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Here sueth another prologe to Ebrews [This prologue is from y.] .

The apostil wroote to Ebrews this pistil in Ebrew tunge. And the entent of the apostil is to enfoorme and stir the conuertid of the Jewis al oonli to the feith of Crist, and to drawe awey

hem fro the obseruauncis and serymonyes of the olde lawe. For in this pistil is schewid the vnperfeccioun of Moises lawe, and the perfeccioun of the gospel; and so the ceessynge of serymonies of the olde lawe is schewid aȝens the opinyoun of Jewis conuertid. And this pistil is departid into foure principal partis. In the first he schewith Crist to be the mooste worthi creature of alle creaturis, and therefore in him is moost to be trowid; and this part lastith to the byginnynge of the vii. chap., there he seith, Forsothe this Melchesedech, etc. In the first chapitre ben ij. partis. In the first part forsothe he comendith Crist ouer alle prophetis and ouer alle men, and to be bigeten fro the bigynnynge, aȝens the Jewis that seiden, We witen that God spak to Moises, but we knowen not this, of whens he is. In the ij. part he schewith him to be more worthi than ony resonable creaturis, that is to seie, aungels or oonli man, bi manye resouns, there he seith, So miche he is bettere than aungels. In the ii. principal part he proueth the preesthood of Crist to be bettere and worthiere than the preesthood of the Leuytis, or of the olde lawe. And this part lastith to the enleuenthe chapiter, there he seith, But feith is the substaunce of thingis to be trowid. In the third principal part he comendith the feith, bi the which is maad cominge to Crist, and that bi alle the xi. chapitre. In the fourth principal part he spekith of the goostli vndirstondinge, fro the xij. chapitre to the eende of the epistil.