The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

¶ A Prologe to the fyrst epistle of S. Paul to the Thessalonyans.

THis pystle dyd Paul wryte of exceadynge loue and care: and prayseth them in the▪ ij. fyrst Chapters / because they dyd re¦ceaue the gospell ernestly / and had in tribulacion and persecu¦cion continued therin sted fast∣lye / and were become a•• ensam¦ple vnto all congregacions / and had therto sof fred of their awne kynsmen as Christ and his Apostles dyd of the Iewes / puttinge them ther¦to in mynde / how purelye and godlye he had ly¦ued amonge them to their ensample / & thanketh God that his gospell had brought forthsoche frute amonge them.

In the thyrde Chapter / he sheweth his diligē¦ce and care / least his so great laboure and their so blessed a begynnynge shuld haue been in vayne / Satan and his Apostles vexinge them with persecucion / and destroyenge their fayth with mēnes doctryne. And therfore he sent Ti¦mothe to them to comforte them and strength them in the fayth / and thanketh God that they had so constantly endured / and desyred God to encrease them.

In the fourth he exhorteth them to kepe them selues from synne / and to do good one to another. And therto he informeth them concer∣ninge the resurreccion.

In the fyueth he wryteth of the last daye / that it shuld come sodenlye / exhortinge to pre¦pare them selues therafter and to kepe a good order concerninge obedience and rule.