1Peter:1

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* Peter an Apostle of Iesvs Christ , to the strangers that dwell here and there throughout Pontus , Galatia , Cappadocia , Asia and Bithynia , * * Blessed [be ] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ , which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a (note :)Everlasting hope .(:note ) lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead , * To an inheritance immortall and vndefiled , and that withereth not , reserued in heauen for vs , * * Wherein yee reioyce , though nowe for a season (if neede require ) yee are in heauinesse , through manifolde tentations , * That the trial of your faith , being much more precious than of gold that perisheth , though it be tried with fire , might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the (note :)He speaks of the second coming of Christ .(:note ) appearing of Jesus Christ : * 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 , * Receiuing the ende of your faith , euen the saluation of your soules . * * 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 . * Unto whom it was revealed , that not unto themselves , but unto us they did minister the things , which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost (note :)He alludes to the prophecy of Joel , which was exhibited upon the day of Pentecost , in the Apostles , as it were in the first fruits of the Holy Spirit , which this same prophecy Peter declares ; ( Act_2:6 )(:note ) sent down from heaven ; which things the angels desire to look into . * * * But as hee which hath called you , is holie , so be yee holie in all maner of conuersation ; * * * * But with the precious blood of Christ , as of a Lambe vndefiled , and without spot . * * 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 , * * Being borne anewe , not of mortall seede , but of immortall , by the woorde of God , who liueth and endureth for euer . * *

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