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A17182 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. Bullinger, Heinrich, 1504-1575.; R. H., fl. 1538. 1538 (1538) STC 4054; ESTC S108939 53,970 140

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of a lyuyng voyce the whiche yf it be decked with eloquente and apparaunte wordes it is moost pestylente The thyrde way is a coūterfayte Epistle or some wrytynge garnyshed with a false inscrypcion or tytle as S. Ambrose testified False deceauers are woūte that they myghte the sooner deceaue for to fayne an Epistle vnder the name of some noble wryter to the intente that the authoryte of the mā may set forth that which can not be receaued by thē selues And it can not be spokē howe shamefully the certayne vnthryftye knaues throughe thys crafte haue mocked the churche of God whyche haue thruste in amonge vs many bokes many epistles workes as though they had come frō the Apostles or apostolicall men orels from wryters that were noble and excellente in authoryte learnynge holynes whiche for all that they neuer knew or coulde aproue yf they were yet alyue For ther are abrode certayne canones of the Apostles certayn Epistles of apostolyke men yet many lytle bokes also vnder the name of Augustine Ambrose which these men neuer sawe What shal I say of certayne sermōs garnyshed with the tytle of Cypriane Augustine The neglygence of the age that is passed the couetousnes of wryters prynters with the ygnoraunce vnshamfastnes of thē was so greate that noman can deteste it to muche They that haue redde the wryttynges of the olde doctoures and haue sene ony of Erasmus iudgementes vpon the workes of Ierome Austen do vnderstāde what I say And yet shalt thou fynde mē which thorowe the helpe of this place wyll thrust into the churche of God euery thyng that they lust Obiectyng that all thynges necessary to true godlynes are not wryttē in the scryptures because the mencion is made here of the sprete of the worde and of the Epistle by the whiche a more perfayte doctryne myghte be delyuered to the worlde then to come But these men do not se that thys same place doth monyshe vs that men shulde not be drawen awaye frome theyr mynde that is the wholsome faythe once receaued through theyr tradicions whiche beynge couered wyth the cloke of the sprete of the worde or of a decretall epistle these men do caste vnto vs as Apostolike and moost holy doctryne For after thys maner they do auaunce only set forthe vnto vs bothe theyr popysh masses all other thynges which they can not proue by the testymonye of scryptures affyrmynge that they were institute by the tradycion of the Apostles and afterwarde confyrmed by the Epistles of Apostolyke men and by the reuelacion of the holy gooste Let vs beware therfore of these rauenynge woulues whyche beynge clothed wyth shepes clothynge do come for to spoile for to trouble to deuoure Let vs kepe faythfully the meanyng of Christ with the holsome and Apostolycall poyntes of true vndefyled relygion then shall nomā deceaue vs by ony meanes That learned mā Tertulyan hath spoken more of thys matter in hys boke that he made of the banyshmēt of Heretykes For the LORDE commeth not excepte ther come a departyng fyrst and that that synfull man be opened the lost chyld vvhich is an aduersary and is exalted aboue al that is called God or vvorshypped so that he shall syt in the temple of God auauncynge hymselfe as God Do ye not remembre that vvhē I vvas yet vvith you I tolde you these thynges The LORDE shall not come excepte that ther come a departynge ●yrste Ye thynke sayeth he that the daye of the cōmyng of the LORDE is nowe at hande but ye are deceaued brethren For excepte ther come a departynge fyrst the LORDE shall not come Excepte therefore that ther come a departynge fyrste that Antichriste do raygne Christe shall not come vnto iudgemēt Therfore the departyng raygne of Antichriste or rather tyrāny shall go before the day of iudgemēt And here he dothe descrybe Antichriste hys kyngdome at large We shall touche euery thynge wyth a cōpendious brefenes comparynge that whiche Daniel spake of thys matter with these thynges For it semeth that the Apostle toke muche of hys out of hym And fyrste we wyll speake of the departynge Departing Departynge is here taken after suche a maner as whan a man doth slyde backe or fayle from hys author or prynce Saynt Ambrose doth expounde it