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 .vi. Chapter.

VVherfore let vs leave y^• doctryne per¦tayninge to the beginninge of a Chri¦sten [ A] man / & let vs go vnto perfecciō / and now no more laye the foundaciō of repen¦taunce from deed workes / & of fayth towarde God / of baptyme / of doctryne / & of layinge on of hondes / & of resurreccion from deeth / & of eternall iudgemēt. And so will we do / yf God permitte. For it is not possible y^t they / which were once lyghted / and have tasted of the he∣venly* 1.1 gyft / and were become partetakers of the holy goost / & have tasted of the good wor∣de of God / & of the power of the worlde to co∣me: yf they faule / shuld be renued agayne vn∣to repentaunce: for as moche as they have (as concerninge them selves) crucified the sonne of God a fresshe / makynge a mocke of him. [ B]

For that erth which drinketh in the rayne wich cōmeth ofte vpon it / and bringeth forth erbes mete for them that dresse it / receaveth blessynge of god. But that grounde / which be¦areth thornes & bryars / is reproved / & is nye vnto cursynge: whose ende is to be burned. Neverthelesse deare frendes / we trust to se bet¦ter of you and thynges which accompany sal¦uacion / though we thus speake. For god is not vnrighteous that he shuld forget youre worke and laboure that procedeth of love / which love shewed in his name / which have ministred vnto the saynctes / and yet minister [ C] Yee / & we desyre that every one of you shew the same diligence / to the stablysshynge of ho¦pe / even vnto the ende: that ye faynt not / but

folowe them / which thorow fayth & pacien∣ce inheret the promyses.

For when god made promes to Abraham / because he had no greater thinge to sweare by he sware by him silfe sayinge: Surely I will* 1.2 blesse the and multiply the in dede. And so af¦ter that he had taryed a longe tyme / he enioyed the promes. Men verely sweare by him that [ D] is greater then them selves / and an othe to confyrme the thynge / ys amonge them an en∣de of all stryfe. So god willynge very aboun∣danly to shewe vnto the heyres of promes / the stablenes of his counsayle / he added an othe / that by two * 1.3 immutable thinges (in which it was vnpossible that god shuld lye) we myght have parfect consolacion / which have fled / for to holde fast the hope that is set before vs / which hope we have as an ancre of the soule both sure and stedfast. Which hope also en∣treth in / into tho thynges which are with in the vayle / whither y^e fore runner is for vs en∣tred in / I meā Iesus that is made an hye prest for ever / after the order of Melchisedech.

Notes

• * 1.1

  ij. pet. ij. d
• * 1.2

  gen. xxij
• * 1.3

  Two im¦mutable thinges: the promi¦se & the o∣the.