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SImon Peter a seruaunt & [ A] an Apostle of Iesus Christ / to them which have obtay∣ned lyke precious fayth with vs in the rightewesnes that commeth of oure God and sa¦vioure Iesus Christ.
Grace with you▪ & peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God & of Iesus oure Lor∣de. Accordinge as his godly power hath ge∣ven vnto vs all thinges that pertayne vnto lyfe and godlynes / thorow the knowledge of him that hath called vs by vertue and glory /
by the meanes whereof / are geven vnto vs excellent and moste greate promises / that by the helpe of them ye shuld be partakers of the godly nature / in that ye ••lye the corrupci∣on [ B] of worldy lust.* 1.1
And hervnto geve all diligence: in youre fayth minister vertve / and in vertue knowled¦ge / and in knowledge temperancy / and in tem∣rancy pacience / in pacience godlynes / in godly¦nes brotherly kyndnes / in brotherly kyndnes love. For yf these thinges be amonge you and are plenteous / they wyll make you that ye ne∣ther shalbe ydle nor vnfrutefull in the know¦ledge of oure lorde Iesus Christ. But he yt lac¦keth these thyng{is} is blynde & gropeth for y• [ C] waye with his honde / and hath forgotten y• he was pourged from his olde synnes.
Wherfore brethren / geve the moare diligen¦ce* 1.2 for to make youre callynge & eleccion sure. For yf ye do soche thynges / ye shall never e••∣re. Ye & by this meanes an entrynge in shall be ministred vnto you aboundantly in to the everlastynge kyngdome of oure lorde and sa∣veoure Iesus Christ.
Wherfore I will not be necgligent to put you allwayes in remembraunce of soche thin¦ges / though that ye knowe them youre sel∣ves & be also stablisshed in the present trueth. Notwithstōdinge I thynke yt mete (as longe as I am in this tabernacle) to stere you vp by puttynge you in remēbraunce / for as moch as I am sure howe that the tyme is at honde y• I must put of my tabernacle / even as oure lor¦de* 1.3
Iesus Christ hath shewed me. I will enfo∣arce therfore / that on every syde ye myght ha∣ve wherwith to stere vp the remembraunce of these thynges after my departynge.
✚ For we folowed not decevable fables whē we openned vnto you the power and commyn¦ge of oure lorde Iesus Christ / but with oure eyes we sawe his maieste: even then verely when he receaved of god the father honour &* 1.4 glory / and when ther came soche a voyce to [ D] him from excellent glorie. This is my dere beloved sonne / in whom I have delite. This voyce we hearde when it came from heven / be ynge with him in the holy mounte.
We have also a right sure worde of prophe¦sye wher vnto yf ye take hede / as vnto a lyght y• shyneth in a darke place / ye do wel / vntill the daye dawne and the daye starre aryse in youre hertes. ✚ So that ye fyrst knowe this. that no prophesye in the scripture hath eny private interpretaciō. For the scripture came* 1.5 never by the will of man: but holy men of god spake as they were moved by the holy goost.
* ••e y• lac¦keth the∣se & soche lyke wor∣kes is b••••¦be & vnder¦stondeth not what the fayth of Christ meaneth.
••e that hath soc∣he workes ma••e be su¦re that he is electe & that he hath the true faith
••oh. xxi
mat. xvi••
ij. tim. iij.