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GOd in tyme past diversly and many [ A] wayes / spake vnto the fathers by Prophete: but in these last dayes he hath spoken vnto vs by his sonne / whom he hath made heyre of all thinges: by whō also he made the worlde. Which sonne be∣ynge the brightnes of his glory / & very yma∣ge of his substance / bearinge vp all thinges with the worde of his power / hath in his aw¦ne person pourged oure synnes / & is sitten on
the right honde of the maiestie an hye / and [ B] * 1.1 is more excellent then the angels / in as mo∣che as he hath by inheritaunce obteyned an excellenter name then have they.
For vnto which of the angele sayde he at∣eny tyme: Thou arte my sonne / this daye be¦gate I the? And agayne: I will be his father / * 1.2 and he shalbe my sonne. And agayne whē he bringeth in the fyrst begotten sonne in to the worlde / he sayth: And all the angels of God shall worshippe him. And of the angels he [ C] sayth: He maketh his angels spretes / and his* 1.3 ministres flammes of fyre. But vnto the son∣ne he sayth: God thy seate shalbe forever and ever. The cepter of thy kyngdome is a right* 1.4 cepter. Thou hast loved rightewesnes & ha∣ted iniquyte••. Wherfore God which is thy God / hath anoynted the with ye oyle of glad∣nes* 1.5 above thy felowes.
And thou Lorde in the begynninge hast lay¦de the foundacion of the erth. And the hevēs are the workes of thy hondes. They shall pe¦risshe / but thou shalt endure. They all shall wexe olde as doth a garment: and as a vestu∣re shalt thou chaunge them / and they shalbe [ D] chaunged. But thou arte all wayes / and thy yeres shall not fayle. ✚ Vnto which of the an¦gels sayde he at eny tyme? Sit on my ryght honde / tyll I make thyne enemyes thy fote* 1.6 stole. Are they not all mynistrynge spretes / sent to minister for their sakes which shalbe heyres of salvacion?
VVherfore we ought to geve ye more he¦de* 1.7 to ye thing{is} we have herde lest we [ A] perysshe. For yf the worde which was spokē by angels was stedfast: so yt every trāsgressiō & disobediēce receaved a iust r••cō∣pēce to rewarde: how shall we escape / yf we despyse so great saluaciō which at ye fyrst be∣gā to be preached of ye lorde him silfe / & after∣warde was cōformed vnto vs warde / by thē ye hearde it / god bearynge witnes therto / bothe with sygnes and wonders also / and with di∣vers * 1.8 miracles / & gyftes of the holy gooste / accordynge to his awne will.
He hath not vnto the angels put in subiec¦cion the worlde to come / where of we speake. But one in a certayne place witnessed / sayin∣ge. [ B] What is man / that thou arte myndfull of him? After thou haddest for a feason made him lower then the angels: tho•• crounedst him with honour and glory / and hast set him above the workes of thy hondes. Thou hast put all thynges in subieccion vnder his fete. In that he put all thynges vnder him / he left nothynge that is not put vnder him. Never∣thelesse we yet se not all thynges subdued but him yt was made lesse thē ye angelles: we se that it was Iesus which is crouned with glo¦ry and honour for the sofferinge of death: that he by the grace of god / shulde tast of deeth for all men.
For it becam him / for whom are all thyng{is} [ C] & by whom are all thynges / after that he had brought many sonnes vnto glory / that he
shuld make the lorde of their saluacion par∣fect thorow sofferynge. For he that sancti∣fieth / and they which are sanctified•• are all of one▪ For which causes sake / he is not a sham* 1.9 de to call thē brethren sayinge: I will declare thy name vnto my brethren / and in the myd∣des of the congregaciō will I prayse the. And agayne: I will put my trust in him. And agay¦ne. beholde here am I and the children which god hath geven me. [ D]
For as moche then as the children were* 1.10 parte takers offlesshe and bloud / he also him silfelyke wyse toke parte with them / for to put doune thorow deth / him that had lord∣shippe over deeth / that i•• to saye the devyll / & y• he myght delyver thē which thorow feare of deeth were all their lyfe tyme in daūger of bondage. For he in no place taketh on him the angels: but the seede of Abraham taketh he on him. Wherfore in all thynges it became him to be made lyke vnto his brethrē / ••hat he myght be mercifull and a faythfull hye pre∣ste in thynges concernynge god / for to pourge the peoples synnes. For in that he him silfe suffered and was tempted / he is able to sucker them that are tempted.
