The. holie. Bible. conteynyng the olde Testament and the newe.

¶The Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle, vnto the Hebrewes.

❧The first Chapter.

¶1 He sheweth the excellencie of Christe, 4 aboue the Angels, 7 and of their office.

[unspec A] 1 GOd which in time past, at sundrie tymes, and in diuers maners, spake vnto the fathers in the prophetes:

2 Hath in these (a) last dayes, spoken vnto vs in the sonne, whom he hath appoynted heyre of all thynges, by whom also he made the worldes.

3 Who beyng the bryghtnesse of the glorie, and the very image of his sub∣staunce, vpholdyng all thynges with the worde of his power, hauing by him

selfe pourged our sinnes, hath syt on the ryght hande of the maiestie on hye:

4 Beyng so much more excellent then the Angels, as he hath by inheritaunce obtayned a more excellent name then they.

[unspec B] 5 For vnto which of the Angels sayde he at any tyme: Thou art my sonne, (b) this day haue I begotten thee?

6 And agayne, I wyll be to hym a fa∣ther, and he shalbe to me a sonne? And agayne, when he bryngeth in the first begotten sonne into the worlde, he saith: And let all the Angels of God worship hym.

7 And vnto the Angels he sayth: He maketh his (c) Angels spirites, and his ministers a flambe of fyre.

8 But vnto the sonne [he sayth] * Thy seate O God, [shalbe] for euer and euer: The scepter of thy kyngdome [is] a scepter of ryghteousnesse.

9 Thou hast loued ryghteousnesse, and hated iniquitie: Therfore God, euen thy God, hath annoynted thee with the oyle of gladnesse, aboue thy felowes.

10 And thou Lorde, in the begynnyng [unspec C] hast layde the foundation of the earth: And the heauens are the workes of thy handes:

11 They shall perishe, but thou endurest, and they shall waxe olde as doth a gar∣ment:

12 And as a vesture shalt thou folde thē vp, and they shalbe chaunged: but thou art the same, & thy yeres shall not fayle.

13 But vnto which of y^e Angels sayde he at any tyme: Sitte on my right hande, tyll I make thyne enemies thy foote stoole?

14 Are they not all ministring spirites, sent foorth into ministerie for their sakes which shalbe heyres of saluation?

❧The .ij. Chapter.

1 He exhorteth vs to be obedient vnto the newe lawe which Christe hath geuen vs, 9 and not to be offended at the infirmitie & lowe degree of Christe, 10 because it was necessarie that for our sakes he shoulde take such an humble state vpon hym, that he myght be lyke vnto his brethren.

[unspec A] 1 WHerfore we ought to geue the more earnest heede to the thynges which we haue heard, lest at any (a) tyme we should let them slippe.

2 For yf the (b) worde spoken by Angels, was stedfast: And euery transgression and disobedience re∣ceaued a iust recompense of rewarde:

3 Howe shall we escape, yf we neglect so great saluation? which at the first began to be preached of the Lorde, and was confirmed vnto vswarde, by them that hearde it:

4 God bearyng witnesse therto both with signes & wonders also, and with diuers powers and gyftes of the holy ghost, accordyng to his owne wyll.

5 For vnto the Anges hath he not put in subiection the worlde to come, wher∣of we speake.

6 But one in a certayne place witnessed, saying: What is man, that thou arte myndeful of hym? Or the sonne of man, that thou wouldest loke vpon hym?

[unspec B] 7 Thou madest hym for a litle whyle lower then the Angels, thou hast crow∣ned him with (c) glorie and honour, and hast set hym aboue the workes of thy handes.

8 Thou hast put all thynges in subiectiō vnder his feete. In y^t he put all thinges vnder hym, he left nothyng that is not put vnder hym. But nowe, we see not yet all thynges put vnder hym.

9 But hym that [for a whyle] was made lesse then the Angels, we see [that it was] Iesus, who through the sufferyng of death, was crowned with glorie and honour, that he by the grace of God, shoulde taste of death for all.

10 For it became hym, for whom are all [unspec C] thynges, and by whom are all thynges, after he had brought many sonnes vnto glorie, that he shoulde make the capi∣tayne of their saluation perfect through afflictions.

11 For both he that sanctifieth, and they which are sanctified, [are] all of one. For which cause, he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

12 Saying: I wyll declare thy name vnto my brethren, in the myddes of the Churche wyll I prayse thee.

13 And agayne: I wyll put my trust in

hym. And agayne: Beholde here am I, and the chyldren whiche God hath geuen me.

[unspec D] 14 Forasmuch then as the chyldren are partakers of flesshe and blood, he also hym selfe lykewyse toke part with thē, that through death he myght expell hym that had lordship ouer death, that is the deuyll:

15 And that he myght delyuer them, which through feare of death, were all their lyfe tyme in daunger of bondage.

16 For he in no place taketh on hym the Angels: but the seede of Abraham taketh he on hym.

17 Wherfore, in all thinges it became him to be made lyke vnto his brethren, that he myght be mercyfull, and a faythfull hye priest in thynges concernyng God, for to purge the peoples sinnes.

18 For in that he hym selfe suffered and was tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

¶The .iij. Chapter.

1 He requireth them to be obedient vnto the worde of Christe, 3 who is more worthy then Moyses. 12 The punishment of such as wyll harden their heartes, and not beleue, that they myght haue eternall rest.

[unspec A] 1 THerfore holy brethren, partakers of the cele∣stiall callyng, (a) consi∣der the apostle and hye priest of our profession Christe Iesus,

2 Beyng faythfull to hym that appoynted hym, as also [was] Moyses in all his house.

3 For this [man] is counted worthy of more glorie then Moyses, inasmuch as he which hath buylded the house, hath more honour then the house.

4 For euery house is buylded of some man: But he that buylded all thynges, is God.

5 And Moyses veryly [was] faythfull in al his house, as a minister, for a witnesse of those thynges whiche were to be spo∣ken after:

[unspec B] 6 But Christe as a sonne [hath rule] ouer his owne house, whose (b) house are we, yf we holde fast the confidence and the reioycyng of that hope vnto the ende.

7 Wherfore, as the holy ghost saith: To day yf ye wyll heare his voyce,

8 Harden not your heartes, as in the pro∣uokyng, in the day of the temptation in the wyldernesse,

9 Where your fathers tempted me, pro∣ued me, and sawe my workes .xl. yeres.

10 Wherfore I was greeued with that [unspec C] generation, and sayde: they do alway erre in heart, they veryly haue not kno∣wen my wayes.

