come upon you. 2 Your riches e are corrupted, and your b Pr.11.28. garments are moth-eaten. f Lu.6.24.

3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and c Job 1.21,&c. the rust of them shall be a witness against dJob 42.10,&c you, and shall eat your flesh as it were e Je.17.11. fire. Ye have heaped h treasure together ƒ Job 13.28. for the last days.

Ma.5.34,&c Ro.2.5.

4 Behold, the hore k of the labourers! who have reaped down your fields, which i 2Ch.33.12. is of you kept bark by fraud, crieth: and Jon.2.2,&c. the cries of them which have reaped k Je.22.13. are entered into the ears of the Lord of Mal.3.5. Sabaoth. 1 Ep.5.19.

5 Ye have lived in pleasure o on the m Mar.16.18. earth, and beer wanton; ye have nou-jn Ex.22.27. rished your hearts, as in a day of slaugh- oLu.16.19,25. p Is.33.24.

ter.

6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist ryou. 71 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early u and

latter rain.

8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

Ac.19.18.

r Mat.5.39.

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or, Be long patient; or, Suffer with long patience s Ps. 145.19. t 1Ki.17.1. 2 or in prayer u De.11.14. v Re.22.20. 9 3 Grudge not one against another, groan,grieve brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, w1K 18.42,45 the Judge standeth x before the door. x Re.3.20. 10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, y Mat.18.15. who have spoken in the name of the zHe.11.35-38. Lord, for an example of suffering afflic-a Pr.10.12. ton, z and of patience. 15

1 Pe.4.8.

Efficacy of Prayer.

11 Behold, we count them a happy which endure. Ye have heard of the pa tience c of Job, and have seen the end d of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

12 But above all things, my brethren, swear g not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath. but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. 13 Is any among you afflicted? let ihim pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

14 Is any sick m among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if p he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

16 Confess q your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of righteous man availeth much.

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17 Elias was a man subject to like pas sions as we are, and he t prayed 2 earnestly that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

18 And he prayed again, w and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one y convert him,

20 Let him know, that he which con verteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a a multitude of sins. * H 169

CHAP. I.

PETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to

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the strangers scattered b throughout a Ph.2.12. Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and b Ac.8.4. Bithynia, c Ep.1.4. 2 Elect c according to the foreknow-d Ro.8.29. ledge d of God the Father, through sanc-e 2Th.2.13. tification e of the Spirit, unto fobedience ƒ Ro.16.26. and sprinkling g of the blood of Jesus He. 12.24. Christ; Grace unto you, and peace, be hJno.1.29,36. multiplied. i Re.7.14.

3 Blessed k be the God and Father of i Jude 2. our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant m mercy hath begotten us again n unto a lively hope by the resurrection p of Jesus Christ from the dead,

4 To an inheritance q incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth r not away, reserved t in heaven for 2 you,

k 2Co.1.3. Re. 13.8. much. m Ep.2.4. n Jno.3.3,5. o Mat.28.18. Ph.2.9.

p ICo.15.20. q He.9.15.

5 Who are kept u by the power of God hrough faith w unto salvation, ready to r c.5.4. be revealed in the last time. Jno.17.17,19 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, thought Col.1.5. how for a season, if need y be, ye are 2 or, us. in heaviness through manifold tempta

tions:

ulJno 3.14,18 v Jude 1.24. 7 That the trial b of your faith, being w Ep.2.8. much more precious than of gold that Jno.1.13. perisheth, though it be tried with c fire, y He.12.7-11. might be found unto praise and d honour z Ja.1.18. and glory at the appearing e of Jesus 3 or, For that. Christ: a Is.40.6-8.

8 Whom having not g seen, ye love; b Ja.1.3,12. in whom, though now ye see him not, c 1Co.3.13. yet believing, ye rejoice with joy i und Ro.2.7,10. speakable and full of glory :

e Re.1.7.

Receiving the end of your faith, even ƒ Jno.1.1,14. the salvation of your souls.

2Pe.1.19.