VVherfore holy brethren / partakers of the celestiall callinge / cōsyder the em∣basseatour and hye prest of oure pro∣fession / Christ Iesus which was faythfull to him that made him / even as was Moses in all his housse. And this man was counted* 1.11
worthy of more glory then Moses: In as moche as he which hath prepared the housse hath most honoure in the housse. Every hou∣sse is prepared of some man. But he that or∣deyned [ B] all thinges is god. And Moses vere∣ly was faythfull in all his housse as a mini∣ster / to beare witnes of tho thinges which shuld be spoken afterwarde. But Christ as a sonne hath rule over the housse / whose housse are we / so that we hold fast the confydence & the reioysynge of that hope / vnto the ende.
Wherfore as the holy goost sayth: to daye if ye shall heare his voyce / harden not youre* 1.12 hertes / after the rebellyon in the daye of temp¦tacion in the wildernes / where youre fathers tempted me / proved me / and sawe my workes xl. yeare longe. Wherfore I was greved wt [ C] y• generaciō & sayde. They erre ever in their hertes: they verely have not knowē my way∣es / so that I sware in my wrathe / that they shuld not enter into my rest. Take hede bre∣thren that therbe in none of you an evyll her∣te in vnbeleve / that he shuld departe from ye lyvynge god: but exhorte one another dayly / whill it is called to daye / lest eny of you wexe harde herted thorow y• deceytfullnesse of sinne
We are partetakers of Christ yf we kepe sure vnto the ende the fyrst substance / so lon¦ge* 1.13 as it is sayd: to daye yf ye heare his voyce / [ D] hardē not youre hertes / as when ye rebelled. For some / whē they hearde / rebelled: howbe it not all yt cā out of Egypt vnder Moses. But with whō was he despleased. yl. yeares?
Was he not displeased with them that syn∣ned:* 1.14 whose carkases were over thorwen in the desert? To whom sware he that they shuld not enter into his rest: but vnto them that be∣leved not? And we se that they coulde not en∣ter in / because of* 1.15 vnbeleve.
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* 1.16 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* 1.17 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
is entred into his ••est doth * 1.18 cease from his awne workes / as god did from his.
Let vs study therfore to entre into that rest / lest eny man faule after the same ensample / [ D] in to vnbelefe. For the worde of god is quyc∣ke / and myghty in operacion / and sharper then eny two edged swearde: and entreth through / even vnto the dividynge a sonder of the soule and the sprete / and of the ioyntes and the ma¦ry: and iudgeth the thoughtes and the inten∣tes of the herte: nether is there eny creature in¦visible* 1.19 in the sight of it. For all thynges are naked and bare vnto the eyes of him / of whō we speake.
SEynge then that we have a great hye* 1.20 prest whych is entred into heven (I [ A] meane Iesus the sonne of God) let vs holde oure profession. For we have not an hye prest / which can not have compassion on oure infirmities: but was in all poyntes tempted / lyke as we are: but yet with out synne. Let vs therfore goo boldely vnto the seate of grace / that we maye receave mercy / and fynde grace to helpe in tyme of nede.
