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[The first pistle of Petre [The firste epistle of Petre. T. No initial rubric in AGOQSV.] .] CAP. I.

[verse 1] PETRE, apostle of Jhesu Crist, to the [Om. V.] chosen gestis [comelingis OX. men V.] , `or comelingis [Om. OV.] , of disper|sioun [scateringe abrood O.] , `or scateringe abrood [Om. OQ.] , of Ponte, of [and T.] Galathie, of Capodosie, of Asye, and of Bi|tynye [verse 2] , up [bi V.] the prescience [bifore knowinge O.] , `or bifore know|inge [Om. OX.] , of God, the fadir, `in to [in V.] halewinge of the [Om. OVX.] spirit, `in to [bi V.] obedience [the obedience S.] , and sprengynge of the [Om. OSX.] blood of Jhesu Crist, grace and pees `to ȝou be multiplied [be multiplied to ȝou V.] . [verse 3] Blessid be God, and [Om. V.] the fadir of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, the [Om. V.] which up [bi V.] his greet mercy aȝen gendride [gendringe GT.] us in to quik hope, bi the aȝen rijsyng of Jhesu Crist fro [verse 4] deede men [Om. QX.] , in to heritage vncoruptible, and vndefoulid, and vnwelewable, `that shal [verse 5] not fade [Om. OQX. that is, that shal not fade V.] , kept in heuenes in [for V.] ȝou, that in the vertu of God ben kept bi the feith in to helthe, maad redy for [Om. SX.] to be shewid in [into G.] the laste tyme. [verse 6] In which ȝe shulen ioye [make ful out ioye V.] , if [thouȝ V.] it bihoueth [bihoue SX.] now a litel for [Om. OSX.] to be [verse 7] sory in diuerse temptaciouns; that the prouyng of ȝoure feith be miche preciouser than gold, that is proued bi fijr; be [and be V.] it [Om. GNOQSTVXY sec. m.] founde in to [to the S.] heriyng, and glory, and honour, `in to [in V.] the reuelacioun of Jhesu Crist. [verse 8] Whom whan ȝe han not seyn, ȝe louen; in to whom also now ȝe not seynge, bileuen; forsothe ȝe bileuynge shulen haue

ioye with oute forth in [and Y.] gladnesse vnenar|rable [Om. O. vnable to be told out X.] , `that mai not be told out [Om. QX. that is, that may not be told out V.] , and [verse 9] glorified, bringynge [bringe V.] aȝen the ende of ȝoure [oure N.] feith, the helthe of ȝoure soulis. [verse 10] Of whiche helthe prophetes souȝten out, and enserchiden, that prophecieden of the [verse 11] grace to comynge [comen S.] in [in to OSX.] ȝou, sekinge [and souȝten V.] which or what maner tyme [of tyme T.] the spirit of Crist signyfiede in hem, `bifore tellinge [and bifore telde V.] the [Om. S. thoo VX.] passiouns, that ben in Crist, and latter glories. [verse 12] To whom [whiche V.] it is [was V.] shewid, for not to hem silf, sotheli [forsothe O. but V.] to ȝou thei mynistriden tho thingis, that now ben told to ȝou bi hem that euangelizeden [euangelisen X.] to ȝou the [bi the V.] Holy Goost sent fro heuene, in to whom aungels desijren for [Om. SX.] to biholde. [verse 13] For whiche thing ȝe [be ȝe V.] gyrd the leendes of ȝoure soule, sobre, parfijt, hope [hopeth SX. and hope ȝe V.] in to [Om. O.] `the ilke [that X.] grace that is offrid to ȝou `in to [bi V.] the [Om. T.] reuelacioun [shewinge O.] , `or [verse 14] shewinge [Om. OQX.] , of Jhesu Crist, as sones of obedience, not `to gydere liknyd [maad lijk V.] to the [verse 15] former desijris of ȝoure ignoraunse, but up [bi V.] him [him holy V.] that clepide ȝou holy [Om. V.] ; that and [verse 16] `ȝoure silf [ȝee S. ȝe silf QV. ȝou silf X.] be holy in al lyuynge; for it is write, Ȝe shulen be holy, for I am holy. [verse 17] And if ȝe inclepen [inwardly clepin V.] him fadir, `the whiche [which demeth V. that X.] with oute accepcioun of personys demeth [Om. V.] up [bi V.] the werk of eche man, lyue ȝe in drede in [the X.] tyme of ȝoure pilgrimage, `or litel [verse 18] dwellinge [Om. OQX.] `in erthe [Om. QX.] ; witinge that not bi corruptible gold, or siluer, ȝe ben bouȝt aȝen of ȝoure veyn lyuynge of fadirs tra|dicioun, [verse 19] but bi the precious blood of [as of AG sec. m. NOSVX.] the lomb vndefoulid [vnfoulid X.] and vnspottid [vnwemmed O.] , Crist [verse 20] Jhesu, bifore knowun sotheli bifore the [Om. S.] making of the [this O.] world, forsothe [but V.] shewid in [verse 21] the laste tymes [tyme N.] , for ȝou that bi him ben feithful in God; that reiside him fro deede men, and ȝaf to him euerelastinge glory, that ȝoure feith and hope were in God. [verse 22] `Ȝe makinge [And make ȝe V.] chaast ȝoure soules in obe|dience

of charite, in loue of britherhed; of symple herte loue ȝe to gydere bisiloker [bisier ANOSX. bisily Q. besyliere V.] ; [verse 23] born aȝen not of coruptible seed, but of [Om. ANQSVX.] vncoruptible, bi the word of quike God, and dwellinge in to with outen ende. [verse 24] For eche flesch hay [is hey V.] , and al the glorie of it as flour [a floure Q. the flour SX.] of hay; the hay drieth [driede ANOQSVX.] up, and [verse 25] his [the O.] flour fel doun; forsothe the word of the Lord dwellith in to with outen ende. Sotheli this is the word, that is euangelized to ȝou.