of the diuydynge of the kyngdome of the Romaynes and of the departyng of other kyngdomes frō it Other haue interpreted it of the departyng of fayth of the whiche the Apostle spake i. Timo. iiii sayenge The sprete speaketh euydentlye that in the latter dayes some shall depart from the fayth geuyng hede vnto spretes of erroure and deuelyshe doctrynes c. But both cōmeth to one effecte as touchynge the substaunce of the matter For when that same last monarchye or kyngdome beganne to be diuided through the departynge of certayne kyngdomes from it then began the Christen relygion and fayth to be corrupted and peruerted also by them which gaue hede vnto spretes of erroure deuelyshe doctrynes And by the same laste monarchie or kyngdō is ment the empyre of Rome For Daniell in hys .vii. Chapter After .iii. myghty kyngdomes that is to saye of the Babyloniās Perses and the Macedonyans addeth to the fourthe that is the Romaynes I sawe sayeth he in a vysion by nyght and beholde the fourthe beaste was grymme and horryble and maruaylous stronge it had greate yron tethe it deuoured and destroyed and stamped the resydue vnder hys fete it was farre vnlyke to other beastes that were before it For it hadde tenne hornes I marked the hornes and beholde ther came vp amonge them an other lytle horne before whome ther were thre of the fyrste hornes plucked awaye Beholde thys horne had eyes lyke the eyes of a man and a mouthe speakynge presumptuouse thynges Hytherto haue we rehersed the wordes of Daniell And after he had desyred to knowe the meanyng of this vysiō he herde thys answere The fourth beaste shal be the fourth kyngdome vpon the earthe it shal be greater then all other kyngdomes it shall deuoure treade downe and destroye all the worlde The ten hornes are tenne kyngdomes that shall aryse out of the kyngdom after whom ther shall stonde vp another whyche shall be greater then the fyrste shall subdue thre kynges and so forth S. Ierome declarynge this place of the Prophet The Empyre of Rome doth expounde it of the empyre of Rome sayeng He cōpared the kyngdome of the Romanes vnto no beast named it not to the intent that what cruelte more thē other we dyd suppose in the beastes we shuld vnderstonde that of the Romaynes And surely thys empyre hath subdued and waysted all the worlde not beynge alonly vnlyke vnto other kyngdomes in the settynge vp gouernaunce of the kyngdom but also in cruelnes strēgth fearcenes For what naciōs hath it not wasted with fyre sweard vtterly destroyed brought them in to bondage and as it were
presence shall bryng vnto some bryghtenesse wyth it and to other punyshement payne For he shall come wyth glory and power so that nother hys glorye shall wante power nor yet his presence be without glorye For it followeth that hys cōmyng shall not alonly be fearfull vnto the wycked but gladde also and gloryous to the godly He shall come sayeth he to be glorifyed in hys sayntes As though he wolde saye when he shall come for to rendre vengeaūce vnto the wycked he shall shew him selfe gloryous vnto the sayntes also and make theyr vyle bodyes lyke vnto hys gloryous bodye for the which cause he shal be maruaylous in al thē that beleue who then shall prayse and magnifye hys so great goodnes and power And thys shal be so sayeth he because that ye beleued our wytnesse that is our preachynge whych I preached vnto you tellyng you that that shuld come to passe whych God shall do in that day Ther are which thynke that these wordes because that ye beleued oure testymony are put in by a Parenthesis and that to declare who be the true beleuers that is to saye such as geue credence to the Apostles wytnesse Saynt Ambrose sayeth that it may be expounded two wayes For he shall come sayeth he to punysh the euell and glorifye the good For he shall seme and shew hym selfe gloryous and maruelous toward them that beleue after the ensample and fayth of the Apostles at what tyme they shal be crowned with glory the Gospell bearyng wytnesse vnto thē in the day of the LORDE And he shall appeare to the vnfaythfull a sore and heuy Iudge at suchtyme as they shall begynne to fele the bytternesse of euerlastynge payne For the glorye of the mayster is a reioyce and in maner of a crowne vnto the disciples and hys truthe the extreme payne and mysery of the vnbeleuers because they beleued not the true preachers Vvherfore vve praye alvvayes for you that oure God vvyll