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Chapter II.

Verse 1. Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and evill speakings,

Verse 2. As new borne babes, desire the sincere milke of the word, that ye may grow thereby.

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

Verse 4. To whom comming as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,

Verse 5. Ye also as lively stones are built up a spirituall house, an holy Priesthood, to offer up spirituall sacrifice, acceptable to God by Iesus Christ.

Verse 6. Wherefore it is contained in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chiefe corner stone, elect, precious, and he that beleeveth on him shall not be confounded.

Verse 7. Vnto you therefore which believe he is precious, but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,

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

Verse 9. But ye are a chosen generation, a royall Priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people, that ye should shew forth the praises of him, who hath called you out of darknesse into his marvellous light:

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

The same exhortation that the Apostle had before proposed, he doth here againe repeat and presse, and that not simply and barely, but by that principle and meanes, whereof there may and ought to be very good use made. For by occasion of those things, which he had lately spoken of the word of God, he stirres up all the