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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

but turne vnto prayer And he prescrybeth the pryncypall thynges whyche they shuld aske of God by theyr contynuall prayer Fyrste that the worde of God myghte runne abrode and be glorifyed amonge all other nacyōs euen as it was dyuulgate amonge the Thessalonians and receaued of godlye mē wyth an holy reioycynge And all the scrypture beareth wytnesse that thys was the perpetuall moost feruenteste wyshe or desyre of all saynctes And in the fourth chapter of the Actes of the Apostles the Apostolyke church dyd aske thys one thynge of God that he wolde geue the apostles grace strengthe to speake the worde of God wyth boldnes We offende greatly nowe a dayes that we do aske these thynges so coldlye of God yee and I wolde to God that we dyd not vtterlye forgette to aske them at all Nowe where as he sayde to runne abrode he spake it after the commune speche and he mente that it might encreasse and spreade abrode apace wyth oute ony lette And the worde is gloryfyed when it is receaued of men and all the glorye geuen vnto God onely The secōde thynge that he teacheth to be asked wyth prayer is that we maye be delyuered from vnreasonable and euell men that is from inordynate and frowarde men Who vs vnreasonable eu●ll men whyche do nothynge in theyr tyme and place but all thynges peruerslye And the Apostle mente the enemyes of Gods worde whō nothynge can please and yet in the meanseason they can do nothynge well themselues They fynde fautes and peruerte all thynges and depraue those thynges whych are well sayd and done and do lade them and defyle them wyth shamefull suspycions They are also called shrewde malycious and peruerse mē And Dauid in hys psalmes dothe desyre very ofte to be delyuered frō them And our LORDE dyd adde vnto the ende of that holy prayer Delyuer vs frō euell not alonly from the deuell but also from all hys armye and bodye and specially from that spyrytuall wyckednesse those crafty deceauers For ther is more ieopardye in a false frende and one that dissembleth all thynge thē in an opē enemye Al mē haue not faythe And herevnto belongeth that which followeth For all men haue not fayth For this meaneth Paul All they are not faythfull and true whyche wolde seme to be faythfull For faythe in thys place is vsurped in the same sygnifycacion that the Poete taketh it when he sayeth Nusquam tuta fides a man woteth neare whome he maye truste Yf ye wyll not graūt this maner of speakynge then thys is the meanynge Touchynge the I do requyre your prayers so greatlye that we myght be delyuered from vnreasonable and froward men it is because I knowe that ther are many false brethren amonge you For all they whyche pretende fayth and professe it wyth theyr mouthe haue not the true fayth in dede For oure LORDE sayeth in the Gospell Math. xx Many are called but fewe are chosen And althoughe these two sences dyffer not muche yet the fyrste lyketh me better Nowe ther followeth But the LORDE is faythfull vvhyche shall stablyshe you and kepe you from euell For leste he shulde dyscōforte the myndes of the saynctes through the vnfaythfulnes of manye althoughe sayeth he that ther be many vnfaythfull amonge you yet the LORDE is faythful and true whyche wyll kepe hys promyse wyth vs and be wyth hys for euer They do resyste the Gospell but they shall not ouercome it they lette it that it can not go much abrode but they shall not dryue it cleane backe They do betraye the fauourers of the truthe but yet they shall not vtterlye oppresse the truth For Iesus Christ whyche is faythfull is euer at hāde for to fyghte for hys He shall strēghthen hys agaynste the vnhappynesse of these men and shall kepe thē from euell For as much as he is true he wyll luckly perfourme those thynges whyche he hath begonne in vs. These wordes that are so full of consolacion shulde be often layde forth to such as are in perrell are greatlye aferde also of vnreasonable and euell men Nowe to mytygate and as it were to correcce that whyche he sayde before he sayeth But vve haue good hope of you throughe the LORD c. As though he wolde saye We saye not these thynges because that we doute of your constauncy no we do rather hope of you by the helpe of the LORDE Iesus that those thynges whyche I commaunde you of prayer of watchynge and stedfastnesse ye both do and hereafter wyll do And it hath muche grace wyth it yf that in oure admonycion we do reioyce of the thynge whyche we desyre to receaue optayne as it were receaued optayned already Agayne leste that ony man shulde attrybute ouermuche vnto theyr owne strengthe but that rather we shulde all knowe that euery gyfte is geuen vs of God from heauē the LORDE sayth he guyde youre hartes into the loue of God and lokynge after Christe To the wyhche Erasmus dothe adde Charite shall cause you for to studye to do good vnto all men euen as God is benefycyal towarde all men The lokynge for the cōmynge of Christe shall cause you to suffer all afflyccions manfully Therfore in all trubles and perylles we haue these two styltes for to beare vs vp prayer stedfaste fayth Brethrē let vs remembre these thynges I praye you in as muche as our tymes also are mooste corrupte troublesome and that for thys cause it is not possible but the sayntes shuld be vexed let vs praye to God and constauntly beleue that he wyl neuer fayle vs although that in the meanseason many vnreasonable and euell men do ether persecute or betraye the truthe God is true fayth full whyche can not denye hymselfe and the truthe shall remayn euermore inuincyble let vs cleue therfore vnto the truthe and we shall haue the vyctory althoughe that when we be ouerthrowen of the worlde we seme to be ouercome Vve commaunde you brethren in the name of our LORDE Iesus Christe that ye vvythdravve your selues from euery brother that vvalketh inordynately and not after the instytucion vvhyche he receaued of vs. It is manyfeste in the fourth chapter of the fyrste Epystle He condemneth deli●es exhort the men to laboure what gaue hym an occcasion of thys commaundemente That is to saye because that immediatlye after the tyme of the Apostles certayn curious men beganne to thruste themselues into the church of God and vnder the pretence of relygion or euell sciences and slouthfull ydelnes dyd gette them a swete lyuynge And where as befor in his fyrst epistle he dyd but easlye as it were bycker or skyrmyshe wyth them he dothe nowe comme in open felde vpon them ouerthrowe them and put thē to flyghte Fyrste of all he settethe forthe the matter generally and sayeth I wyll not that you haue ony conuersacion wyth inordynate fellowes and suche as ordre themselues otherwyse then we dyd ordeyne And he speaketh not