A   Peter an Apostle of Iesu Christ, to th&ebar; that dwell here and there as straungers thorow out Pontus, Galacia, Capadocia, Asia and Bithinia, electe acordinge to the foreknowlege of God the father thorow sanctifienge of the sprete, vnto obedience and ^note sprenklynge of the bloude of Iesus Christ.

Grace and peace be multiplied with you.

^noteBlessed be God and the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, which acordinge to his greate mercy hath begotten vs agayne vnto a lyuely hope ^note by the resurreccion of Iesus Christ from the deed, to an vncorruptible and vndefyled inheritaunce, which neuer shal fade awaye, but is reserued in heauen for you that are kepte by the power of God thorow faith to saluacion, which is prepared all ready to be shewed in the last tyme: in the which ye shal reioyse, though now for a litle season (yff nede requyre) ye are in heuynes thorow manyfolde temptacions: B    that youre faith once tryed (beynge moch more precious then the corruptible golde that is tryed thorow the fyre) might be founde vnto laude, glory and honoure at the appearynge of Iesus Christ: whom ye haue not sene, and yet loue him: ^note in whom now ye beleue, though ye se him not. Euen so shal ye reioyce also with vnoutspeakable and glorious ioye, receauynge the ende of youre faith, euen the saluacion of youre soules.

Of which saluacion the prophetes haue enquyred and searched, which prophecied off the grace that shulde come vpon you: searchinge whan or at what tyme the sprete off Christ that was in them, shulde signifye, which (sprete) testified before the passions that shulde come vnto Christ, and the glory that shulde folowe after. Vnto the which (prophetes) it was declared, that not vnto them selues, but vnto vs they shulde mynister the thinges which are now shewed vnto you, by them which thorow þe; holy goost sent downe from heauen, haue preached vnto you the thinges ^note which the angels delyte to beholde.

C   Wherfore gyrde op the ^note loynes off youre mynde, be sober, and trust perfectly

on the grace that is brought vnto you, by the declarynge of Iesus Christ, as obedient childr&ebar;, not fa&esset;hionynge youre selues to yo&highr; olde lustes of ignoraunce: but as he which hath called you is holy, eu&ebar; so be ye holy also in all youre conuersacion: for it it wrytt&ebar;: ^note Be ye holy, for I am holy.

And yf so be that ye call on the father, which without respecte of personnes iudgeth ^note acordynge to euery mans worke, se þt; ye passe þe; tyme of youre pilgremage in feare: ^note and knowe, that ye were not redemed &wt; corruptible syluer and golde, from youre vayne conuersacion (which ye receaued by the tradici&obar;s of the fathers) ^note but with the precious bloude of Christ, as of an innoc&ebar;t and vndefyled lambe, D   which was ordeyned before the worlde was made, but is declared in these last tymes ^note for youre sakes, which thorow him beleue on God, that raysed him vp from the deed, ^note and hath geu&ebar; him the glory, that ye might haue faith ∧ hope in God: Euen ye which haue purifyed youre soules ^note in obeyenge the trueth thorow the sprete, for to loue brotherly without faynynge, ∧ feruently one to loue another &wt; a pure hert, as they that are borne a new, not of corruptible sede, but of vncorruptible, eu&ebar; by the lyuynge worde of God, which endureth for euer. ^noteFor all flesh is as grasse, and all the glory of man is as the floure of grasse. The grasse withereth, ∧ the floure falleth awaye but the worde of the LORDE endureth for euer. This is the worde, that is preached amonge you.

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