The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

The .x. Chapter.

FOr the lawe which hath but the shado¦we [ A] of good thynges to come / and not the thynges in their awne fassion / can* 1.1 never with y^e sacryfises which they offer ye∣re by yere continually / make the cōmers ther vnto parfayte. For wolde not then those sacri¦fises have ceased to have bene offered / becau∣se that the offerers once pourged / shuld have had no moare consciēces of sinnes. Neverthe∣lesse in those sacrifises is ther mencion made of synnes every yeare. For it is vnpossible that the bloud of oxen / and of gotes shuld ta∣ke awaye synnes. [ B]

Wherfore when he commeth into the worl¦de / he* 1.2 sayth: Sacrifice and offeringe thou wol¦dest not have: but a bodie hast thou ordeyned

me. In sacrifices and synneofferynges thou* 1.3 hast no lust. Then I sayde: Lo I come / in the chefest of the boke it is written of me / that I shuld doo thy will / o god. Above when he had sayed sacrifice and offerynge / and burnt sacri¦fices and synneofferynges thou woldest not have / nether hast alowed (which yet are offe∣red by the lawe) and then sayde: Lo I come to do thy will o god: he taketh a waye the fyrst* 1.4 to stablisshe the latter. By the which will we are sanctified / by the offeringe of the body of Iesu Christe once for all.

And every prest is redy dayly ministrynge / [ C] and ofte tymes offereth one maner of offe∣rynge / which can never take awaye synnes. But this man after he had offered one sacri∣fyce for synnes / sat him doune for ever on the right honde of god / and from hence forth ta∣rieth* 1.5 till his foes be made his fotestole. For with one offerynge hath he made parfecte for ever them y^• are sanctified. And y^e holy goost also beareth vs recorde of this / even when he tolde before: This is the testament that I will make vnto them after those dayes sayth the lorde. I will put my lawes in their hertes* 1.6 and in their mynde I will write them & their* 1.7 synnes and iniquyties will I remember no moare. And where remission of these thinges [ D] is / there is no moare offerynge for synne.

Seynge brethren that by the meanes of the bloud of Iesu / we maye be bolde to enter in∣to that holy place / by the newe and livynge waye / which he hath prepared for vs / through

the vayle / that is to saye by his flesshe. And seynge also that we have an hye prest which is ruler over y^e housse of god / let vs drawe nye with a true herte in a fullfayth / sprynckeled in oure hertes from an evyll conscience / and wesshed in oure bodies with pure water / and let vs kepe the profession of oure hope / with oute waveringe (for he is faythfull that pro∣mysed) & let vs consyder one another to provo¦ke* 1.8 vnto love / & to good workes: & let vs not [ E] forsake the felishippe that we have amōge ou¦re selves / as the maner of some is: but let vs exhorte one another / and that so moche the more / because ye se that the daye draweth nye.

For yf we synne willyngly after that we have receaved the knowledge of the trueth / there remayneth no more sacrifice for synnes but a fearfull lokynge for iudgement / and vio¦lent fyre which shall devoure the adversaries He that despiseth Moses lawe / dyeth with¦out mercy vnder two or thre witnesses. Of* 1.9 how moche sorer punyshment suppose ye [ F] shall he be counted worthy / which treadeth vnder fote the sonne of god: and counteth the bloude of the testament as an vnholy thynge wherwith he was sanctified / and doth disho∣noure to the sprete of grace. For we knowe him that hath sayde / vengeaunce belongeth vnto me / I will recompence fayth the lorde.* 1.10 And agayne: the lorde shall iudge his people. It is a fearfull thynge to faule into the hon∣des of the livynge God.

Call to remēbraunce the dayes that are pas¦sed

/ in the which after ye had receaved light / ye endured a greate fyght in adversities / part¦ly whill all men wondred and gased at you for the shame and triōulacion that was done vnto you / and partly whill ye became compa∣nyons of thē which so passed their tyme. For ye suffered also with my bondes / and toke a worth the spoylynge of youre goodes / & that with gladnes / knowynge in youre selves how [ G] that ye had in heven a better and an enduryn∣ge substaunce Cast not awaye therfore youre confidence / which hath great rewarde to recō¦pence. For ye have nede of paciēce / that after ye have done y^e will of god / ye myght receave the promes. For yet a very lytell whyle / and he that shall come will come / and will not ta∣ry. But the iust shall live by faith. And yf he* 1.11 withdrawe him silfe / my soule shall have no pleasure in him. We are not whiche with dra¦we oure selves vnto dampnaciō / but partayne to fayth to the wynnynge of the soule.

Notes

• * 1.1

  leui. xvj.
• * 1.2

  psalmo. xxxix.
• * 1.3

  psalmo. j.
• * 1.4

  Christ∣es bodye is but on∣ce offered
• * 1.5

  psa. cix. •• j. cor. xv.
• * 1.6

  hie. xxxj
• * 1.7

  Here folo¦weth ou∣re dutye / if we will be parta∣kers of y^e mercye be¦fore reh∣ersed.
• * 1.8

  We ou∣ght to ca∣re eche for other∣s saluaci¦on / as we shuld yf we trulye loued eche other.
• * 1.9

  dut. xvij. mat. xvij ••o. viij. c. ij. cor. xiij
• * 1.10

  du. xxxij com. xij.
• * 1.11

  aba. ij. a. rom. j. b gala. iij. b