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saint_n	body_n	glorious_a	vile_a	1,567	5	10.2595	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

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