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 Saynt Peter.

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THis epistle dyd saynt Peter wryte to the Hethen that we reconuerted & exhorteth thē to stonde fast in the fayth / to grow therin and to wexe per¦fect / thorow all maner of sof¦feringe & also good workes.

In the fyrst he declareth the iustyfyenge of fayth thorow Christes bloude / & comforteth them with the hope of the lyfe to come / and she∣weth that we haue not deserued it / but that the Prophetes prophisied it shuld be geuen vs / & as Christ which redemed vs oute of synne and all vnclennes is holye / so he exhorteth to leade an holye conuersacion: & because we be rychlye bought & made heyres of a ryche in herytaunce / to take hede that we lose it not agayne thorow oure awne necgligence.

In the seconde Chap. he sheweth that Christ is the foundacion & hed corner stone wherō all are bylr thorow fayth / whether it be Iewe or gē¦tyle / & how that in Christ they are made Pre∣stes / to offer them selues to god (as christ dyd him selfe) & to sle the lustes of the flesshe that fyght agaynst the soule. And fyrst he teacheth them in generall to obeye the worldlye rulars and then in speciall he teacheth the seruauntes to obey their masters be they good or bad / & to soffre wronge of them as Christ soffered wrō¦ge for vs.

In the thyrde he teacheth the wyues to obeye their husbandes / ye though they be vnbeleuers and to apparell them selues godlye and as yt be commeth h•• lynes. And therto that the husban¦des soffre and beare the infirmite of their wy∣ues and lyue accordinge to knowledge with them. And then in generall he exhorteth them to be softe / courteous / pacient and frendlye one to another / and to soffre for ryghteousnes af∣ter the ensample of Christ.

In the fourthe he exhorteth to fle synne & to tame the flesshe with sobrenes watchinge and prayer / and to loue eche other / and to kno∣we that all good gyftes are of God and euery mā to helpe his neyboure with soche as he hath receaued of god / & fynallie not to wonder / but to reioyce though they must soffre for christes names sake seinge as they be here partakers of his afflicciōs / so shall they be partakers of his glorye to come.

In the fyueth he teacheth the bysshopes and prestes how they shuld lyue and fede Christes flocke: and warneth vs of the deuell which on euery syde lyeth in wayte for vs.