✚ For every hye prest that is taken from amō¦ge men / is ordeyned for men / in thynges per∣taynynge to god: to offer gyftes and sacryfy∣ses for synne: which can have compassion on the ignoraunt / and on them that are out of the waye / because that he him silfe also is compa¦sed with infirmitie: For the which infirmiti∣es sake / he is bounde to offer for synnes / as
well for hys awne parte / as for the peoples. And noman taketh honour vnto him silfe / but* 1.21 he that is called of God / as was Aaron. [ B]
Even so lykewise / Christ glorified not him silfe / to be made the hye prest: but he that say∣de vnto him: thou arte my sonne / this daye be∣gat* 1.22 I the / glorified him. As he also in another place speaketh: Thou arte a prest for ever af∣ter the order of Melchisedech. ✚ Which in* 1.23 the dayes of his flesshe / did offer vp prayers and supplicacions / with stronge cryinge and teares / vnto him that was able to save him from deeth: and was also hearde / because of his godlines. And though he were Goddes sonne / yet learned he obediēce / by tho thynge which he suffered / and was made parfaite / & the cause of eternall saluacion vnto all them that obey him: and is called of God an hye prest / after the order of Melchisedech.
Wherof we have many thynges to saye which are harde to be vitered: because ye are dull of hearinge. For when as cōcerninge ye tyme / ye ought to be teachers / yet have ye nede agayne that we teache you the fyrst principles of the worde of god: and are become soche as [ C] have nede of mylke / and not of stronge meate: For every man that is feed with mylke / is in∣experte in the worde of rightewesnes. For he is but a babe. But stronge meate belongeth to them that are parfecte which thorow custo∣me have their wittes exercised / to iudge both good and evyll also.
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 yt they / which were once lyghted / and have tasted of the he∣venly* 1.24 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* 1.25 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 * 1.26 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 ye fore runner is for vs en∣tred in / I meā Iesus that is made an hye prest for ever / after the order of Melchisedech.
THis Melchisedech kynge of Salem (which beinge prest of ye most hye god [ A] * 1.27 met Abraham / as he returned agayne from the slaughter of the kynges / and blessed him: to whom also Abraham gave tythes of all thynge) fyrst is by interpretacion kynge of rightewesnes: after ye he is kynge of Salē / yt is to saye kynge of peace / with out father / wt out mother / with out kynne / and hath nether
begynnynge of his tyme / nether yet ende of his lyfe: but is lykened vnto the sonne of god and continueth a preste for ever.
Consyder what a man this was / vnto whō the patriarke Abraham gave tythes of the spoyles. And verely those children of levy / which receave the office of the prestes / have a commaundement to take a cordyng•• to the la¦we / tythes of the people / that is to saye / of the∣ir brethren / yee though they spronge out of [ B] the loynes of Abraham. But he whose kyn∣red is not counted amonge them / receaved ty∣thes of Abraham / and blessed him that had the promyses. And no man denyeth but that which is lesse / receaveth blessinge of yt which is greater. And here men that dye receave ty∣thes. But there he receaveth tythes of whom it is witnessed / that he liveth. And to saye the trueth / Levy him silfe also which receaveth tythes / payed tythes in Abraham. For he was yet in the loynes of his father Abraham when Melchisech met him.
Yf now therfore perfeccion came by the presthod of the levites (for vnder that prest∣hod the people recaved the lawe) what neded [ C] it further more that an other prest shuld ryse / after the order of Melchisedech / and not after the order of Aaron? Now no dout / yf the prest∣hod be translated / then of necessitie must the lawe be translated also.
For he of whom these thynges are spoken / pertayneth vnto another trybe / of which ne∣ver man served at the aultre. For it is evidēt
that oure lorde sprouge of the trybe of Iuda / of which trybe spake Moses nothynge con∣cernynge presthod.
And it is yet a more evydent thinge / yf af∣ter the similitude of Melchisedech / ther ary¦se a nother prest / which is not made after the lawe of the carnall commaundmēt: but after the power of the endlesse lyfe (For he testifi∣eth:* 1.28 Thou arte a prest forever / after the order of Melchysedech) Then the commaundmēt that went a fore / is disanulled / because of hir weaknes and vnproffitablenes. For the la∣we made nothynge parfecte: but was an in∣troduccion of a better hope / by which hope / we drawe nye vnto god.