10 Of which salvation the prophets g 1Jno.4.20. have inquired and searched m diligently, h Ep.4.22,31. who prophesied of the grace that should i Jno.16.22. come unto you: k Mat.18.3. 11 Searching what, or what manner of 1 1Co.3.2. time the Spirit p of Christ which was in m Da.9.3. them did signify, when it testified before-n Ps.34.8. hand the sufferings of Christ, and the o Ps.118.22. glory that should follow. p 2Pe.1.21.

12 Unto whom it was revealed, that 4 or, be ye. not t unto themselves but unto us they q He.3.6. did minister the things, which are now r Is.61.6. reported unto you by them that have Re. 1.6. preached the gospel unto you with the Mal.1.11. Holy Ghost v sent down from heaven; He. 11.39,40. which things the angels w desire to look u Is.28.16.

into.

t

v Ac.2.4.

2Co.1.22.

13 Wherefore gird x up the loins of your mind, be sober, z and hope 6 to the w Ep.3.10. end a for the grace that is to be brought 5 an honour. unto you at the revelation of Jesus x Lu. 12.35. Christ; y Mat.21.42.

14 As obedient children, not fashion. z Lu.21.34. ing b yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

6 perfectly.

a He.10.35.

b Ro.12.2.

16 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of con- c Jude 4. versation; purchased. 16 Because it is written, e Be ye holy; d'De.4.20. for I am holy. 8 or, virtues. 17 And if ye call on the Father, who e Le.11.44. without respect of persons judgeth ac- f Ac.26.18. cording to every man's work, pass the g Ro.9.25.

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time of your sojourning here in fear: a 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain con⚫ versation received by tradition from your fathers;

19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lainb h without blemish and with out spot:

20 Who verily was fore-ordained be fore the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you;

21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and o gave him glory, that your faith and hope might be in God.

22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth & through the Spirit unto unfeigned love u of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:

23 Being born x again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word z of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

24 3 For a all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

25 But the word of the Lord endureth

for ever. And this fis the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. CHAP. II.

WHEREFORE laying aside h all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

2 As new-born babes, k desire the sin cere milk of the word, that ye Day grow thereby :

3 If so be ye have tasted n that the Lord is gracious.

To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed o indeed of inen, but chosen of God, and precious,

5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, gan holy priesthood, r to offer up spiritual s sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

6 Wherefore also it is contained in the Scripture, u Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner-stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

7 Unto you therefore which believe, ha is 5 precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone y which the build ers disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,

8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto calso they were appointed.

9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar d people; that ye should shew forth the & praises of him who hath called you out of darkness finto his marvellous light:

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10 Which g in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God. which had not obtained mercy but non

14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do well.

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13 Submit yourselves to every ordi- f 1Jno.3.18. nance of man for the Lord's sake: whe.g Mat.5.16. .ner it be to the king, as supreme; h Mat.5.44. Ep.4.32. Mat.22.21. Ro.13.1-7. A Ps.34.12,&c. Tit.2.8. m Ga.5.1,13. upon. 5 or, esteem. Love o then Ro. 12.10. Honour the Ph.2.3. o Jno.13.35. p Pr.16.7.

15 For so is the will of God, that I with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16 As free, m and not 3 using your liber-3 having. ty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

17 Honour 5 all n men. brotherhood. Fear q God. king.r

18 Servants, s be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

Ro. 8.28.

q Ps.111.10.

19 For this is 6 thank-worthy, if a manr Pr.24.21. for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

s Ep.6.5,&c. t Is.8.12,13.

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51.12.

20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it or, thank. patiently? but if, when ye do well, and Lu.6.32. suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this vis u Ps.119.46. acceptable 6 with God." Tor, reverence. 21 For even hereunto w were ye called: vMat.5.10-12. because Christ also suffered 8 for us, leav-w Mat. 16.24. ing us an example, that ye should follow 1Tb.3.3,4. x his steps:

22 Who z did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

8 some read, for you. x 1Jno.3.16. Re. 12.11.

23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threaten- y c.2.21. ed not; but committed 9 himself to him z Is.53.9. that d judgeth righteously; a 2Co.5.21. Ro.4.25.