11 So that I sware in my wrath, (c) yf they shall enter into my rest.

12 Take heede brethren, lest at any tyme there be in you an euyll heart of vnbe∣liefe, to depart from the lyuyng God:

13 But exhort ye one another dayly, whyle it is called to day, lest any of you be har∣dened, through the deceytfulnesse of sinne.

14 For we are made partakers of Christe, [unspec D] yf we kepe sure vnto the (d) ende the be∣gynnyng of the substaunce,

15 So long as it is said: to day yf ye wyll heare his voyce, harden not your hear∣tes, as in the prouokyng.

16 For some when they had hearde, dyd prouoke: howe be it, not all that came out of Egypt by Moyses.

17 But with whom was he displeased fourtie yeres? Not with them that had sinned, whose carkases fell in the desert?

18 And to whō sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but vnto them that were not obedient?

19 And we see that they coulde not enter in, because of vnbeliefe.

The .iiij. Chapter.

2 The worde without fayth is vnprofitable. 3 The Sabboth or rest of the Christians. 6 Punishment of vnbeleuers. 12 The nature of the worde of God.

[unspec A] 1 LEt vs feare therfore, lest at any tyme, by forsakyng the promise of entryng into his reste, any of you shoulde be defrauded.

2 For vnto vs was the Gospell prea∣ched, aswell as vnto them: But the worde whiche they hearde dyd not pro∣fite them, not beyng coupled with fayth to them that hearde.

3 For we which haue beleued, do enter into his rest, as he sayde: Euen as I haue sworne in my wrath, if (a) they shal enter into my rest. Although the wor∣kes were made perfecte from the foun∣dation of the worlde.

4 For he spake in a certayne place of the seuenth daye on this wyse: And God dyd rest the seuenth daye from all his workes.

5 And in this place againe: yf they shall enter into my rest.

[unspec B] 6 Seing therfore it foloweth, that some must enter there into, and they to whō the Gospell was first preached entred not therin for vnbeliefe.

7 Againe, he appoynteth a certaine day, by to day, saying in Dauid after so long a tyme (as it is sayde:) To day yf ye wyl heare his voyce, hardē not your hearts.

8 For yf (b) Iesus had geuen them reste, then woulde he not afterwarde haue spoken of another day.

9 There remayneth therfore yet a rest to the people of God.

10 For he that is entred into his rest, hath ceassed also from his owne workes, as God [dyd] from his.

11 Let vs studie therefore to enter into [unspec C] that rest, lest any man fall after the same ensample of disobedience.

12 For the worde of God is quicke, and myghtie in operation, and sharper then any two edged sword, and entreth tho∣rowe, euen vnto the deuydyng a sunder of the (c) soule & the (d) spirite, and of the ioyntes & the marie, and is a discerner of the thoughtes and of the intentes of the heart:

13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in the syght of hym: But all thinges are naked and open vnto the eyes of hym of whom we speake.

14 Seyng then that we haue a great hye priest, which is entred into heauens, Ie∣sus the sonne of God, let vs holde faste the confession.

15 For we haue not an hye priest whiche [unspec D] can not be touched with the feelyng of our infirmities: but was in all poyntes tempted lyke as we are, and [yet] with∣out sinne.

16 Let vs therfore come boldly vnto the throne of grace, that we may obteyne mercie, and fynde grace to helpe in time of neede.

The .v. Chapter.

5 He compareth Iesus Christe with the Leuiticall priestes, she wyng wherein they eyther agree or dissent. 11 Afterwarde he reproueth the negligence of the Iewes.

[unspec A] 1 FOr euery hye priest taken from among men, is ordei∣ned for men, in things par∣teynyng to God, to offer(a) gyftes & sacrifices for sinne:

2 Which can sufficiently haue compassi∣on on the ignoraunt, & on them that erre out of the waye, forasmuche as he hym selfe also is compassed with infirmitie.

3 And for y^e same [infirmitie] he is bounde to offer for sinnes, aswell for hym selfe, as for the people.

4 And no man taketh the honour vnto hym selfe, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

[unspec B] 5 Euen so, Christ also glorified not hym selfe to be made y^e hye priest: but he that sayde vnto hym, thou art my sonne, to day haue I begotten thee [gaue it hym.]

6 As he saith also in another place: thou art a priest for euer, after the order of Melchisedech.☜

7 Which in the dayes of his fleshe, when he had offered vp prayers and supplica∣tions with (b) strong crying and teares, vnto hym that was able to saue hym from death, and was hearde in (c) that which he feared:

8 Though he were the sonne, yet lear∣ned he obediēce, by these thinges which he suffred:

9 And being perfect, was made the auc∣thour [unspec C] of eternall saluation vnto al them that obey hym:

10 And is called of God an hye priest af∣ter the order of Melchisedech.

11 Of whom we haue many thynges to say, and harde to be vttered, seing ye are dull of hearyng.

12 For when as concernyng the tyme, ye [unspec D] ought to be teachers, yet haue ye nede againe that we teache you the first prin∣ciples of the begynnyng of the worde of God, and are become such as haue nede of mylke, and not of strong meate.

13 For euery one that vseth mylke, is vn∣expert of the worde of righteousnes, for he is a babe.

14 But strong meate belongeth to them that are perfecte, euen those whiche by reason of vse, haue their wittes exerci∣sed to discerne both good and euyll.

¶The .vj. Chapter.

1 He proceadeth in reprouyng them, and exhorteth them not to faynt, 12 but to be stedfast and pacient, 18 forasmuch as God is sure in his promise.

[unspec A] 1 THerefore leauyng the doctrine of the begyn∣nyng (a) of Christe, let vs go foorth vnto per∣fection, not laying a∣gayne the foundatiō of repentaunce from dead workes, and of fayth towarde God,

2 Of the doctrine of baptismes, and of laying on of handes, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternall iudgement.

3 And this wyll I do, yf God permit.

4 For it can not be that they which were once lighted, and haue tasted of the hea∣uenly gyft, and were become partakers of the holy ghost,

5 And haue tasted of the good worde of God, and the powers of the worlde to come:

6 And they fall away, shoulde be renu∣ed agayne into repentaunce, hauyng crucified to thē selues the sonne of God a fresshe, and made a mocke of hym.

