Liber I, cap. 25. De Glorificatione Inchoata: ubi de Certitudine Salutis, et Perseverantia SanctorumThe two editions number this verse differently. Which numbering Milton was following here has not yet been checked:
Latin {¶23} 2 Pet. i. 5, &c. — …. 1 Pet. i. 5. virtutis Dei præsidio custodimini per fidem. 2 Pet. i. 5, &c. et ad hoc ipsum diligentiam omnem adhibentes, adjicite fidei vestræ virtutem—: hæc enim si vobis adsint, et a…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶23} 2 Pet. i. 5—10. — …ho are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation. 2 Pet. i. 5—10. beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue.....for if these things be in you, and abound, the…