24 Who his own self bare e our sins in his own body 10 on the tree, that we, being 9 or,his cause. dead to sins, should live gunto righteous- c Is.42.7. ness: by h whose stripes ye were healed. d Lu. 23.46. 25 For ye were as sheep going astray; ie Is.53.4,&c. but are now returned unto the k Shep-f Ge.6,&c. nerd and Bishop of your souls. 10 or, to. g Ro.6.11. LIKEWISE, ye wives, n be in subjec- Is.53.5,6. tion to your own husbands; that if i Ps.119.176. any obey not the word, they also may k Eze.34.23. without the word be won by the conver- Jno. 10.11-16. sation of the wives; 1 Ep.5.26.

CHAP. III.

2 While they behold your chaste con-m Ac.8.37. versation coupled with fear. Ro.10.10.

3 Whose adorning, p let it not be that in Ep.5.22. outward adorning of plaiting the hair, Ti.2.5,6. and of wearing of gold, or of putting on o Ep.1.21. of apparel;

p 1Ti.2.9,1o.

4 But let it be the hidden man of the q Ph.2.5. heart, t in that which is not corruptible,r Ro.6.2,7. even the ornament of a meek u and quiets 2Co.5.15. spirit, which is in the sight of God of t Ps.45.13. great price. Ro.2.29.

5 For after this manner, in the old time, u Ps.25.9. the holy women also, who trusted in God, 149.4. adorned themselves, being in subjection Mat.5.5. unto their own husbands: v 1Co.6.11.

6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, call- Tit.3.3. ing him Lord: wo whose 11 daughters ye w Ge. 18.12. are, as long as ye do well, and are not 11 children. afraid with any amazement. Ir Ac.13.45.

Righteous sufferers to rejoice. 7. Likewise, ye husbands, a dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

8 Finally, be ye all of one e mind, having compassion one of another; 2 love fas brethren, be pitiful, be courteous :

9 Not h rendering evil for evil, or rail. ing for railing; but contrariwise bless ing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 10 For k he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is 4 against them that do evil.

13 And p who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good

14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness sake, happy are ye: and t be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

15 But sanctify the Lord God in you hearts; and u be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and 7 fear.

16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evil doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing than for evil doing.

18 For Christ y also hath once suffered for sins, the just a for the unjust, that he might bring us to God,being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; c

20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once f the long suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved by water.

21 The like figure whereunto, even baptism, I doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience m toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels o and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

CHAP. IV. FORASMUCH then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: q for he r that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

2 That she no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

3 For v the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lascivious ness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: 4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil x of you: 5 Who shall give account to him that t ready to judge the quick and the dead

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6 For, for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged a according to men a Mat.24.9. in the flesh, but live b according to God b Re.14.13. in the spirit.

7 But the end c of all things is at hand: c Ja.5.8,9. be ye therefore sober, and watch e unto d Ro.8.17, 18. prayer. e Lu.21.36.

8 And above all things have fervent fJno.21.15-17 charity among yourselves: for g charity shall 2 cover the multitude of sins.

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12 Beloved, think it not strange con- q Ep.5.21. cerning the fiery v trial which is to try 1Co.10.31. you, as though some strange thing hap-s Ja.4.6. pened unto you: t Re.1.6.

13 But rejoice, x inasmuch as ye are u Is.57.15. partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, v 1Co.3.13. when z his glory shall be revealed, ye w Ps.55.22. may be glad also with exceeding joy. x Ja.1.2.

14 If bye be reproached for the name y Re.12.12. of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of 22Ti.2.12. glory and of God resteth upon you: on a Ja.4.7. their part he is evil spoken of, but on b Mat.5.11. your part he is glorified.

15 But let none of you suffer as a mur-c 2Co.4.16. derer, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or d He.13.21. as a busy-body in other men's matters. e 2Th.3.3. 16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, f Zec.10.6,12. let him not be ashamed; but let him glo- g Ps.138.7,8. rify God on this behalf. h c.4.11.

17 For the time is come that judgement i 2Co.1.19. must begin k at the house of God and if k Is.10.12. it first begin at us, what shall the end be Je.49.12. of them that obey not the gospel of God? Eze.9.6. 18 And if m the righteous scarcely be 1 1Co.15.1. saved, where shall the ungodly and the m Je.25.29. sinner appear? Lu.23.31. 19 Wherefore, let them that suffer ac-n Ro.16.16. Lording to the will of God, commit o the o Ps.37.5. keeping of their souls to him in well p Ep.6.23.