[unspec B] 7 For the earth which drynketh in the rayne that commeth oft vppon it, and bringeth foorth hearbes meete for them by whom also it is dressed, receaueth blessyng of God:

8 But that grounde whiche beareth thornes and bryers, is reproued, and is nye vnto cursyng, whose ende is to be burned.

9 Neuerthelesse, deare frendes, we haue perswaded our selues better thynges of you, and thynges whiche accompanie saluation, though we thus speake.

10 For God is not vnryghteous, to for∣get your worke & labour of loue, whiche ye haue shewed towarde his name, ha∣uyng ministred to the saintes, and [do] minister.

11 Yea and we desire that euery one of [unspec C] you do shewe the same diligence, to the full assuraunce of hope, vnto the ende,

12 That ye faynt not, but be folowers of (b) them which through fayth and paci∣ence inherite the promises.

13 For when God made promise to A∣braham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by hym selfe,

14 Saying: Surely, blessyng I wyll blesse thee, and multipliyng, multiplie thee.

15 And so after that he had taryed paci∣ently, he enioyed the promise.

16 For men veryly sweare by the grea∣ter, and an oth for confirmation, is to them an ende of all stryfe.

17 Wherein God wyllyng very (c)aboun∣dauntly [unspec D] to shewe vnto the heires of pro∣mise, the stablenesse of his counsayle, confirmed by an oth:

18 That by (d) two immutable thynges, in whiche it was vnpossible for God to lye, we myght haue a strong consolati∣on, which haue fledde to holde fast the hope layde before vs:

19 Which [hope] we holde as an ancker of the soule both sure and stedfast, and en∣tryng in, into that thing which is with∣in the vayle:

20 Whyther the forerunner is for vs en∣tred [euen] Iesus, after the order of Mel∣chisedech made a priest for euer.

❧The .vij Chapter.

1 He compareth the priesthood of Christe vnto Melchisedech, 11 also Christes priesthood with the Leuites.

[unspec A] 1 FOr this Melchisedech kyng of Salem, priest of the most hye God, who met Abraham returnyng from the slaugh∣ter of the kynges, and blessed hym:

2 To whom also Abraham gaue tythe of all thynges, first being called by inter∣pretatiō king of righteousnes, & after y^t

also, kyng of Salem, which is, kyng of peace.

3 Without (a) father, without mother, without kynne, hauyng neither begin∣nyng of dayes, neither ende of lyfe, but lykened vnto the sonne of God, and con∣tinueth a priest for euer.

4 Nowe consider howe great this [man] was, vnto whom also the patriarche A∣braham gaue tythe of the spoyles.

5 And veryly * they which are of the chil∣dren of Leuie, which receaue the office of the priesthood, haue a commaunde∣ment to take tythe of the people accor∣dyng to the lawe, that is, of their bre∣thren, though they came out of y^e loynes of Abraham.

6 But he whose kynrede is not counted among them, receaued tythe of Abra∣ham, and blessed hym that had the pro∣mises.

[unspec B] 7 And without all controuersie, the lesse is blessed of the better.

8 And here men that dye, receaue tithes: but there he [receaueth them] of whom it is witnessed that he lyueth.

9 And to say the trueth, Leuie also whi∣che receaueth tythes, payed tythes in Abraham.

10 For he was yet in the loynes of his fa∣ther, when Melchisedech met Abra∣ham.

11 If therefore perfection was by the priesthood of y^e Leuites (For vnder that priesthood the people receaued the law) what neded it furthermore that ano∣ther priest shoulde rise after the order of Melchisedech, and not to be called after the order of Aaron?

12 For yf the priesthood be translated, of necessitie also there is made a translati∣on of the lawe.

13 For he of whom these thynges are spoken, parteyneth vnto another tribe, of which no man stoode at the aulter.

14 For it is euident that our Lord sprong [unspec C] out of Iuda, of which tribe spake Moy∣ses nothyng concernyng priesthood:

15 And it is yet a farre more euidēt thing, yf after the similitude of Melchisedech there aryse another priest,

16 Which is not made after the lawe of the carnall commaundement, but after the power of the endlesse lyfe:

17 For he testifieth that thou art a priest for euer, after the order of Melchisedech.

18 For there is truely a disanulling of the commaundement goyng before, for the weakenesse and vnprofitablenesse ther∣of.

19 For the lawe made nothyng perfect, but [was] the bryngyng in of a better hope, by the whiche we drawe nygh vnto God.

20 And in as much as that was not with∣out an oth (For those priestes were made without an oth:

21 But this priest with an oth, by hym that saide vnto him: The Lord sware and wyll not repent, thou art a priest for euer, after the order of Melchisedech.)

22 By so much was Iesus made a suertie [unspec D] of a better testament.

23 And among them many were made priestes, because they were forbidden by death to endure.

24 But this man, because he endureth euer, hath an (b) vnchaungeable priest∣hood.

25 Wherefore he is able also euer to saue them to the vttermost that come vnto God by hym, seyng he euer lyueth to make intercession for them.

26 For such an hye priest became vs, whi∣che [is] holy, harmelesse, vndefyled, se∣perate from sinners, and made hygher then heauens:

27 Whiche nedeth not dayly, as those hie priestes, to offer vp sacrifice, first for his owne sinnes, and then for the peoples: for that dyd he once, when he offered vp hym selfe.

28 For the lawe maketh men hye priestes which haue infirmitie: but the word of the oth which (was) after the lawe (ma∣keth) the sonne, whiche is perfecte for euermore.

❧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] y^e summe: We haue such an hye priest that sitteth on y^e ryght hand of y^e 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.

The .ix. Chapter.

1 Howe that the ceremonies and sacrifices of the lawe are abolisshed, 11 by the eternitie and perfection of Christes sacrifice.

[unspec A] 1 THe first couenaunt then had verylye iustifiyng ordinaunces, seruinges of God, and worldlye holynesse.

2 ☞ For there was a fore tabernacle made, wherein was the lyght, and the table, and the shewe bread, whiche is called holy.

3 But after the (a) seconde vayle [was] a tabernacle, which is called holyest of al:

4 Which had the golden senser, and the arke of the couenaunt ouerlaide rounde about with golde, wherin was the gol∣den pot hauyng Manna, and Aarons rodde that had budded, and the tables of the couenaunt:

5 And ouer it, the Cherubins of glorie, [unspec B] shadowyng the mercie seate: Of which thynges we can not nowe speake parti∣culerlie.

