A   The elders which are amonge you / I exhorte / which am also an elder and a witnes of the affliccions of Christ / and also a partaker of the glory that shalbe opened: se that ye fede Christes flocke which is amonge you / takynge the oversyght of them / not as though ye were compelled therto / but willyngly: not for the desyre of filthy lucre / but of a good mynde. not as though ye were lordes over the ^note parisshes: but that ye be &abar; 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 vnto the elder. Submit youre selves every man / one to another / knet youre selves togedder in lowlines of mynde. For god resisteth þe; proude ∧ geveth grace to the humble. &cross3; B   Submit youre selves therfore vnder the myghty honde of god / that he maye exalt you / wh&ebar; the tyme is come. Cast all youre care to him: for he careth for you.

^note Be sober and watch / for youre adversary þe; devyll as a rorynge lion walketh about / sekynge whom he maye devoure: whom resist stedfust in the fayth / rem&ebar;brynge that ye do but fulfill the same afflicci&obar;s which are ^note apoynted 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 afflicci&obar; make you perfect: shall settle strenght ∧ stablishe you. To him be glory ∧ domini&obar; for ever / and whill the worlde endureth Amen. &cross3;

C   By Silvanus a faythfull brother vnto you (as I suppose) have I written brefly / exhortynge and testifyinge how that this is the true grace of god / wherin ye stonde. The companious of youre eleccion þt; are at Babil&obar; / ^note saluteth you / and Marcus my sonne. Grete ye one another with the kysse of love. Peace be with you all which are in Christ Iesus. Amen.

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