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❧The first epistle of Saint Peter the Apostle. (Book 1 Peter)

¶The first Chapter.

2 He sheweth that through the aboundaunt mercie of God, we are elect and regenerate to a lyuely hope, 7 and howe fayth must be tried, 10 that the saluation in Christe is no newes, but a thyng prophecied of olde, 13 he exhorteth them to a godly conuersation, forasmuch as they are nowe borne a newe by the worde of God.

[unspec A] 1 PEter, an Apostle of Iesus Christ,* 1.1 to (a) 1.2 them that dwell here and there as straun∣gers, through∣out Pontus, Ga∣latia, Cappado∣cia, Asia, and Bithynia:

2 Elect accordyng to the (b) 1.3 foreknowe∣ledge of God the father, vnto the sancti∣fiyng of the spirite, through obedience & sprinklyng of y^e blood of Iesus Christ: * 1.4 Grace & peace be multiplied vnto you.

3 * 1.5Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, which accordyng to his aboundaunt mercie begat vs a∣gayne vnto a lyuely hope, by that that Iesus Christe rose agayne from death,

4 To and inheritaunce immortall, and vndefiled, and that fadeth not away, re∣serued in heauen for you,

5 Which are kept by the power of God [unspec B] through fayth vnto saluation, which is prepared alredie to be shewed in the last tyme.

6 In the which ye reioyce, though nowe

for a season ••yf nede require ye are in heauinesse through manifolde tempta∣tions:

7 That the triall of your fayth, beyng much more precious then golde that pe∣risheth, though it be * 1.6 tried with fyre, myght be founde vnto laude, glorie, and honour, at the appearyng of Iesus Christe,

8 Whom ye haue not seene, and yet loue hym, in whom euen nowe * 1.7 though ye see hym not, yet do you beleue, & reioyce with ioy vnspeakeable and glorious:

9 Receauyng the ende of your fayth, euen the saluation of your soules.

10 Of which saluation haue y^e * 1.8 prophetes enquired & searched, which prophesied of the grace that should come vnto you:

11 Searchyng when or at what tyme the spirite of Christ which was in them, shoulde signifie, which spirite testified before, the passions that should happen vnto Christe, and the glorie that shoulde folowe after.

12 Vnto which prophetes it was also de∣clared, that not vnto them selues, but vnto vs, they shoulde minister y^e thinges which are nowe shewed vnto you of them, which by the holy ghost * 1.9 sent downe from heauen, haue in the Gos∣pell preached vnto you, the thynges which the Angels desire to beholde.

[unspec C] 13 Wherfore * 1.10 girde vp the loynes of your mynde, be sober, and trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you, by the reuelation of Iesus Christe:

14 As obedient chyldren, not fashionyng your selues vnto the former lustes of your ignoraunce:

15 But as he which called you is holy, euen so be ye holy also in all maner of conuersation:

16 Because it is written, * 1.11 be ye holy, for I am holy.

17 And yf so be that ye call on the father, which without respect of person iudge∣eth * 1.12 accordyng to euery mans worke, see that ye passe the tyme of your dwel∣lyng here, in feare:

18 ☞Forasmuch as ye knowe, howe that [unspec D] ye were not redeemed with corruptible thynges, as siluer and golde, from your vayne conuersation which ye receaued by the tradition of the fathers:

19 But * 1.13 with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lambe vndefiled, & without spot:

20 Which was ordeyned beforehande, euen before the worlde was made, but was declared in the (c) 1.14 last tymes * for your sakes:

21 Which by his meanes do beleue on God that raysed hym vp from death, and * 1.15 glorified hym, that ye might haue fayth and hope towarde God:

22 Euen ye which haue purified your soules through the spirite in obeying the trueth, with brotherly loue vnfayned, see that ye loue one another with a pure heart feruentlye:

23 For ye are borne a newe, not of mortal seede: but of immortal, by the worde of God, which lyueth and lasteth for euer.

24 * 1.16For all fleshe is as grasse, and all the glorie of man, is as the flowre of grasse. The grasse withereth, and the flowre falleth away:

25 But the worde of the Lorde endureth euer.☜ And this is the worde, which by the Gospell was preached vnto you.

The .ij. Chapter.