6 When these thynges were thus ordey∣ned, the priestes went alwayes into the first tabernacle, accomplishyng the ser∣uice of God.

7 But into y^e seconde (went) the hye priest alone once euery yere, not without [unspec C] blood, which he offered for hym selfe, & for the ignorauncies of the people.

8 The holy ghost this signifiyng, that the (b)waye of holy thinges was not yet opened, whyle as yet the first taberna∣cle was standyng:

9 Whiche (was) a similitude for the tyme then presēt, in which were offred giftes

and sacrifices, that coulde not make the worshipper perfect as parteining to the conscience,

10 With only meates and drynkes, and diuers wasshynges, and iustifiynges of the flesshe, which were layde vp vntyll the tyme of reformation.

11 ☞ But Christe beyng come an hye [unspec D] priest of good thynges that shoulde be, by a greater and more perfect taberna∣cle, not made with handes, that is to say, not of this buyldyng,

12 Neither by the blood of Goates and Calues: but by his owne blood he en∣tred in once into the holy place, & founde eternall redemption.☜

13 For if the (a) blood of Oxen & of Goates, and the asshes of a young Cowe, sprink∣lyng the vncleane, sanctifieth to the pu∣rifiyng of the flesshe:

14 Howe much more the blood of Christe, which through the eternall spirite offe∣red hym selfe without spot to God, shall purge your conscience frō dead workes, to serue the lyuyng God?

15 And for this cause is he the mediatour of the newe couenaunt, that through death, which was for the redemption of the transgressions [that were] vnder the first couenaunt, they whiche are cal∣led myght receaue the promise of eter∣nall inheritaunce.☜

[unspec E] 16 For where as is a testament, there must also of necessitie be the death of him that maketh it.

17 For a testament is confirmed when men are dead: for it is yet of no value, as long as he that maketh the testamēt is alyue.

18 For which cause also, neither the firste [testament•• was dedicated without blood.

19 For when Moyses had spoken euery precept to all the people according to the lawe, takyng the blood of Calues and of Goates, with water & purple wooll and ysope, he sprynkled both the booke it selfe, and all the people,

20 Saying: This [is] the blood of the testament, whiche God hath enioyned vnto you. [unspec F]

21 And lykewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministerie.

22 And almost all thynges are by y^e lawe pourged with blood, and without shed∣dyng of blood is no remission.

23 It is neede then that the paterne of heauenly thynges, be purified with such thynges: but the heauenly thynges thē selues (be purified) with better sacrifices then are those.

24 For Christe is not entred into the holy places made with handes (which are) pa∣ternes of true thynges: but into heauen [unspec G] it selfe, nowe to appeare in the syght of God for vs.

25 Not that he shoulde offer him selfe (b) often, as the hye priest entreth into the holy places euery yere in straūge blood:

26 (For then must he haue often suffred sence the foundation of the worlde) But nowe once in the ende of the world hath he appeared, to put away sinne, by the sacrifice of hym selfe.

27 And as it is appoynted vnto men once to dye, and after this the iudgement:

28 Euen so, Christe once offered to take away the sinnes of many, the seconde time shalbe seene without sinne, of them which wayte for hym vnto saluation.

¶The .x. Chapter.

1 The olde lawe had no power to clense away sinne, 10 but Christe dyd it with offeryng of his body once for all. 22 And exhortation to receaue the goodnesse of God thankfully, with pacience and stedfast fayth.

[unspec A] 1 FOr the lawe, hauyng the (a) shadow of good thynges to come, and not the very fashion of the thinges thē selues, can neuer with those sacrifices whiche they offer yere by yere continually, make the commers therevnto perfect.

2 For woulde not then those [sacrifices] haue ceassed to haue ben offred, because that the offerers once pourged, shoulde haue had no more conscience of sinnes?

3 Neuerthelesse, in those (sacrifices) is mention made of sinnes euery yere.

4 For it is not possible that the blood of Bulles & of Goates shoulde take away sinnes.

5 Wherfore when he commeth into the [unspec B] worlde, he saith: Sacrifice and offring thou wouldest not haue, but a body hast thou ordeyned me.

6 In burnt sacrifices & sinne ••offerynges) thou hast had no pleasure.

7 Then sayde I, lo I come (In the begynnyng of the booke it is written of me) to do thy wyll O God.

8 Aboue when he saith, that sacrifice, and offeryng, and burnt offeringes, and sinne [offerynges] thou wouldest not, nei∣ther haddest pleasure [therein] (which are offered by the lawe:)

[unspec C] 9 Then sayde he, lo I come, to do thy wyll, O God. He taketh away y^e first (b) to stablyshe the (c) seconde.

10 In y^e which wyll we are made holy, euen by the offeryng of the body of Ie∣sus Christe once for all.

11 And euery priest standeth dayly mini∣stryng, & offeryng oftentymes the same sacrifices, whiche can neuer take away sinnes.

12 But this man, after he hath offered one sacrifice for sinnes, is sit downe for euer on the ryght hande of God:

13 From hencefoorth tarying tyl his foes be made his footstoole.

14 For with one offeryng hath he made perfite for euer them that are sanctified.

15 And the holy ghost also beareth vs re∣corde: For after that he tolde before,

16 This is the couenaunt that I wyll make vnto them after those dayes, (sayth the Lorde) geuyng my lawes in their heart, and in their myndes wyl I write them:

17 And their sinnes and iniquities wyll I remember no more.

18 And where remission of these thinges [is] there [is] no more offering for sinne.

[unspec D] 19 Hauyng therefore brethren, libertie to enter into holy [places] in the (d) blood of Iesus,

20 By the new and (e) lyuing way, which he hath prepared for vs through the vayle, that is to say his flesshe:

21 And [seyng we haue] an hye priest ouer the house of God:

22 Let vs drawe nye with a true hearte, in assuraunce of fayth, sprinkeled in our heartes from an euyll conscience, and wasshed in body with pure water.

23 Let vs holde the profession of the hope without waueryng, (for he is faythfull that promised:)

24 And let vs consider one another to pro∣uoke vnto loue and good workes,

25 Not forsakyng the assemblyng of our selues together, as the maner of some [is] but exhortyng one ••another•• and so [unspec E] much the more, as ye see the day appro∣chyng.

