The Byble in Englyshe that is to saye, the content of all the holye scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe Testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by the diligent studye of dyuers excellent lerned [men e]xperte in the fore[saide] tongues.

¶ He exhorteth men to laye asyde al vyce, to abstayne from fleshely lustes, and to obey worldly rulers. Howe seruaun∣tes shulde behaue them selues towade theyr masters. He ex∣horteth to suffre after the ensample of Chryst.

CAPI. II.

WHerfore laye asyde all malicious∣nes [unspec A] and all gyle, and faynednesse & enuy and all backbyeynge: •• * 1.1 as newe borne babes, desyre ye that myleke (not of the body but of the soule) which is w^t out disceyte: that ye may grow therby •• (vn∣to saluacyon). If so be that ye haue ••••sted, howe gracious the Lord is, to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••e 〈◊〉〈◊〉, as vnto a lyuyng stone, disalowed of 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪ but chosen of god & precious: & ye as 〈◊〉〈◊〉 stones, are made a spirituall house 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 presthode, for to offre vp spiritual sacrifices. acceptable to God by Iesus Christ. Wher¦fore it is contained also in the scripture: •• be¦holde [unspec B] I put in Syon a stone to be layde 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the chefe corner, electe & precyous, & he that beleueth on him shall not be confounded. Unto you therfore whych beleue he is precy¦ous: but vnto them whyche beleue not * 1.2 the stone which the buylders refused, the same is begōne to be the heade of y^e corner, & a sto∣ne that men stomble at, and a Rocke wher∣at they be offended whyche stomble at the worde, and beleued not that, wheron they were set. But ye are a chosē generaciō, a roy∣al * 1.3 presthode, ‡ 1.4 an holy nacion, a people, whi¦che are wōne: that ye shuld shew the vertues of him, that called you out of darkenes into* 1.5 his maruelous lyght, * 1.6 whych in tyme past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which somtime had not optayned mer¦cy, but now haue optayned mercy. ⊢ [unspec C]

✚ * 1.7 Derely beloued, I beseche you as straungers and pylgrems, abstayne * 1.8 from fleshly lustes, which fight against the soule, & se that ye haue honest cōuersacion among the Gentyls, that where as they backebyte

you as euyll doers * 1.9 they maye se your good workes, and prayse God ☞ in the day of vi¦sitacion.

* 1.10 Submyt your selues therfore vnto all maner ordininaūce of mā for the lordes sake, whether it be vnto the kynge, as vnto the chefe head: either vnto rulers, as vnto them that are sent of him, for the punyshement of euyll doers, but for the laude of them, that do well. For so is the wyll of God, that wyth well doyngye maye stoppe the mouthes of foolysh & ignoraunt men: as fre, & not as ha¦uing the lybertre for a cloake of ma••ciou s∣nes, but euen as the seruaūtes of God * 1.11 Ho∣nour all men. Loue brotherly fellyshyppe. Feare God, honour the kynge.

* 1.12 Seruaūtes, obey your masters w^t fea∣re not onely yf they be good & courteo{us}: but also though they be froward. For it is thāk worthy ⊢ yf a mā for cōsciēce towarde god cudure grefe, & suffre wronge vndeserued. For what prayse is it, yf when ye be buffered for your fautes, ye take it paciētly? But & yf when ye do well, ye suffre wrōg & take it pa∣ciently, then is there thanke w^t God.

For here vnto verely were ye called: for [unspec D] ✚ Christ also suffered for vs * 1.13 leauynge vs an ensample, that ye shulde folow hys step∣pes, which dyd no synne, neyther was there gyle foūd in his mouth: which when he was reuyled, reuyled not agayne: when he suffe∣red, he threatned not, but cōmytted the ven∣geaunce to him that iudgeth ryghtuously * 1.14 which his owne self bare our sines in his bo¦dy, on the tree, that we beyng delyuered frō sine shuld liue vnto rightuousnes. By whose strypes ye were healed. For ye were as shepe goyng astray: but are now turned vnto the shepherde & Byshop of your soules. ⊢

Notes

• * 1.1

  Math. 18. ••
• * 1.2

  〈◊〉〈◊〉
• * 1.3

  〈◊〉〈◊〉
• ‡ 1.4

  Psal. 118. c 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 21. ••
• * 1.5

  Oser. ii d Roma. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. e
• * 1.6

  Exod. xix. •• Deut. vii. a
• * 1.7

  Gala. v. c
• * 1.8

  Roma. 1••. ••
• * 1.9

  Math. •• b
• * 1.10

  Roma. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. a Citas. ••. a
• * 1.11

  Roma. 12. c
• * 1.12

  Ephe. vi. a Co••o iii. d 1. T••m. ••. a Eitū. ii. •• Math. v. a
• * 1.13

  Iohn x••ii b Ephes. v a.
• * 1.14

  Mat. viii. •• Esaya. 53. d