Biblia the Byble, that is, the holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully translated in to Englyshe.

The VIII. Chapter.

[ A] OF the thinges which we haue spo∣ken, this is the pyth: * 1.1 We haue soch an hye prest, that is set on y^e righte hande of the seate of maiestie in heauē: and is a mynister of holy thinges, and of the true Tabernacle, which God pitched, & not man. For euery hye prest is ordened to offre giftes and sacrifices: Wherfore it is of necessite, y^t this man haue somwhat also to offer. For he were not a prest, yf he were vpon earth, where are prestes y^t acordynge to the lawe offer giftes (which prestes serue vnto the ensample and shadowe of heauēly thinges, euen as the answere of God was geuen vn∣to Moses, whan he was aboute to fynish the Tabernacle:* 1.2 Take hede (sayde he) that thou make all thinges acordinge to the pa¦trone shewed the in the mount.) But now hath he optayned a more excellent office, in as moch as he is the mediatour of a better Testament, which was made for better pro¦myses. For yf that first (Testament) had be∣ne fautles, then shulde no place haue bene soughte for the secōde. For in rebukynge thē he sayeth: * 1.3 Beholde, the dayes wyll come (sayeth the LORDE) that I wyl fynish vpō the house of Israel, and vpon the house off Iuda, a new Testament: not as the Testa∣ment which I made with their fathers, in that daye whan I toke them by the han∣des, to lede them out of the londe of Egip∣te: * 1.4 for they contynued not in my Testa∣ment, and I regarded them not, sayeth the LORDE.

[ C] For this is the Testament, that I wil ma¦ke w^t the house of Israell after those dayes, sayeth the LORDE. I wyl geue my lawes in their mynde, and in their hertes wyl I wry∣te them: * 1.5 And I wil be their God, and they shal be my people: and they shal not teach euery mā his neghboure, and euery man his brother, sayenge: knowe y^e LORDE, for they shal knowe me from the leest to the most of them: for I wil be mercifull ouer their vn∣righteousnesses: And on their synnes & on their iniquyties wyl I not thynke eny more. In that he sayeth: A new, he weereth out y^e olde. Now y^t which is worne out and waxed olde, is ready to vanish awaye

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