26 For yf we sinne wyllyngly after that we haue receaued the knowledge of the trueth, there remayneth no more sacri∣fice for sinnes:

27 But a fearefull lokyng for of iudge∣ment, and violent fire, whiche shall de∣uour the aduersaries.

28 He that despiseth Moyses lawe, dyeth without mercie vnder two or thre wit∣nesses:

29 Of howe muche sorer punyshement (suppose ye) shall he be worthy, whiche treadeth vnder foote the sonne of God? and counteth the blood of the couenaūt wherein he was sanctified, an vnholye thyng, and doth despite to the spirite of grace?

30 For we knowe hym that hath sayde, [unspec F] vengeaunce [belongeth] vnto me, I wyl render saith the Lorde: And agayne, the Lorde shall iudge his people.

31 It is a fearefull thyng to fall into the handes of the lyuyng God.

32 Call to remēbraunce the former dayes, in the which after ye had receaued light ye endured a great fyght of aduersities:

33 Partly whyle ye were made a gasing stocke, both by reproches & afflictions, and partly whyle ye became compani∣ons of them whiche were so tossed to & fro.

34 For ye suffred also with my bondes, & toke in woorth the spoylyng of your [unspec G] goodes with gladnesse: knowyng in your selues how that ye haue in heauen a better and an enduryng substaunce.

35 Cast not awaye therefore your confi∣dence, which hath great recompence of rewarde.

36 For ye haue neede of pacience, that af∣ter ye haue done the wyll of God, ye myght receaue the promise.

37 For yet a very litle whyle, and he that shall come, wyll come, and wyll not tary.

38 And the iuste shall lyue by fayth: And yf he withdrawe hym selfe, my soule shall haue no pleasure in hym.

39 We are not of them that withdrawe our selues vnto perdition: but we par∣teyne vnto fayth, to the wynning of the soule.

❧The .xj. Chapter.

1 What fayth is, and a commendation of the same. 9 Without fayth we can not please God. 16 The stedfast beliefe of the fathers in olde tyme.

[unspec A] 1 FAyth is the grounde of thynges hoped for, the eui∣dence of thynges not seene.

2 For by it, the elders (a) ob∣tayned a good report.

3 Through fayth, we vnderstande that the worldes were ordeined by the word of God, and that thynges whiche are seene, were made of thynges *whiche were not seene.

4 By fayth Abel offered vnto God a more excellent sacrifice then Cain: by whiche he was witnessed to be (b) rygh∣teous, God testifiyng of his gyftes: by which also he beyng dead, yet speaketh.

5 By fayth was Enoch translated, that he shoulde not see death, neither was he founde, for God had taken hym away: For afore he was taken away, he was reported of to haue pleased God.

6 But without fayth it is vnpossible to please hym: For he that cōmeth to God, must beleue that God is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seeke him.

[unspec B] 7 By fayth Noe beyng warned of God of thinges not seene as yet, moued with reuerence, prepared the arke to the sa∣uyng of his house, through the whiche [arke] he condempned the worlde, and became heire of the righteousnes which is by fayth.

8 By fayth Abraham when he was called, obeyed, to go out into a place whiche he shoulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce: and he went out, not knowyng whyther he shoulde go.

9 By fayth he remoued into the lande of promise, as into a straunge countrey, whē he had dwelt in tabernacles, with Isaac and Iacob, heires with hym of the same promise:

10 For he loked for a citie hauyng a foun∣dation, whose buylder and maker is God.

11 Through fayth also Sara her selfe [unspec C] receaued strength to conceaue seede, and was delyuered of a chylde whē she was past age, because she iudged hym fayth∣full which had promised.

12 And therfore sprang there of one, euen of one whiche was as good as dead [so many] in multitude, as are the starres in the skye, and as the sande the whiche is by the sea shore innumerable.

13 These all dyed according to fayth, not hauing receaued the promises, but seing them a farre of, and beleuyng, and salu∣tyng, and confessyng that they were straungers and pilgrimes on the earth.

14 For they that saye suche thynges, de∣clare that they seke a countrey.

15 Also yf they had ben myndfull of that [unspec D] [countrey] from whence they came out, they had leasure to haue returned:

16 But nowe they desire a better, that is, a heauenly. Wherefore God is not a∣shamed of them to be called their God, for he hath prepared for them a citie.

17 By fayth Abraham offered vp Isaac when he was (c) proued: and he that had receaued the promises, offered vp his only begotten sonne:

18 To whom it was saide, that in Isaac shall thy seede be called.

19 For he considered that God was able to rayse the dead vp agayne, frō whence also he receaued hym in a similitude [of the resurrection.]

20 By fayth did Isaac blesse Iacob and Esau, concernyng thynges to come.

21 By fayth Iacob when he was a dy∣ing, blessed both the sonnes of Ioseph, and worshypped towarde the toppe of his scepter.

22 By fayth Ioseph when he dyed, re∣membred [unspec E] the departyng of the chyl∣dren of Israel, and gaue commaunde∣ment of his bones.

23 By fayth Moyses whē he was borne, was hyd three monethes of his father and mother, because they sawe he was a proper chylde, neither feared they the kynges commaundement.

24 By fayth Moyses when he was great, refused to be called the sonne of Pharaos daughter:

25 Chosyng rather to suffer aduersitie with the people of God, then to enioye the pleasures of sinne for a season:

26 Esteemyng the rebuke of Christ, grea∣ter

riches, then the treasures of Egypt: For he had respect vnto the recompence of the rewarde.

27 By fayth he forsoke Egypt, fearyng not the wrath of the kyng: For he en∣dured, euen as though he had seene him which is inuisible.

[unspec F] 28 Through fayth, he ordeyned the Pas∣souer and the effusion of blood, lest he that destroyed the first borne, shoulde touche them.

29 By fayth, they passed through the redde sea, as by drye lande: which the Egyptians assaying to do, were drow∣ned.

30 By fayth, the walles of Iericho fell downe, after they were compassed a∣bout seuen dayes.

31 By fayth, the harlot Rahab perished not with them that were disobedient, when she had receaued the spyes with peace.

32 And what shall I more say? for the tyme woulde fayle me, to rehearse of Gedeon, of Barac, and of Sampson, and of Iephte, of Dauid also and Samuel, and of the prophetes:

33 ☞Which through faith subdued king∣domes, wrought righteousnesse, obtey∣ned the promises, stopped the mouthes of the Lions,

34 Quenched the violence of fyre, es¦caped the edge of the sworde, out of weakenesse were made strong, waxed valiant in fyght, turned to flyght the armies of the aliantes.

