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to enioye an inheritaunce immortall and vndefiled and that purifieth not reserved in heven for you

in the which tyme ye shall reioyce though now for a season (if nede requyre) ye are in hevines thorowe manifolde temptacions

because it is written. Be ye holy for I am holy.

For as moche as ye know how that ye were not redemed with corruptible sylver and golde from youre vayne conversacion which ye receaved by the tradicions of the fathers:

which was ordeyened before the worlde was made: but was declared in the last tymes for youre

And for as moche as ye have purified youre soules thorowe the sprete in obeyinge the trueth for to love brotherly withouten saynynge se that ye love one another with a pure hert fervently:

for ye are borne a newe not of mortall seed but of immortall by the worde of god which liveth and lasteth for ever.

For all flesshe is as grasse and all the glory of man is as the floure of grasse. The grasse widdereth and the flower falleth awaye

and ye as lyvynge stones are made a spretuall housse and an holy presthode for to offer vp spretuall sacryfice acceptable to god by Iesus Christ.

Submit youre selves vnto all manner ordinaunce of man for the lordes sake whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto the chefe heed:

other vnto rulars as vnto them that are sent of him for the punysshment of evyll doars: but for the laude of them that do well.

For so is the will of god that ye put to sylence the ygnorancie of the folyshe men:

as fre and not as havinge ye libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes but even as the servautes of god.

For it is thankeworthye yf a man for conscience towarde god endure grefe sufferinge wrongfully.

For what prayse is it if when ye be buffeted for youre fautes ye take it paciently? But and yf when ye do well ye suffer wronge and take it paciently then is there thanke with God.

For herevnto verely were ye called: for Christ also suffered for vs levinge vs an insample yt ye shuld folowe his steppes

For ye were as shepe goinge astraye: but are now returned vnto ye shepheerd and bisshoppe of youre soules.

For after this maner in the olde tyme dyd the holy wemen which trusted in God tyer the selves and were obediet to their husbades

not redringe evyll for evyll nether rebuke for rebuke: but contrary wyse blesse remembringe yt ye are thervnto called even yt ye shuld be heyres of blessinge.

For ye eyes of ye Lorde are over ye righteous and his eares are open vnto their prayers. But ye face of the Lorde beholdeth the that do evyll.