And for this cause it is a better hope / that it was not promysed with out an othe. Tho¦se prestes were made wt out an oth: but this [ D] * 1.29 prest with an oth / by him that saide vnto him The lorde sware / and will not repent: Thou arte a prest for ever after the order of Melchi¦sedech. And for that cause was Iesus a sta∣blyssher of a better testament.
And amonge them many were made pre∣stes / because they were not suffred to endure by the reason of deeth. But this man / because he endureth ever / hath an everlastinge prest¦hod. Wherfore he is able also ever to save them that come vnto god by him / seynge he ever lyveth / to make intercession for vs.
Soche an hye prest it became vs to have / which is wholy / harmlesse / vndefyled / sepa∣rat from synners / & made hyar then heven.
Which nedeth not dayly (as yonder hie pre∣stes) to offer vp sacrifice / fyrst for his awne* 1.30 synnes / and then for the peoples synnes. For that did he at once for all when he offered vp him silfe. For the lawe maketh men prestes / which have infirmitie: but the worde of the othe that came sence y• lawe / maketh the son¦ne prest / which is parfecte for ever more.
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* 1.31 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
he sayth: Beholde the dayes will come (sayth* 1.32 the lorde) and I will fynnyshe apon the hous∣se of Israhel / and apon the housse of Iuda / a newe testament: not lyke the testament that* 1.33 I made with their fathers at that tyme / whē I toke them by the hondes / to lede them oute of the londe of Egipte / for they continued not in my testament / and I regarded them not sayth the lorde.
For this is the testament that I will make with the housse of Israhell: After those dayes [ D] sayth the lorde: I will put my lawes in their myndes / and in their hertes I will wryte thē / and I wilbe their God / and they shalbe my people. And they shall not teache / every man his neghboure / and every man his brother / say¦inge: knowe the lorde: For they shall knowe me / from the lest to the moste of them: For I wilbe mercifull over their vnrightwesnes / & on their synnes and on their iniquities. In yt he sayth a new testament he hath abrogat the olde. Now that which is disanulled and weyed▪ olde / is redy to vannysshe awaye.
THat fyrst tabernacle verely had ordina¦unces / and servynges of god / & wordly [ A] holynes. ✚ For there was a fore taber¦nacle made / wherin was the candlesticke / and the table / and the shewe breed / which is called wholy. But with in the secōde vayle was ther a tabernacle / which is called holiest of all / which had the golden senser / and the arcke of
the testamēt overlayde round about with gol∣de / wherin was the golden pot with manna / and Aarons rodde that spronge / and the ta∣bles of the testament. Over the arcke were the cherubis of glory shadowynge the seate of grace. Of which thynges / we wyll not now speake perticularly. [ B]
When these thynges were thus ordeyned / the prestes went all wayes into the fyrst ta∣bernacle & executed the service of god. But into the seconde went the hye prest alone / on∣ce every yeare: and not with out bloud / which he offered for him silfe / and for the ignoraun∣ce of ye people. Wherwith ye holy goost this signifyeng / yt the waye of holy thynge / was not yet opēned / whill as yet ye fyrst tabernacle was stondynge. Which was a similitude for [ C] the tyme then present / and in which were of∣fered gyftes and sacrifises that coulde not make them that minister parfecte / as pertay∣nynge to the conscience / with only meates & drinkes / and divers wesshynges and iustifyin¦ges of the flesshe / which were ordeyned vn∣tyll the tyme of reformacion.