35 The women receaued their dead, [unspec G] raysed to lyfe agayne: Other were rac∣ked, not lokyng for deliueraunce, that they might receaue a better resurrectiō.

36 And others were tryed with mock∣ynges, and scourgynges: Yea, moreouer with bondes and prisonment:

37 They were stoned, were hewen a∣sunder, were tempted, were slaine with sword, wandred about in sheepskinnes, and goates skinnes, beyng destitute, af∣flicted [and] tormented:

38 Of whō the worlde was not worthie: They wandred in wildernesse, and in mountaynes, and in dennes, and caues of the earth.

39 And these all through fayth, obteyned good report, and receaued (d) not the promise:

40 God prouidyng a better thyng for vs, that they without vs shoulde not be made perfect.

¶The .xij Chapter.

1 An exhortation to be patient and stedfast in trouble and aduersitie, vpon hope of euerlastyng rewarde. 25 A commendation of the newe Testament aboue the olde.

[unspec A] 1 WHerfore, seyng that we are compassed with so great a cloude of wit∣nesses, lay away all that (a) presseth downe, & the sinne that hang∣eth so fast on, let vs run with patience vnto the battayle that is set before vs:

2 Lokyng vnto Iesus, the captayne and finissher of our fayth, which for the ioy that was set before hym, endured the crosse, hauyng dispised the shame, and is set downe on the ryght hande of the throne of God.

3 Consider therfore hym that endured such speakyng agaynst hym of sinners, lest you shoulde be weryed, fayntyng in your myndes.

4 Ye haue not yet resisted vnto blood, stryuyng agaynst sinne.

5 And ye haue forgotten the exhortatiō, which speaketh vnto you as vnto chyl∣dren: My sonne despise not thou the chastenyng of the Lorde, neither faynt when thou art rebuked of hym:

6 For whom the Lord loueth, he chaste∣neth, and scourgeth euery sonne that he receaueth.

7 If ye endure chastenyng, God offe∣reth him selfe as vnto sonnes: For what sonne is he whom the father chasteneth not?

8 But yf ye be without chastisment, wherof all are partakers, then are ye bastardes, and not sonnes.

9 Furthermore, we haue had fathers of our fleshe, which corrected vs, and we gaue them reuerence: Shall we not then much rather be in subiection vnto the father of spirites, and lyue?

10 For they veryly, for a fewe dayes,

chastened vs after their owne pleasure: but he, for our profite, that we myght be partakers of his holynesse.

11 No chastisyng for the present seemeth to be ioyous, but greeuous: Neuerthe∣lesse, afterwarde it bryngeth the quiet fruite of ryghteousnesse, vnto thē which are exercised therby.

12 Strayghten vp therfore the handes which were let downe, and the weake knees:

13 And make ryght steppes vnto your feete, lest (b) that which is haltyng, turne you out of the way: but let it rather be healed.

14 Folowe peace with all men, and holy∣nesse, without the which, no man shall see the Lorde:

15 Takyng heede that no man fall away from the grace of God, lest any roote of bitternesse spryngyng vp, trouble you, and therby many be defyled.

16 Let there be no fornicator or vncleane person, as Esau, which for one morsell of meate, solde his birthryght.

17 For ye knowe, howe that afterwarde when he woulde haue inherited the blessyng, he was reprobated: For he founde no place of repentaunce, though [unspec D] he sought it with teares.

18 For ye are not come vnto the mount that (c) is touched, & vnto burnyng fyre, and vnto storme and darkenesse, and tempestes of weather,

19 And sounde of a trompe, & the voyce of wordes: which [voyce] they that heard it, wisshed away, that the worde should not be spoken to them:

20 (For they dyd not abyde that which was commaunded. If a beast touche the mountaine, it shalbe stoned, or thrust through with a darte.

21 And so terrible was the syght which appeared, that Moyses sayde, I feare and quake.)

22 But ye are come vnto y^e mount Sion, and to the citie of the lyuyng God, the celestiall Hierusalem, and to an innume∣rable companie of (d) Angels,

23 And vnto the congregation of the first borne, written in heauen, and to God the iudge of all, and to the spirites of iust and perfect men:

24 And to Iesus the mediatour of the newe couenaunt, and to the blood of sprinklyng, that speaketh better then that of Abel.

25 See that ye despise not hym that spea∣keth: [unspec E] For yf they escaped not, which re∣fused hym that spake on earth: much more shall we [not escape] yf we turne away from hym that [speaketh] from heauen:

26 Whose voyce then shoke the earth, & nowe hath declared, saying: Yet once more wyll I shake, not the earth only, but also heauen.

27 And this [yet once more] signifieth remouyng of those thynges which are shaken, as of thynges which are made: that the thynges which are not shaken, may remayne.

28 Wherfore, we receauyng a kingdome which can not be moued, let vs haue grace, wherby we may so serue God ac∣ceptablie, with reuerence & godly feare.

29 For our God [is] a (e) consumyng fyre.

¶The .xiij. Chapter.

1 He maketh vs vnto loue, 2 to hospitalitie, 3 to thynke vpō such as be in aduersitie, 4 to mayntayne wedlocke, 5 to auoyde couetousnesse, 7 to make much of them that preache Gods worde, 9 to be ware of straunge learnyng, 13 to be content to suffer rebuke with Christ, 15 to be thankful vnto god, 17 & obedient vnto our gouernours.

[unspec A] 1 LEt brotherly loue con∣tinue.

2 Be not forgetfull to lodge straungers: For therby some hauyng lodged Angels, were vnawares therof.

3 Remember them that are in bondes, as bounde with them: And them which suffer aduersitie, as also ye your selues beyng in the body [suffered aduersitie].

4 Wedlocke is honorable among all men, and the bed vndefiled: But whore∣mongers and adulterers God wyll iudge.

5 Let your conuersation be without co∣uetousnesse, beyng content with such thynges as ye haue. For he hath sayde: I wyll not fayle thee, neither forsake thee.

6 So that we may boldely saye, the Lorde is my helper, and I wyll not feare what man may do vnto me.

7 Remember them which haue the o∣uersyght of you, which haue spoken vn∣to you the worde of God: Whose ende of conuersation ye consideryng, folowe their fayth.