1 He exhorteth them to lay aside all vice, 4 shewyng that Christe is the foundation whervpon they builde. 9 The excellent estate of the Christians, 11 he prayeth them to abstayne from fleshlie lustes, 13 to obey the rulers, 18 howe seruauntes shoulde behaue them selues towarde their maisters, 20 he exhorteth to suffer after the en∣sample of Christe.

[unspec A] 1 WHerefore lay asyde all maliciousnesse, and all guile, and faynednesse, and enuie, and all back∣bityng,

2 And * 1.17 as newe borne babes, desire ye y^e milke of the worde, which is without deceipt: that ye may growe therby [vnto saluatiō]

3 If so be that ye haue tasted howe gra∣tious the Lorde is:

4 To whom ye come, as vnto a lyuyng stone, disalowed of men, but chosen of God and precious:

5 And ye as lyuely stones, be you made a spirituall house, an holy priesthood, for to offer vp spirituall sacrifices, accepta∣ble to God by Iesus Christe.

•• Wherefore it is conteyned also in the scripture: * 1.18 beholde, I put in Sion a stone to be laide in the chiefe corner, elect and precious, and he that beleueth on hym, shall not be confounded.

7 Vnto you therfore which beleue, he is precious: but vnto them whiche beleue not, * 1.19 the stone which the buylders refu∣sed, the same is made the head of the cor∣ner:

8 And a stone that men stumble at, and a rocke wherat they be offended, whiche stumble at the worde, and beyng disobe∣dient, vnto the whiche thing they were euen ordeyned.

9 But ye are a chosen generation, a roy∣all * 1.20 priesthood, an holy nation, a peculier people: that ye should shewe foorth the vertues of hym that called you out of darknesse into his marueylous lyght.

10 * 1.21Which in time past were not a people, but are nowe the people of God: which sometime had not obteyned mercy, but nowe haue obteyned mercy. ☜

[unspec C] 11 ☞ Dearely beloued, I beseche you as straūgers and pilgrimes, abstaine * 1.22 from fleshly lustes, whiche fight agaynst the soule:

12 And see that ye haue honest conuersa∣tion among the gentiles: that where as they backbite you as euyll doers, * 1.23 they may by your good workes whiche they shall see, prayse God in the day of visita∣tion.

13 * 1.24Submit your selues therfore vnto al maner ordinaunce of mā for the Lordes sake: whether it be vnto the king, as ha∣uyng the preeminence:

14 Other vnto rulers, as vnto them that are sent of hym for the punyshment of euyll doers, but for the lande of them that do well.

15 For so is the wyll of God, that with well doyng, ye may stoppe the mouthes of foolishe and ignoraunt men:

16 As free, and not as hauyng the liber∣tie for a cloke of maliciousnes, but euen as the seruauntes of God.

17 * 1.25Honour all men. Loue brotherly fe∣lowship. Feare God. Honour the kyng.

18 * 1.26Seruauntes, obey your maisters with all feare, not only yf they be good & curteous, but also though they be fro∣warde.

19 *For it is thanke worthy, ☜ yf a man for cōscience toward god, endure griefe, and suffer wrong vndeserued.

20 For what prayse is it, yf when ye be buffeted for your faultes, ye take it paci∣ently? But yf when ye do well ye suffer wrong, & take it paciently, then is there thanke with God. [unspec D]

21 For herevnto veryly were ye called, for ☞ Christe also suffered for vs, * 1.27 lea∣uyng vs an ensample, that ye should fo∣lowe his steppes.

22 Which did no sinne, neyther was there guyle founde in his mouth.

23 Whiche when he was reuiled, reuiled not agayne: when he suffred, he threat∣ned not, but committed the vengeaunce to him that iudgeth righteously.

24 * 1.28Which his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree, that we beyng deliuered from sinne, shoulde liue vnto ryghteousnes: By whose strypes ye were healed.

25 For ye were as sheepe goyng astray: but are nowe turned vnto the sheep∣hearde and Byshop of your soules.

The .iij. Chapter.