✚ But Christ beynge an hye prest of good thynges to come / came by a greater and a mo∣are parfecte tabernacle / not made with hon∣des: [ D] that is to saye / not of this maner bildyn∣ge / nether by the bloud of gotes and calves: but by his awne bloud we entred once for all into the holy place / and founde eternall redem¦cion. ✚ For yf the bloud of ox•••• and of Gotes* 1.34 & the asshes of an heyfer / whē it was sprynck¦led
/ puryfied the vnclene / as touchynge* 1.35 the purifiynge of the flesshe: How moche mo∣re shall the bloud of Christ (which thorow the eternall sprete / offered him silfe with out spot to God) pourdge youre consciences from deed workes for to serve the livynge god?
And for this cause is he the mediator of ye newe testament / that thorow deeth which cha¦unsed [ E] for the redempcion of those transgressi∣ons that were in ye fyrst testamēt) they which were called / myght receave the promes of eter¦nall inheritaunce. ✚ For whersoever is a testa¦ment / there must also be the deeth of him that* 1.36 maketh the testament. For the testament ta∣keth auctoritie when men are deed: For it is of no value as longe as he that made it is a li¦ve. For which cause also / nether that fyrst te∣stament was ordeyned with out bloud. For [ F] when all the commaundementes were redde of Moses vnto all the people / he toke ye bloud of calves and of Gotes / with water and pur∣ple* 1.37 woll and ysope / and sprynkled both the boke and all the people / sayinge: this is the bloud of the testament which god hath apoyn¦ted vnto you. Morover / he sprenkled the ta∣bernacle with bloud also / and all the mini∣strynge vessels. And almost all thynges / are bye the lawe / pourged with bloud / and with out effusion of bloud / is no remission. [ G]
It is then nede that the similitudes of he∣venly thynges be purified with soche thyn∣ges: but the hevenly thynges them selves are purified with better sacrifises then are those.
For Christ is not entred into the holy places that are made with hondes / which are but si∣militudes [ D] of true thynges: but is entred into very heven / for to appere now in the syght of God for vs: not to offer him silfe often / as the hye prest entreth in to ye holy place every yeare with straunge bloud / for then must he have of ten suffered sence the worlde begā. But now in the ende of the worlde / hath he appered on¦ce / to put synne to flyght / by the offerynge vp of him silfe. And as it is apoynted vnto men that they shall once dye / and then commeth the iudgement / even so Christ was once offe∣red to take a waye the synnes of many / and* 1.38 vnto them that loke for him / shall he appeare agayne without synne / vnto saluacion.
FOr the lawe which hath but the shado¦we [ A] of good thynges to come / and not the thynges in their awne fassion / can* 1.39 never with ye 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* 1.40 sayth: Sacrifice and offeringe thou wol¦dest not have: but a bodie hast thou ordeyned
me. In sacrifices and synneofferynges thou* 1.41 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* 1.42 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* 1.43 till his foes be made his fotestole. For with one offerynge hath he made parfecte for ever them y• are sanctified. And ye 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* 1.44 and in their mynde I will write them & their* 1.45 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 ye 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* 1.46 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* 1.47 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.* 1.48 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 ye 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* 1.49 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.
FAyth is a sure confidence of thynges* 1.50 which are hoped for / and a certayntie [ A] of thynges which are not sene. By it ye elders were well reported of. Thorow fayth we vnderstonde that the worlde was ordey∣ned by the worde of god: and that thynges which are sene / were made of thynges which ere not sene. By fayth Abell offered vnto god •• more plenteous sacrifice then Cayn: by vhich / he obteyned witnes that he was righ∣tous / god testifyinge of his gyftes: by which
also he beynge deed / yet speaketh.
By fayth was Enoch trāslated y• he shuld not se deeth: nether was he founde: for God* 1.51 had taken him awaye. Before he was taken awaye / he was reported of / that he had plea∣sed [ B] God: but with out fayth it is vnpossible to please him. For he that commeth to God / must beleve that God is / and that he is a re∣warder of them that seke him.
By fayth Noe honored God / after that he was warned of thinges which were not sene / * 1.52 and prepared the arcke to the savinge of his houssholde / thorowe the which arcke / he con¦dempned the worlde / and became heyre of the rightewesnes which commeth by fayth.