8 Iesus Christe yesterday and to day, and the same for euer.☜

[unspec B] 9 ☞Be not caryed about with diuers & strange doctrines: For it is a good thing that the heart be stablisshed with grace, & not with meates, which haue not pro∣fited thē that haue ben occupied therin.

10 We haue an aulter, wherof they haue no ryght to (b) eate which serue in the tabernacle.

11 * For the bodyes of those beastes whose blood is brought into the holy place by the hie priest for sinne, are (c) burnt with∣out the tentes.

12 Therfore Iesus also, that he myght sanctifie y^e people with his owne blood, suffered without the gate.

13 Let vs go foorth therfore vnto hym out of the tentes, bearyng his reproche.

[unspec C] 14 For here haue we no continuyng citie: but we seke one to come.

15 By hym therfore, do we offer sacrifice of laude alwayes to God: that is, the fruite of lippes confessyng his name.

16 To do good & to distribute forget not, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

17 ☞Obey them that haue the ouersight of you, and submit your selues: for they watche for your soules, as they that must geue accomptes, that they may do it with ioy, and not with griefe: for that is vnprofitable for you.

18 Pray for vs: For we trust we haue a good conscience, in all thynges wyllyng to lyue honestlie.

19 But I desire you the more earnestlie that ye so do, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

20 The God of peace, that brought a∣gayne [unspec D] from the dead our Lorde Iesus the great sheephearde of the sheepe, through the blood of the euerlastyng co∣uenaunt,

21 Make you perfect in all good workes to do his wyll, workyng in you that which is pleasaunt in his sight, through Iesus Christe, to whom be prayse for euer and euer. Amen.☜

22 And I beseche you brethren, suffer the worde of exhortation: for I haue writ∣ten vnto you in fewe wordes.

23 Knowe ye, that brother Timothe is delyuered: With whom (yf he come shortly) I wyll see you.

24 Salute all them that haue the ouer∣sight of you, and all the saintes. They of Italie salute you.

25 Grace be with you all. Amen.

¶Written from Italie by Timotheus.

Notes

• (a)

  So that nowe we haue not credite in any newe re∣uelations af∣ter hym.
• Coloss. i. c.
• Sapi. viii. d.
• Psal. 〈…〉〈…〉.
• (b)

  Because he was at the tyme appo••n¦ted declared to the worlde.
• Psal. 97. ••
• Psal. 97. ••
• Psal ciiii. a.
• (c)

  He com¦pareth the An¦gels to the wyndes, whi∣che are here beneath as Gods messen¦gers.
• 〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• Ps•••• 〈…〉〈…〉 Mat. xxii. •• i Cor xv. b
• (a)

  we must diligentlie kepe in me∣morie, the doc∣trine whiche we haue lear∣ned, lest lyke vessels full of chappes, we seake and run •• it on euery parte.
• (b)

  As the Gospell is, which only offereth sal∣uation.
• Mar. xvi. d.
• Psal. viii. ••
• (c)

  In ma∣kyng hym fe∣lowe heyre with Christe,
• Psal. viii. b. i Cor. xv. d.
• 〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• Not the nature of an∣gels, but of men.
• (a)

  Take heede to his wordes, and heare hym.
• (b)

  For in obeying the sonne, we are made y^e house of God.
• Rom. v. a.
• (c)

  Here note the Hebrewe phrase, mea∣ning that they shal not enter
• (d)

  which is, by fayth to imbrace and holde fast the true doctrine of Iesus Christe.
• (a)

  Although that God by his rest after the creation of his workes, signified the spirituall reste of y^e faythfull: yet he sware to geue rest in Chanaan, whiche was but a figure of the heauenlye rest, & dured but for a time.
• Gene. ii. a.
• (b)

  By Ie∣sus, is meant Iosua.
• (c)

  where the affectiōs are.
• (d)

  which cō∣teyneth wyll and reason
• Phil. ii. ••
• Exo. xxv. ••
• Leuit. ix. b.
• (a)

  He shew∣eth that man can haue none accesse to god, without an hye priest, be∣cause that of hym selfe, he is prophane & synfull.
• Psal. ii. b. Actes. xiii. c
• Hebr. i. b. Psal. cx. b.
• (b)

  He mea∣neth y^e moste earnest prayer which Christ prayed in the ••••idē, where he swet drops of ••••od.
• (c)

  Beyng in perplexitie, & fearyng the horrors of death.
• i. Cor. iii. ••.
• (a)

  Whereby it may apeare that you are fully perswa∣ded of lyfe e∣uerlastyng.
• Actes. iiii. b. and .xviii. c.
• Math. xii. d. ii. Pet. ii. d. Hebr. x. b.
• Mat. xxv. c.
• (b)

  As the holy fathers▪ prophetes and martirs, that were before vs.
• Gene. xii. c.
• Exo. xxii ••
• (c)

  Because of mans wic∣kednes, whi∣che wyll not beleue God, excepte he sweare.
• (d)

  Goddes worde & oth, are two thyn∣ges in him vn¦chaungeable.
• Hebr. viii. a.
• Gen. xiiii. d.
• (a)

  So cal¦led, because that Moyses maketh no mentiō of his parentes or kynsfolkes, but as he had ben sodenly sent of God into y^e world, to be a figure of Christe, or euerlastynge priest, & short∣ly taken out of the worlde a∣gayne: So Christe as touchyng his humanitie had no father, & concernyng his diuinitie no mother.
• Rom. ii. c. Galat. iii. c.
• Math. i. a.
• Psal. ••x b Hebr. ii••. c
• Rom. viii. a. Galath. iii. c
• Psal. cx. ••.
• (b)

  Therfore all others are blasphemous, that eyther make them selues his suc∣cessours, or pretende any other sacrifi••
• i. Tim. ii. a. i. Iohn. ii. b.
• Leuit. ix. b.
• Hebr. v. ••
• 〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• Coloss. ii. c. Hebr. x. a.
• Exo. xxv. d. Actes. vii. f.
• Iere xxxi. f.
• (a)

  That is, when Christe shal remit our sinnes by the preachyng the Gospe••
• (b)

  Signi••¦ing that the•• shoulde be no more diuisiō: but all shall be made one Churche.
• (c)

  Men shal not in y^e tyme of the Gospell be so ignorant as they were before: but shall knowe God muche more perfect∣lye through Christe.
• Exo. xxv. b
• (a)