1 Howe wyues ought to order themselues towarde their husbandes. 3 And in their ap∣parell. 7 The duetie of men towarde their wyues. 8 He exhorteth all men to vnitie and loue. 14 And paciently to suffer trouble by the example and benefite of Christe.

1 LIkewise * 1.29 ye wyues, be in subiectiō to your hus∣bandes, [unspec A] that euen they whiche obey not the word, may without the word, be wonne by the cōuersation of y^e wiues,

2 Whyle they beholde your chaste con∣uersation coupled with feare.

3 Whose apparel shal not be outward with brayded heere, & hanging on of gold, ey∣ther in putting on of gorgeous apparel.

4 But let the hid man whiche is in the heart, be without all corruption, so that the spirite be at rest and quiet, whiche [spirite] is before god a thing much set by.

5 For after this maner in the olde tyme dyd the holy women, whiche trusted in God, tyre them selues, and were obedi∣ent vnto theyr husbandes.

6 Euen as Sara obeyed Abraham, and called hym Lorde, whose daughters ye are as long as ye do well, and are not a∣frayde for any terrour.

[unspec B] 7 Lykewyse ye husbandes dwell with them accordyng to knowledge, geuyng honour vnto the wyfe, as vnto the wea∣ker vessell, and as vnto them that are heires also of the grace of lyfe, that your prayers be not hyndered.

8 ☞In conclusion, be ye all of one minde, of one heart, loue as brethren, be pitiful, be curteous,() 1.30

9 Not rendryng euyl for euyll, or rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywyse blesse, knowyng that ye are therevnto called, euen that ye shoulde be (a) 1.31 heyres of the blessyng.

10 * 1.32For he that doeth long after lyfe, and loueth to see good dayes, let hym re∣frayne his tongue from euyll, and his lippes, that they speake no guyle.

11 Let hym eschewe euyll and do good, let hym seke peace and ensue it.

12 For the eyes of the Lorde are ouer the ryghteous, and his eares are open vn∣to their prayers: Againe, the face of the Lorde is (b) 1.33 ouer them that do euyll.

13 Moreouer, who is it that wyll harme you, yf ye folowe that which is good?

[unspec C] 14 Yea, * 1.34 happy are ye if any trouble hap∣pen vnto you for ryghteousnes sake: Be not ye * 1.35 afrayde for any terrour of them, neither be ye troubled:

15 But sanctifie the Lorde God in your heartes.☜ Be redy alwayes to geue an aunswere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you,

16 And that with mekenesse and feare, hauyng a good conscience: * 1.36that where as they backebite you as euyll doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conuersation in Christe.

17 * 1.37For it is better, yf the wyll of God be so, that ye suffer for wel doyng, then for euyll doyng.

18 ☞* 1.38Forasmuch as Christe hath once suffered for sinnes, the iust for the vniust [unspec D] to bryng vs to God, and was kylled as parteynyng to the fleshe, but was quic∣kened in the spirite.

19 In which spirite, he also went & prea∣ched vnto the spirites that were in pry∣son,

20 Which sometime had ben disobedient, when once the long sufferyng of God a∣bode in y^e dayes of Noe, whyle the Arke was a preparyng, * 1.39wherein fewe, that is to say eyght soules, were saued in the water:

21 To the which also the figure agreeth that nowe saueth vs, euen * 1.40baptisme, not the puttyng away of the fylth of the fleshe, but in that a good conscience ma∣keth request to God, by the resurrection of Iesus Christe:

22 Which is on the ryght hande of God, and is gone into heauen, * 1.41angels, pow∣ers, and myght subdued vnto hym.

¶The .iiij. Chapter.

1 He exhorteth men to ceasse from sinne, 2 to spende no more tyme in vice, 7 to be sober and apt to pray, 8 to loue eche other, 12 to be pacient in trouble, 15 to beware that no man suffer as an euyll doer, 16 but as a christian man, and so not to be ashamed.

[unspec A] 1 FOr as muche then as Christ hath suffered for vs in the fleshe, arme ye your selues lykewise with the same mynde: for he which suffereth in the fleshe, ceasseth from sinne:

2 That he hence forwarde shoulde lyue, as much tyme as remayneth in y^e fleshe, not after the lustes of men, but after the wyll of God.