By fayth Abrahā / whē he was called obey¦ed / to* 1.53 goo out into a place / which he shuld af∣terwarde receave to inheritaunce / and he wēt out not knowynge whether he shuld goo.
By fayth he removed into the londe yt was promysed him / as into a straunge countre / & [ C] dwelt in tabernacles: & so dyd Isaac & Iacob heyres with him of the same promes. For he loked for a citie havinge a foundaciō / who••e bylder and maker is God.
Thorow fayth Sara also receaved strēgth* 1.54 to be with chylde / & was delivered of a chyl∣de when she was past age / because she iudged him faythfull which had promysed.
And therfore spronge therof one (& of one* 1.55 which was as good as deed) so many in mul¦titude / as the starres of ye skye / & as the son•• of the see shore which is innumerable.
And they all dyed in fayth / & receaved not the promyses: but sawe them a farre of / & be∣leved [ D] them / and saluted them: and confessed that they were straungers and pilgrems on the erthe. They that saye soche thinges / de∣clare that they seke a coūtre. Also yf they had bene myndfull of that countre / from when¦ce they came oute / they had leasure to have re¦turned agayne. But now they desyre a better / that is to saye a hevenlye. Wherfore God is not a shamed of them even to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a citie.
In fayth Abraham offered vp Isaac / whē he was tempted / & he offered him beinge his* 1.56 only begotten sonne / which had receaved the promyses of whō it was sayde / in Isaac shall thy seed be called: for he cōsidered / that God* 1.57 was able to rayse vp agayne frō deeth. Wher¦fore receaved he him / for an ensample. In* 1.58 fayth Isaac blessed Iacob and Esau / concer∣ninge thinges to come.
By fayth Iacob when he was a dyinge / blessed both the sonnes of Ioseph / & bowed* 1.59 him selfe towarde the toppe of his cepter. [ F]
By fayth Ioseph when he dyed / remēbred* 1.60 the departinge of the chyldren of Israel / and gave commaundement of his bones.
By fayth Moses when he was borne / was* 1.61 hid thre monethes of his father & mother / be¦cause they sawe he was a proper chylde: ne∣ther* 1.62 feared they the kynges commaundemēt.
By fayth Moses when he was great / re∣fused* 1.63 to be called ye sonne of Pharaos dough¦ter
/ & chose rather to suffre adversitie wt the people of God / then to enioye the pleasurs of synne for a ceason / and estemed the rebuke of Christ greater ryches then the treasure of Egypt. For he had a respect vnto ye rewarde.
By fayth he forsoke Egypt / and feared not the fearcenes of the kynge. For he endured / even as he had sene him which is invisible.
Thorow fayth he ordeyned the ester lam∣be / and the effusion of bloud / lest he that de∣stroyed* 1.64 the fyrst borne / shuld touche them.
By fayth they passed thorow the reed see as by drye londe / which when the Egypcians had assayed to do / they were drouned.* 1.65
By fayth the walles of Ierico fell doune after they were cōpased about / seven dayes.* 1.66
By fayth ye harlot Raab perisshed not with [ F] the vnbelevers / whē she had receaved the spy¦es* 1.67 to lodgynge peaseably.
And what shall I more saye / ye tyme wold be to short for me to tell of Gedeō / of Barach & of Samson / & of Iephthae: also of David & Samuel / & of the Prophetes: ✚ which thoro∣we fayth subdued kyngdomes / wrought righ¦teousnes / obteyned the promyses / stopped the mouthes of lyons / quēched the violence of fy¦re / escaped the edge of the swearde / of weake were made strōge / wayed valient in fight / tur¦ned to flyght the armyes of the alient. And the wemen receaved their deed raysed to ly∣fe agayne.
Other were racked / & wolde not be delyve∣red / that they myght receave a better resurrec¦cion.
