2 Thessalonians — Chapter 1
These annotations are from the original 1582 Rheims New Testament, produced by English scholars in exile at the English College of Rheims. The archaic spelling is preserved.
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Verse 5
Note that by constant and patient suffering of afflictions for Christ men are made worthie (so the Greek signifieth, as the Aduersaries themselues translate v. 11.) of the crowne or Kingdom of Heauen: and so doe merit and deserue the same. See Anno. Lu. 30,25. And the Apostle here saith that it is God's iustice no lesse to repay glorie to the afflicted, then to render punishment to them that afflict, because of their contrarie deserts or merits.
Verse 10
Christ shal be glorified in his Saints, that is, by the great and vnspeakable honour and exaltation of them he shal be honoured, as now he is: the honour which the Church doth to them, not diminishing Christ's glorie (as the Aduersaries foolishly pretend) but exceedingly augmenting the same.