3 For it is sufficient for vs that we haue spent the tyme that is paste of the lyfe, after the wyll of the * 1.42gentiles, walkyng in wantonnesse, lustes, in excesse of wynes, in excesse of eatyng, in excesse of drynkyng, and abominable idolatrie.

4 And it seemeth to them an inconueni∣ent [unspec B] thyng, that ye runne not also with them vnto the same excesse of riote, and therefore speake they euyll of you:

5 Whiche shall geue accomptes to hym that is redy to iudge quicke and dead.

6 For vnto this purpose veryly was the Gospel peached also vnto y^e (a) 1.43dead, that they shoulde be iudged lyke other men in the fleshe, but should lyue before God in the spirite.

7 The ende of all thynges is at hande.

8 ☞Be ye therefore sober, and watche vnto prayer.

8 But aboue all thynges, haue feruent loue among your selues: For loue shall couer the multitude of sinnes.

9 * 1.44Be ye harberous one to another, without grudgyng.

10 As euery man hath receaued the gyft, euē so minister the same one to another, as good ministers of the manifold grace of God.

11 If any man speake, [let hym talke] as [unspec C] the wordes of God. * 1.45 If any man mini∣ster, let him do it as * 1.46 of the abilitie which God ministreth vnto hym, that God in all thinges may be glorified through Iesus Christe, ☜ to whom be prayse and dominion for euer and euer. Amen.

12 Dearely beloued, thinke it not straunge concerning the fierie triall, which thing is to trye you, as though some straunge thyng happened vnto you.

13 But reioyce, in as much as ye are par∣takers of Christes passions: that when his glory appeareth, ye maye be mery and glad.

14 * 1.47Yf ye be rayled vpon for the name of Christe, happy are ye. For the spirite of glory and of God, resteth vpon you: On their part he is euyll spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

15 See that none of you be punished as a [unspec D] murtherer, or as a thiefe, or an euyll do∣er, or as a busie body in other mens mat∣ters.

16 Yf any [man suffer] as a Christian man, let hym not be ashamed, but let him glo∣rifie God on this behalfe.

17 For the tyme is [come] that iudgement must begin at the house of God. Yf it first [begin] at vs, what shall the ende be of them whiche beleue not the Gospell of God?

18 And * 1.48 if the ryghteous scacely be saued, where shall the vngodly and the sinner appeare?

19 Wherefore, let them that are troubled accordyng to the wyll of God, commit their soules to him with well doyng, as vnto a faythfull creatour.

¶The .v. Chapter.

2 The duetie of pastours is to feede the flocke of Christe, and what rewarde they shall haue yf they be diligent. 5 He exhorteth young persons to submit them selues to the elders, 8 to be sober, and to watche that they may resist the enemie.

[unspec A] 1 THe (a) 1.49 elders which are among you, I exhort, whiche am also an el∣der, & a wytnesse of the afflictions of Christe, and also a partaker of H. L. the glory that shalbe o∣pened:

2 * 1.50Feede you God his flocke, whiche is committed vnto you, takyng the ouer∣sight of them not as compelled therto, but wyllyngly, not for the desyre of fyl∣thy lucre, but of a good mynde:

3 * 1.51Not as though ye were Lordes ouer God his heritage: but * 1.52 that ye be an en∣sample to the flocke.

4 And when the chiefe shephearde shall appeare, ye shall receaue * 1.53 an incorrup∣tible crowne of glory.

5 Likewise ye younger, submit your [unspec B] selues vnto the elder: Submit your selues euery man one to another, decke your selues inwardly in lowlynes of mynde: For God resisteth the proude, and geueth grace to the humble.

6 ☞ Submit your selues therfore vnder the mightie hande of God, that he may exalt you when the tyme is come.

7 * 1.54Cast all your care vpon hym, for he ca∣reth for you.

8 Be sober, & watche, for your aduersa∣rie the deuyll, as a roaryng Lion * 1.55 wal∣keth about seking whō he may deuour:

9 *Whom resist stedfast in the fayth, kno∣wyng [unspec C] that the same afflictions are ac∣complished in your brethren that are in the worlde.