counte you vvorthy of thys callynge and fulfyll euery good purpose to goodnes and the vvorke of fayth in povver that the name of our LORD Iesus Christ may be glorifyed by you and ye by hym thorovve the grace of our God and LORDE Iesus Christe To harde thynges he alwayes addeth prayer For faythe it selfe and the reuerence that we owe vnto God do teach vs that thorowe prayer we owghte to go aboute to optayne the chefe gyftes of God And we shuld praye wythoute ceassynge For S. Paule sayeth We praye alwayes for you And what we shulde praye or desyre it followeth That oure God wyll counte you worthy of thys callyng What callynge I pray you The same no doubt wherwyth he shall call the blessed into hys kyngdome sayenge Cōme ye blessed chyldren of my father possesse the kyngdome that is prepared for you from the begynnynge of the worlde Math. xxv Compare now thys place wyth that Ye suffre that ye myghte be counted worthy of the kyngdome of God and ye shall perceaue that the fre grace of God maketh vs worthy of the kyngdome of God For yf oure merites make vs worthy what nede wer ther to praye the LORD that he wolde coūte vs worthy of hys callyng That worthynesse therfore hangeth vpon the fre liberalite of God After thys we must praye that God wyl fulfyll all oure good purposes to goodnes That is that accordyng to hys goodnesse wherew t he loueth vs he wyll fortunatly perfourme that which he hath begōne in vs. For he that cōtinueth vnto the ende shal be safe Math. xxiiii It is not vnlike to this the followeth That he wyll fulfyll the worke of fayth in power That is that he wyll make oure fayth perfect thorow constaūcy strēgth of mynd the which thinge once put into our myndes by God ouercōmeth all aduersityes Last of all we must praye that the name of oure Lorde not oure name may be glorifyed through our hope that he may glorifye vs in his cōmynge that is make vs safe in soule body He addeth thorowe the grace of oure God Lorde Iesus Chrste monishynge vs that all these thynges do depēde vpō the grace of god not of our own merite Thys is also to be marked that in this place also he doth in al thinges make the sōne equal to the father wherevpō it followeth that the vnite of God in the trinite is ryghtely defended of vs. 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 mē vnderstode by the fourth chapter of hys fyrst epistle the the cōmynge of the Lorde vnto iudgmēt the resurrection of the dead was euē thē at hāde Ther were also many deceauers which affirmed planely that the ende of all thynges was than come Euē as ther lacke none now adayes of the secte of the Anabaptistes which come where as is great resort of people ceasse not to crye that the daye of iudgmēt is at hāde But Paule in thys place doth shewe what muste go before the cōmynge of the LORDE wyth what foresygnes and thynges man ought to be warned before And he doth very properly beseche the Thessalonians by that same thynge in whiche they erred that is to saye by the cōmynge of the LORDE of the which he hath hetherto spokē and in the fyrst chapter also Furthermore he exhorteth thē by the vnite concorde whiche we the mēbres haue wyth the heade Iesus Christe For we seme to be plucked from thys holy bodye as oft as we haue no ryght opynion of the heade or health of the mēbres And he besecheth them that they be not sodenly moued from theyr mynde that is from the true vnderstondynge and godly mynde Erasmus Be not sodenly moued sayeth he from your mynde yf that hys commynge be deferred But the playner exposycion followeth Be not of that mynde and iudgement that ye shuld thynke the daye of the LORDE to be nowe at hande Nother be ye troubled And to be troubled is to be amased in the mynde to be afeared and to be destitute of counsell and helpe After that he reherseth diuers maner of wayes by whiche the congregacions are troubled Thre special causes o● troublynge of the congregaciōs The fyrst is the sprete that is a reuelacion prophecie or tellynge of thynges to come with the whiche certayne moost vngracious knaues haue deceaued many bostynge thē selues to haue the sprete of God where as they were led wyth euell lustes The Montanystes and the Valentyniās which before tyme wer endued with such a sprete as Ireneus and Eusebius haue wrytten dyd greatlye deceaue the symple people as the Anabaptistes do nowe The second waye to trouble the churches is worde that is doctryne commyng forth