  That is, on the inward syde of the vayle, which was hyd frō the people.
• Exo•• vi. g 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••ii. a Ex••. x••. c.
• Exo•• vi. g 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••ii. a Ex••. x••. c.
• Exo•• vi. g 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••ii. a Ex••. x••. c.
• Exo xxx. b Leui. xvi. b.
• Exo xxx. b Leui. xvi. b.
• (b)

  So long as the hye priest offered once a yere for his owne sin∣nes and for y^e peoples, & also whyle this earthly taber∣nacle steade, y^e way to y^e hea∣uenly taberna¦cle, whiche is made open by Christs blood coulde not be entred into.
• Hebr. vi. d.
• i. Pet. i. b.
• Leui. xvi. c.
• (a)

  The Le∣uitical priests offred beastes blood: But Christ y^e true and eternall prieste offred his own blood whiche was most holy and pure. The Le¦uitical prieste offred yerely, and therefore did only repre¦sent the true holynesse: but Christ by one onlye sacrifice hath made ho¦ly for euer thē that beleue.
• i. Tim. ii. a.
• Ex••d. 24 ••
• Actes. xvi. c
• i. Iohn. ii. ••.
• (b)

  Therfore to make anye other offryng or sacrifice for synne, after that Christes body was once offred, is blas∣phemie.
• Rom. v. b. i. Pet. iii. d▪
• Coloss. ii. c. Hebr. viii. a.
• (a)

  Whiche was as it wer y^e first draught and purtraict of the lyuely paterne to come.
• Leuit. xvi. c
• Psal. x••. b.
• (b)

  That is, s••••rifices.
• (c)

  Which is, the wyll of God to stand content with Christes ••a∣cri••ice.
• Ephe. i. d. Coloss. vi. a. Hebre. i. a.
• (d)

  We by Christe haue that libertie, whiche the auncient fa∣thers coulde not haue by the lawe.
• (e)

  The blood of Christe as always freshe and lyuely be∣fore the father to sprinckle & quicken vs.
• Math. xii. d. Hebr. vi. a. ii. Pet. ii. d.
• Deut. xix. d Mat xviii. •• ii. Cor. xiii. a
• Deut. 32 d. Psal xciiii. a Rom. xii. d.
• Abacuc. ii a Rom. i. a. Galat. iii. b.
• (a)

  Haue ben approued, and so obtayned saluation.
• Act. xiii c. Rom. i. c. Gene. iiii a.
• (b)

  Because God receaued him to mercy, therfore he im¦puted hym ryghteous.
• Gene. v g. S••p iiii. b. Eccl. xliiii. b
• Gene. vi. d.
• Math. xii. d.
• Gene xi. a. Actes. vii. a.
• Gene. xxi. a
• Gene. xv ••
• Iob. viii. g. Gen. xlvii b i. Pa. xxix. d
• Exod. iii. f.
• Gen. xii. a. Eccles. 44. c
• (c)

  For it myght seeme to the fleshe▪ that the pro∣myse was con¦trary to the commaunde∣ment, to sa∣crifice his son.
• Ge. xxvii. d.
• Gen. xlix. ••
• Gene. ••. d.
• Exod ii a. Actes. vii. a.
• Exod. ii. b.
• 〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• Exod. xii. d.
• Exod. 14. c.
• Iosue. vi. c.
• Iosue. ii. a.
• Iudi. vii. a. Iudi. iiii. d. Iudi. xiiii. a. Iudi. xi. a. i Reg. 17. f.
• Iudi. vii. a. Iudi. iiii. d. Iudi. xiiii. a. Iudi. xi. a. i Reg. 17. f.
• Iudi. vii. a. Iudi. iiii. d. Iudi. xiiii. a. Iudi. xi. a. i Reg. 17. f.
• Iudi. vii. a. Iudi. iiii. d. Iudi. xiiii. a. Iudi. xi. a. i Reg. 17. f.
• Iudi. vii. a. Iudi. iiii. d. Iudi. xiiii. a. Iudi. xi. a. i Reg. 17. f.
• i Reg. xii a i Re•• 17 •• Daniel. vi. f Dan••el. iii e Daniel. ii. c.
• i Reg. xii a i Re•• 17 •• Daniel. vi. f Dan••el. iii e Daniel. ii. c.
• i Reg. xii a i Re•• 17 •• Daniel. vi. f Dan••el. iii e Daniel. ii. c.
• i Reg. xii a i Re•• 17 •• Daniel. vi. f Dan••el. iii e Daniel. ii. c.
• 3 Reg. 19 a.
• 3 Reg. 21 b. Esai. 38. b.
• (d)

  They had not such cleare lyght as we: for they loked for that which we haue: ther¦fore it were shame for vs, yf at least we haue not as great constan∣cie as they.
• Ephe. iiii. a.
• (a)

  As riches cares & suche lyke, and so to become Chri∣stes disciples, by denying our selues, & takyng our crosse to fo∣lowe hym.
• Ephe. i. d. Coloss. iii. a. Hebr. i. a.
• Esaias. 35. ••.
• (b)

  Their hastyng, part∣lye declared their slownes, & partly their inconstancie in doctrine: therfore they were in bon∣dage to be punished.
• Gen. xxv. d
• Gen. 27. f.
• Exod. xix. b
• (c)

  whiche might be tou∣ched & seene: for it was ma¦teriall, but god cōmaun∣ded that none should touche it.
• Exod. xx. e
• 〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• (d)

  By the Gospell, we are ioyned with the An∣gels and Pa∣triarkes.
• 1 Peter. i. a. Hebre. ix. d. Cen. iiii. b.
• Deut. iiii. d·
• (e)

  To de∣stroy thē that resist hym.
• Rom. xii. c. Actes. x. c. i Pet iiii. b. i Tim. iiii. b.
• Gen. xix. a.
• Eccle. 29 ••. i Tim vi. b. Iosue. i. ••.
• Eccle. 29 ••. i Tim vi. b. Iosue. i. ••.
• He was 〈◊〉〈◊〉 shalbe 〈◊〉〈◊〉 found 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Church•• for euer.
• (b)

  They that sticke to the ceremoni∣es of the law, can not eate, that is, can not be parta∣kers of our cu••ter, which is thankesge¦uyng and libe¦ralitie, whiche two sacrifices or offeringes, are nowe only left to the Christians.
• (c)

  So that the priestes had no peece therof.
• Eccle 35 a. Acte x. a. Rom xi. a. Philip iiii. d
• Ezech. 34. b Iosue. x. a. i Peter. v. a.