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THe elders which are amonge you / I ex¦horte / which am also an elder and a wit¦nes [ A] of the affliccions of Christ / and al∣so a partaker of the glory that shalbe opened: se that ye fede Christes flocke which is amon¦ge you / takynge the oversyght of them / not as though ye were compelled therto / but willyn¦gly: not for the desyre of filthy lucre / but of a good mynde. not as though ye were lordes o∣ver the * 1.1 parisshes: but that ye be ā insample
to the flocke. And when the chef shepheerde shall appere / ye shall receave an incorruptible croune of glorye.
Lykwyse ye yonger submit youre selves vn¦to the elder. Submit youre selves every man / one to another / knet youre selves togedder in lowlines of mynde. For god resisteth y• prou¦de & geveth grace to the humble. ✚ Submit [ B] youre selves therfore vnder the myghty hon¦de of god / that he maye exalt you / whē the tyme is come. Cast all youre care to him: for he careth for you.
Be sober and watch / for youre adversary ye* 1.2 devyll as arorynge lion walketh about / sekyn¦ge whom he maye devoure: whom resist sted∣fust in the fayth / remēbrynge that ye do but fulfill the same afflicciōs which are * 1.3 apoyn¦ted to youre brethren that are in the worlde. The God of all grace / which called you vnto his eternall glory by Christ Iesus / shall his awne silfe after ye have soffred a lytell afflic¦ciō make you perfect: shall settle strenght & stablishe you. To him be glory & dominiō for ever / and whill the worlde endureth Amen. ⊢
By Silvanus a faythfull brother vnto you [ C] (as I suppose) have I written brefly / ex∣hortynge and testifyinge how that this is the true grace of god / wherin ye stonde. The com¦panious of youre eleccion y• are at Babilō / sa¦luteh* 1.4 you / and Marcus my sonne. Grete ye one another with the kysse of love. Peace be with you all which are in Christ Iesus.
Parys∣shes: the greke ha∣th lottes: that is / th ey to who¦me any lot chaunce or elecciō is to prea¦che godes worde.
mat. vj. c luc. xij. c. roma. xij psa. liiij. ••
We be a∣poynted to soffre in this worlde.
Marke y• euange∣list.