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❧The .viij. Chapter.
6 He proueth the abolisshyng aswell of the Leuiticall priesthood, as of the olde coue∣naunt, by the spirituall and euerlastyng priesthood of Christe, 8 and by the newe co∣uenaunt.
[unspec A] 1 BVt of the thinges whi∣che we haue spoken, [this is] ye summe: We haue such an hye priest that sitteth on ye ryght hand of ye throne of the maiestie in the heauēs,
2 A minister of holy thynges, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pight, and not man.
3 For euery hye priest is ordeyned to of∣fer gyftes and sacrifices: Wherefore it is of necessitie, that this man haue some∣what also to offer.
4 For he were not a priest, yf he were on the earth, seyng there are priestes that accordyng to the lawe offer gyftes,
5 Who serue vnto the example and sha∣dowe of heauenly thinges, as Moyses was admonished of God, when he was about to finishe the tabernacle: For see, saith he, that thou make all thynges ac∣cordyng to the patterne shewed to thee in the mount.
6 But nowe hath he obteyned a more [unspec B] excellent office, by howe much also he is the mediatour of a better couenaunt, whiche was confirmed in better promi∣ses.
7 For yf that first [couenaunt] had ben founde fautlesse, then shoulde no place haue ben sought for the seconde.
8 For in rebukyng them, he saith: Be∣holde [unspec C] the dayes (a) come, saith the Lord, and I wyll finishe vppon the house of Israel and vppon the house (b) of Iuda a newe couenaunt:
9 Not lyke that that I made with their fathers, in the day when I toke them by the hande, to leade them out of the lande of Egypt: because they continued not in my couenaunt, and I regarded them not, saith the Lorde.
10 For this is the couenaunt that I wyll make with the house of Israel after those dayes, saith the Lord, geuyng my lawes into their mynde, and in their heart I wyl write them, and I wyll be to them a God, and they shalbe to me a people. [unspec D]
11 And they shall not (c) teach euery man his neyghbour, and euery man his bro∣ther, saying, knowe the Lorde: for all shall knowe me, from the litle of them to the great of them.
12 For I wyll be mercyfull to their vn∣righteousnes, and their sinnes and their iniquities wyll I thynke vpon no more.
13 In that he sayth a newe [couenaunt] he hath worne out the first: For that which is worne out and waxed olde, is redie to vanishe away.