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Duties of Elders and the church. doing, as unto a faithful Creator. CHAP. V. THE elders which are among you I ex hort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory d that shall be revealed:

2 Feed ƒ the flock of God 1 which is among you, taking the oversight thereof not by constraint, but willingly; h not for filthy lucre, i but of a ready mind; 3 Neither as 3 being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples 7 to the flock.

4 And when the chief n Shepherd shau appear, ye shall receive a crown p of glory that fadeth not away.

5 Likewise, ye younger, submit your selves unto the elder: yea, all q of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God & resisteth_the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

6 Humble u yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may ex alt you in due time:

7 Casting w all your care upon him, for he careth for you.

8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as y a roaring lion walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

9 Whom resist, a stedfast in the faith knowing that the same afflictions ar accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.

10 But the God of all grace, who hatb called us unto his eternal glory by Chris Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect,d stablish,e strengthen, settle g you.

11 To him be h glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

12 By Sylvanus, i a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye

I stand.

our God and Saviour.

b Ps.119.105. Pr.6.23.

2 Grace and peace c be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, c Da.4.1.6.25. 3 According as his divine power hath d Re.2.28. given unto us alle things that pertain 22.16. unto life and godliness, through the know-e Ps.84.11. ledge of him that hath called us 4 to glory 1Ti.4.8. and virtue: g

3 or, at any. 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding f Lu.1.70. great and precious promises; i that by or, by. these ye might be partakers k of the divine g 2Ti.1.9. nature, having escaped m the corruption h 2Ti.3.16. that is in the world through lust. i 2Co.7.1. 5 And beside this, giving all diligence, k He.12.10. add to your faith virtue;o and to virtuel De. 13.1,&c. knowledge; p m c.2.18,20. 6 And to knowledge temperance; q and nMat.24.5,24 to temperance patience;r and to patience Ac.20.29,30. godliness; 1Ti.4.1.

8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall nei-5 ther be 6 barren nor unfruitful w in the Knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ." 9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

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7 And to godliness brotherly kind-o Ph.4.8. ness; and to brotherly kindness cha-p Ph.1.9. rity.u q 1Co.9.25. Ja.1.4. or, lascivious, as some copies read. 1Ti.4.7. Jno. 13.34,35 u 1Co.13.1-3. v Jude 4-7. 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give 6 idle. diligence z to make your calling and elec-w Jno.15.2-6. tion sure: for a if ye do these things, ye x 1Jno.2.9-11. shall never fall: y Ge.7.1,&c. 11 For so an entrance shall be minis-z c.3.17. tered unto you abundantly into the ever- a 1Jno.3.19. lasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Re.22.14. Jesus Christ. bGe.19.24,25. 12 Wherefoe I will not be negligent to c De.29.23. put you always in remembrance of these d Ge.19.16. things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stire you up, by e c.3.1. putting you in remembrance;

f Ps.34.15-18.

14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jude 14,15. Jesus Christ hath shewed me. h hJno.21.18,19 15 Moreover, I will endeavour that yei He.13.4. may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.

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16 For we have not followed cunningly nion. devised fables, k when we made known k 2Co.4.2. unto you the power and coming of our 7 Jude 8,10. Lord Jesus Christ, but were eye-witnesses m of his majesty.

mMat.17.1-5. 17 For he received from God the Father Jno.1.14. honour and glory, when there came such 8 some read, a voice to him from the excellent glory, against This is my beloved Son, in whom I am themselves. well pleased. In Jer.12.3. 15*

18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light b that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star d arise in your hearts:

20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private inter pretation.

21 For the prophecy came not3 in fold time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved h by the Holy Ghost.

CHAP. II.

BUT there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, n who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

2 And many shall follow their 5 pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgement v now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness to be reserved unto judgement;

5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noahy the eighth person,a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

6 And turning the cities of b'Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, making cthem an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

7 And delivered just Lot, d vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked;

8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds:)

9 The Lord knoweth how to fdeliver the godly out of temptations, and to re serveg the unjust unto the day of judgement to be punished:

10 But chiefly themi that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government: presumptuous are they, self-willed; they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. 1

11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation 8 against them before the Lord.

12 But these, as natural brute n beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;

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