The .iiii. Chapter.
LEt vs feare therfore lest eny of vs for∣sakynge the promes of entrynge into his rest / shulde seme to come behinde. [ A] For vnto vs was it declared / as well as vnto them. But it proffited not them that they he∣arde the worde / because they which hearde it / coupled it not with fayth. But we which ha∣ve beleved / do enter into his rest / as contra∣ry* 1.1 wyse he sayde to the other: I have sworne [ B] in my wrath / they shall not enter into my rest. And that spake he verely longe after that the workes were made & the foūdaciō of ye worlde layde. For he spake in a certayne place of ye se¦vēth daye / on this wyse: And god did rest ye se¦venth* 1.2 daye frō all his worke. And in this pla¦ce agayne: They shall not come into my rest.
Seynge therfore it foloweth that some muste enter therinto / & they to whō it was fyrst preached / entred not therin for vnbeleves sa∣ke. Agayne he apoynteth in David a certayne present daye after so longe a tyme / sayinge as [ C] it is rehearsed: this daye if ye heare his voyce / be not harde herted. For if Iosue had geven them rest / then wolde he not afterwarde have spokē of another daye. There remayneth ther¦fore yet a rest to ye people of God. For he yt is