1   Peter an Apostle of Iesvs Christ, to the strangers that dwell here and there throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia,

2    ^noteElect according to the ^note foreknowledge of God þe; Father vnto ^note sanctification of þe; Spirit,

The end of faith. through obedience and sprinkeling of the blood of Iesus Christ: Grace and peace bee multiplied vnto you.

3   Blessed bee God, euen the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, which according to his aboundant mercie hath begotten vs againe vnto a ^note liuely hope by the resurrection of Iesus Christ from the dead,

4   To an inheritance immortall and vndefiled, and that withereth not, reserued in heauen for vs,

5    ^noteWhich are kept by the power of God through faith vnto saluation, which is prepared to be shewed in the ^note last time.

6   Wherein yee reioyce, though nowe for a season (if neede require) yee are in heauinesse, through manifolde tentations,

7   That the triall of your faith, being much more precious then golde that perisheth (though it be tried with fire) might bee founde vnto your praise, and honour and glorie at the ^note appearing of Iesus Christ:

8   Whome yee haue not seene, and yet loue him, in whome nowe, though yee see him not, yet doe you beleeue, and reioyce with ioy vnspeakeable and glorious,

9   Receiuing the ^note ende of your faith, euen the saluation of your soules.

10    ^noteOf the which saluation þe; Prophets haue inquired and searched, which prophecied of the grace that should come vnto you,

11   Searching when or what time the Spirite which testified before of Christ which was in them, shoulde declare the sufferings that should come vnto Christ, and the glorie that shoulde followe.

12   Vnto whome it was reueiled, that not vnto themselues, but vnto vs they shoulde minister the things, which are nowe shewed vnto you by them which haue preached vnto you the Gospell by the holy Ghost ^note sent downe from heauen, the which things the Angels desire to beholde.

13    ^noteWherefore, ^note girde vp the Ioynes of your minde: bee sober, ^note and trust ^note perfectly on that grace ^note that is brought vnto you, ^note in the reuelation of Iesus Christ, The price of our redemption.

14    ^noteAs obedient children, not fashioning your selues vnto the former lustes of your ignorance:

15   But as hee which hath called you, is holie, so be yee holie in ^note all maner of conuersation;

16    ^noteBecause it is written, ^note Be yee holie, for I am holie.

17    ^noteAnd if ye ^note call him Father, which without ^note respect of person iudgeth according to euery mans woorke, passe the time of your dwelling here in feare,

18    ^noteKnowing that yee were not redeemed with corruptible things, as siluer and golde, from your vaine conuersation, receiued by the traditions of the fathers,

19    ^noteBut with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lambe vndefiled, and without spot.

20    ^noteWhich was ^note ordeined before the ^note foundation of the world, but was declared in the last times for your sakes,

21   Which by his meanes doe beleeue in God that raised him from the dead, and gaue him glorie, that your faith and hope might bee in God,

22    ^noteHauing purified your soules in obeying the trueth through the spirite, to ^note loue brotherly without faining, loue one another with a pure heart feruently,

23   Being borne anewe, not of mortall seede, but of immortall, by the woorde of God, who liueth and endureth for euer.

24    ^noteFor all ^{note note} flesh is as grasse, and all the glorie of man is as the flower of grasse. The grasse withereth, and the flower falleth away.

25    ^noteBut the woorde of the Lorde endureth for euer: and this is the woorde which is preached among you.

A stone in Sion.

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