Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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¶ The fyrste Chapter.
¶ For so moch as the power of God hath geuen
vs all thynges pertaynynge vnto lyfe, he exhorteth
vs to make oure callynge knowne by good
workes, and frutes of fayth. He maketh mencyon
of hys awne deeth.
A Simon Peter a serua&ubar;t, and
an Apostle of Iesus Christ,
to them whych haue obtayned
lyke precyous fayth &wt;
vs thorow þe; ryghtewesnes
of oure God &abar;d sauioure Iesus
Christ.
noteGrace be vnto you, and peace be multiplyed
thorow the knowledge of God and of
Iesus oure Lorde. Accordynge as his godly
power hath geuen vnto vs all thinges that
pertayne vnto lyfe and godlynes, thorow
the knowledge of him that hath called vs by
glory, and vertue, by the whych are geuen
vnto vs excellent and moste greate promyses,
that by the meanes therof ye myght be
note partakers of the godly nature, yf ye flye þe;
corrupcyon of worldly lust.
B And herunto geue all diligence: in youre
fayth mynyster vertue: &ibar; vertue knowledge:
note in knowledge temperaunce, in temperaunce
pacience: in pacience godlynes, in godlynes
brotherly kyndnes, in brotherly kyndnes
loue. For yf these thynges be amonge
you, and be plenteous, thy wyll make you
that ye nether shalbe ydle nor vnfrutefull in
the knowledge of oure Lorde Iesus Christ.
But he that lacketh these thynges, is blynde
and gropeth for the waye wyth his h&abar;de,
and hath forgotten, that he was pourged
from hys olde synnes.
C Wherfore brethren, geue the more diligence
for to make your calling ∧ eleccy&obar; sure
(by good workes) For yf ye do soch thynges, ye
shall neuer fall. Yee and by this meanes an
entrynge in shal be mynistred vnto you aboundantly
into the euerlastyng kyngdome
of oure Lorde and sauioure Iesus Christ.
Wherfore, I wyll not be neglyg&ebar;t to put
you all wayes in rem&ebar;braunce of soch thynges
though ye knowe them youre selues, &abar;d
and be stablished in the present trueth. Notwythstandynge
I thynke it mete (as longe
as I am in note thys tabernacle) to strete you
vp by puttyng you in remembraunce, for as
moch, as I am sure, that shortly I must put
of thys my tabernacle, note euen as oure Lorde
Iesus Christ shewed me. I wyll euer also
geue my diligence, that ye maye haue wherwyth
to stere vp the remembraunce of these
thinges after my departyng. &cross2; For we haue
not folowed deceatfull fables, when we
opened vnto you the power and commynge
of oure Lorde Iesus Christ, but note wyth our
eyes we sawe his maiestie: euen then verely
when he receaued of God the father honoure
and glory, and when ther came soch a voyce
to hym from the excellent glorye. note
D Thys is
my dere beloued sonne, in whow I haue delyte.
This voyce we hearde come from heauen,
whan we were wyth hym, in the holy
mounte.
We haue also a ryght sure worde of prophecye,
wher vnto yf ye take hede, as vnto
a note lyght that shyneth in a darcke place, ye
do well, vntyll the daye dawne, &abar;d the daye
starre aryse in youre hertes. &cross3; So that ye
fyrst know thys: that no prophecye in the
scripture hath eny pryuate interpretacyon:
For the scripture came neuer by the wyll of
man: but holy men of God spake, as they
were moued by the holy goost.
Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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