The seconde tome or volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testament conteynyng the epistles of S. Paul, and other the Apostles : wherunto is added a paraphrase vpon the reuelacion of S. John.

The Argument vpon the seconde Epistle of S. Paul the Apostle to the Thessa∣lonians by Des. Erasmus of Rote∣rodame.

FOrasmuche as Paul coulde not haue libertie to goe see the Thessalonians agayne, he confirmeth their consciences by Epistle, that they myght manfully suffre the affliccions layed vpon them for Christes sake: seeyng that they shall not want reward, nor the aduersaries escape punishmēt. A∣gaine, concerning the daye of the Lordes cumming, wherof he touched somewhat in the farther Epistle, he warneth them that they be not styrred with the sayinges of some, that affirme as though it were at hande: and as some thinke signifieth closely that the Empire of Rome must be first dispatched and Antichriste to come after that. Moreouer he beateth into theyr heades very earnestly, to restrayne suche as with their idlenes & nice curiositie haue been disturbours of the com∣mune quietnes and ordre: and to enforce them vnto la∣bour, in asmuche as Paul himselfe laboured among them with his owne handes. This Epistle he wrote from Athens by thesame men that he sente the farther Epistle by, as it is recorded by our argu∣mentes.

The ende of the argumente.