10 But the God of all grace whiche hath called vs vnto his eternall glory by Christe Iesus, shal his owne selfe, after that ye haue suffered a litle affliction, make you perfite, setle, strength, and sta∣blyshe you.

11 To hym be glory and dominion, for euer and euer. Amen.☜

12 By Syluanus a faythfull brother, vn∣to [unspec D] you, as I suppose, haue I wrytten briefly, exhortyng and testifiyng, howe that this is the true grace of God, wher∣in ye stande.

13 The Churche that is at Babylon elec∣ted together with you, saluteth you, and so doeth Marcus my sonne.

14 * 1.56Greete ye one another with the kysse of loue. Peace be with you all which are in Christe Iesus. Amen.

Notes

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  Act▪ viii. a.
• (a) 1.2

  Whiche ••ere Iewes, to whom he was appoyn∣ted to be an Apostle.
• (b) 1.3

  The free electiō of go•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the efficient cause of our saluation, the material cause is Christes obedience, ou•• effectuall cal∣lyng is the formall cause▪ and the finall cause is ou•• sanctification.
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  Rom. i. a. i Cor. i. a. ii. Cor. i. a· Galath. i. a. ii Cor. i. a. Ephe. i. a.
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  Rom. i. a. i Cor. i. a. ii. Cor. i. a· Galath. i. a. ii Cor. i. a. Ephe. i. a.
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  Iob. xxiii. b. S••pi. ii a. Iames. i. a. Rom. v. a.
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  Iohn. x. g.
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  Actes. x. g. Esai. ix a. Daniel. ii. g. Agge. ii. b.
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  Actes. ii. a.
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  Luk. xii. c. Ephe. vi. c.
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  Mat. xvi d. Psal. xviii •• Rom ii. b.
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  Heb••e ix ••. i Iohn i. b Apoca •• b.
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  Whe•• Christ appea¦red vnto the worlde, and when the Gospel was preached.
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  Philip. ••••
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  Esai. xl. b. Eccle. xiiii. b Iacob. i. b.
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  Mat xviii. a
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  Exod. xix. a Deut. vii. ••.
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  ••••th v. e. 〈…〉〈…〉 d.
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  Math. v. b.
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  Rom. xiii. a. T••tus. iii. a.
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  Rom. xii. c.
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  Ephe. vi. a. Coloss. iii. d. i. Tim. vi. a. Titus. ii. b. Math. v. a.
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  Iohn. xiii. b. Ephe. v. a.
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  Math. viii. c. Esai. liii. b.
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  Ephe. v. c. Coloss. iii. c.
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  meke,
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  God hath made vs whē we were his enimes heires of his kyng¦dome: & shall not we for∣geue our bre∣thren a small ••ault?
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  Psal. 34. c.
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  To take vengeaunce on hym.
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  Math. v. b.
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  Esai. viii c. Math. x. d.
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  i. Pet. ii b Math. v. a.
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  Rom. v a.
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  Gene. vi. a. Gene. vii. ••
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  Rom. vi. a.
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  Heb. i. b. ii. b
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  Rom i. d. Ephe. iiii. d.
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  Although the wicked thynke this Gospel newe, and vexe you that imbrace it: yet hath it ben preached to thē of tyme past, whiche now are deade to the intent y^t they myght haue ben con∣dempned of dead to sinne in the flesshe, & also myght haue lyued to God in the spirite▪ which two are the effect of the Gospell
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  Prou. xi. d.
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  By elders he vnderstan∣deth all them which preach, teach, or mini∣ster in the Church.
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  Actes. xxi. f
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  ii. Cor. i. e. i. Tim. iiii. b. Titus. ii. d. ii. Tim. i. c.
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  ii. Cor. i. e. i. Tim. iiii. b. Titus. ii. d. ii. Tim. i. c.
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  i Cor. ix. d. ii Tim. iiii. b
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  Math. vi. d. Luk. xii. c.
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  Iohn. i. b. Iacob. iiii. b.
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