Footnotes

1. 1 Peter 4:10 He showeth the use of charity, to wit, that every man bestow that gift which he hath received to the profit of his neighbor.
2. 1 Peter 4:10 A reason, because that what gift soever we have we have received it of God upon this condition, to be his disposers and stewards.
3. 1 Peter 4:11 He reckoneth up two kinds of these gifts as chief, to wit, the office of teaching in the Church, and the other Ecclesiastical functions, wherein two things specially are to be observed, to wit, that the pure word of God be taught, and whatsoever is done, be referred to the glory of God the Father, in Christ, as to the proper mark.
4. 1 Peter 4:12 Because the cross is joined with the sincere profession of Religion, the Apostle fitly repeateth that which he touched before, warning us not to be troubled at persecutions and afflictions, as a new and strange thing.
5. 1 Peter 4:12 As though some new thing had befallen you, which you never thought of before.
6. 1 Peter 4:12 The first reason: Because the Lord meaneth not to consume us with this fire (as it were) but to purge us of our dross, and make us perfect.