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 .xii. Chapter.

VVherfore let vs also (seynge that we [ A] * 1.1 are cōpased with so great a multitu∣de of witnesses) laye a waye all that presseth doune / & the synne that hāgeth on / & let vs rūne with paciēce vnto the battayle y^•* 1.2 is set before vs / lokynge vnto Iesus / the auc¦tor & fynnyssher of oure fayth / which for the ioye that was set before him / abode the crosse / and despysed the shame / & is set doune on the right honde of y^• trone of God. Consider ther¦fore how that he endured suche speakinge a∣gaynst him of synners / lest ye shuld be weried and faynte in youre myndes. For ye have not [ B] yet resisted vnto bloud sheddinge / stryvinge* 1.3 agaynst synne. And ye have forgorten the con¦solacion / which speaketh vnto you / as vnto chyldren: My sonne despyse not the chaste∣nynge of the Lorde / nether faynt when thou arte rebuked of him: For whom the Lordelo∣veth / him he *chasteneth: yee / & he scourgeth

every sonne that he receaveth.

Yf ye endure chastninge / God offereth him [ B] selfe vnto you / as vnto sonnes. What sonne is that whom the father chasteneth not? If ye be not vnder correcciō (where of all are part takers) then are ye bastardes and not sonnes. Moreover seynge we had fathers of oure fles¦she which corrected vs / and we gave them re¦verence: shuld we not moche rather be in sub∣ieccion vnto the father of spretuall gyftes / [ C] that we myght live? And they verely for a feaue dayes / nurtred vs after their awne plea¦sure: but he learneth vs vnto that which is* 1.4 proffitable / that we myght receave of his ho∣lines. No manner chastisynge for the present tyme semeth to be ioyeous / but greveous: ne∣verthelesse afterwarde it bryngeth the quyet frute of rightewesnes vnto them which are therin exercysed.

Stretch for the therfore agayne the hondes which were let doune / & the weake knees / & se that ye have strayght steppes vnto youre fe∣te / left eny haltinge turne out of y^e waye: yee / [ D] * 1.5 let it rather be healed. Embrace peace with all men / & holynes: with out the which / no man shall se the Lorde. And looke to / that no man be destitue of the grace of God / & that no rote of bitternes springe vp & trouble / & therby ma¦ny be defiled: and that there be no fornicator / or vnclene person / as Esau / which for one breakfast solde his birthright. Ye knowe* 1.6 how that afterwarde when he wolde have in herited the blessinge / he was put by / & he foū∣de

no meanes to come therby agayne: no though he desyred it with teares. [ E]

For ye are not come vnto the mounte that can be touched / & vnto burninge fyre / nor yet* 1.7 to myst & darcknes and tempest of wedder / ne¦ther vnto the sounde of a trōpe & the voyce of wordes: which voyce they that hearde it / wis∣shed awaye / that the cōmunicacion shuld not* 1.8 be spoken to them. For they were not able to abyde that which was spoken. If a beast had touched the mountayne / it must have bene sto¦ned / or thrust thorowe with a darte: evē so ter∣reble was y^• sight which appered. Moses say¦de / I feare & quake. But ye are come vnto the moūte Sion / & to the citie of the livinge god / the celestiall Ierusalem: and to an innumera¦ble [ F] sight of angels / & vnto the congregacion of y^•* 1.9 fyrst borne sonnes / which are writtē in heven / and to God the iudge of all and to the spretes of iust and parfecte men / and to Ie∣sus the mediator of the newe testament / & to the spryncklynge of bloud that speaketh bet∣ter then the bloud of Abell.

Se that ye despise not him y^• speaketh. For yf they escaped not which refused him that spake on erth: moche more shall we not esca∣pe / yf we turne awaye frō him y^• speaketh frō [ G] hevē: whose voyce thē shouke the erth / & now declareth sayinge: yet once more will I shake not the erth only / but also heven. No dout y^• same that he sayth / yet once more / signifieth* 1.10 the removinge a waye of those thing{is} which are shaken / as of thinges which have ended

their course: that the thynges which are not shaken maye remayne. Wherfore if we recea∣ve a kyngdom which is not moved / we have grace / wherby we maye serve god and please him with reverence and godly feare. For oure god is a consumynge fyre.* 1.11

Notes

• * 1.1

  rom. vj. a coll. iij. b. ephe. iiij. e j. pet. ii. a. and .iiij. a
• * 1.2

  We be cal¦led to sof∣fre. For with oute sofferinge no mā cā be the son¦ne of god
• * 1.3

  If anye loue the low of god and be cha••••sed of god it is a com∣fort. For ther∣by he is sure that god loue∣th him & hath cho∣sen himto his sonne and heyre of euerla∣stynge ly∣fe.
• * 1.4

  Why god chastiseth
• * 1.5

  rom. xij.
• * 1.6

  gen. xxv gen. xxvj
• * 1.7

  exo. xix. and .xx. c
• * 1.8

  ex. xix. c.
• * 1.9

  Fyrst borne son¦nes / that is the sō∣nes of god because the fyrst borne we¦re dedica∣ted vnto god.
• * 1.10

  agge. ij. b
• * 1.11

  du. iiij. d.