Even as there lack none now adays of the sect of the Anabaptists, which come where as is great resort of people & cease not to cry, that the day of judgment is at hand. But Paul in this place doth ⟨image 11⟩show what must go before the coming of the LORD, & with what foresygnes and things, man ought to be warned before. And he doth very properly beseech the Thessalonians by that same thing in which they erred, that is to say, by the coming of the LORD, of the which he hath hitherto spoken, and in the first chapter also. Furthermore he exhorteth them by the unite & concord, which we the men bres have with the head Jesus Christ. For we seem to be plucked from this holy body, as oft as we have no right opinion of the head or health of the members. And he beseecheth them that they be not suddenly moved from their mind, that is from the true understanding and godly mind. Erasmus: Be not suddenly moved (sayeth he) from your mind, if that his coming be deferred. But the plainer exposition followeth: Be not of that mind and judgement, that ye should think, the day of the LORD to be now at hand. Neither be ye troubled. And to be troubled is to be amazed in the mind, to be afeared and to be destitute of counsel and help. After that he rehearseth divers manner of ways, by which the congregations