The .viii. Chapter
OF the thynges which we have spokē / this is the pyth: that we have soche [ A] an hye preste that is sitten on ye right honde of the seate of maieste in heven / and is a minister of holy thynges / and of the very ta¦bernacle / which God pyght / and not mā. For every hye prest is ordeyned to offer gyfres and sacryfises / wherfore it is of necessitie / that this man have some what also to offer. For he were not a preste / yf he were on y• erth whe¦re [ B] are prestes that acordynge to y• lawe / offer giftes / which prestes serve vnto ye ensample & shadowe of hevenly thynges: even as the an∣swer of God was geven vnto Moses when he was about to fynnishe the tabernacle: Ta∣ke* 1.1 hede (sayde he) that thou make all thynges accordynge to the patrone shewed to the in the mount.
Now hath he obtayned a more excellent of¦fice / in as moche as he is the mediator of a better testament / which was made for better promyses. For yf that fyrst testament had be¦ne fautelesse: then shuld no place have bene sought for the seconde. For in rebukynge thē