Other tasted of mockynges & scourgin∣ginges / morover of bondes & presonmēt: were stoned / were hewen a sunder / were tēpted / we∣re slayne with sweardes / walked vppe & dou∣ne in shepes skynnes / in gotes skynnes / in ne∣de / tribulaciō / & vexaciō / which y• worlde was not worthy of: they wādred in wildernes / in moūtaynes / in dennes and caves of the erth.
And these all thorow fayth obtayned good reporte ✚and receaved not the promes / God provydinge a better thinge for vs / that they with out vs shuld not be made parfecte.
VVherfore let vs also (seynge that we [ A] * 1.68 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•* 1.69 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* 1.70 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* 1.71 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 ye waye: yee / [ D] * 1.72 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* 1.73 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* 1.74 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* 1.75 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•* 1.76 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* 1.77 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.* 1.78
LEt brotherly love continue. Be not for∣getfull* 1.79 to lodge straungers. For therby have dyvers receaved angels into their houses vnwares. Remember them that are in bondes / even as though ye were bounde with them. Be myndfull of them which are in ad∣versitie / as ye which are yet in youre bodies. Let wedlocke be had in pryce in all poyntes / and let the chamber be vndefiled: for whore kepers and advoutrars god will iudge. Let youre conversacion be with out coveteousnes and be contēt with that ye have all redy. For* 1.80 he verely sayd: I will not fayle the / nether for sake the: that we maye boldly saye: the lorde is my helper / and I will not feare what man doeth vnto me. Remember them which have the oversight of you / which have declared vn¦to [ B] you the worde of god. The ende of whose conversacion se that ye looke vpon / and folo∣we their fayth.
Iesus Christ yesterdaye and to daye / & the same continueth for ever. Be not caryed abou¦te with divers and straunge learnynge. For it is a good thynge that the herte be stablisshed with grace / and not with meates / which have not proffeted them that have had their pasty¦me
in them. We have an altre wherof they maye not eate which serve in the tabernacle. [ C] For ye bodies of those beastes whose bloud is brought into the holy place by the hie prest to* 1.81 pourge sinne / are burnt with out the tentes. Therfore Iesus / to sanctifye the people with his awne bloud / suffered with out the gate. Let vs goo forth therfore out of the tentes / &* 1.82 suffer rebuke with him. For here have we no continuynge citie: but we seke one to come.
For by him offer we the sacrifice of laude all wayes to god: that is to saye / the frute of those lyppes / which confesse his name. To do good / and to distribute forget not / for with su∣che sacrifises god is pleased. Obeye thē that have the oversight of you / and submit youre selves to them / for they watch for youre sou∣les / even as they that must geve a comptes: that they maye do it with ioye / and not with grefe. For that is an vnproffitable thynge for you. Praye for vs. We have confidence becau¦se we have a good conscience in all thynges / & desyre to live honestly. I desire you therfore somwhat the moare aboundantly / that ye so do / that I maye be restored to you quyckly.
The god of peace that brought agayne frō [ D] deth oure lorde Iesus / the gret shepperde of the shepe / thorowe the bloud of the everlastyn ge testamēt / make you parfect in all good wor¦kes / to do his will / workynge in you y• which is pleasaūt in his syght thorow Iesus christ To whom be prayse for ever whill the worlde endureth Amen. ⊢
I beseche you brethren / suffre the wordes of exhortaciō: For we have written vnto you in feawe wordes: knowe the brother Timo∣the / whom we have sent frō vs / with whom (yf he come shortly) I will se you. Salute thē that have the oversight of you / & all the saync tes. They of Italy salute you. Grace be with you all.
Christ ha¦th purged oure syn∣ne.
psal. ij. b. ij. reg. vij
psa. xxvi
psal. ciij. psa. xliiij
oyle of gl¦adnes is the holy ghoost.
psal. cix. j. co. xv.
If the despisers of Moses were so greuous∣lye punys¦shed: wh∣at shall be ••ome of them that make a mocke of Christ.
Mira∣cles are called sig¦nes becau¦se they be a sygne to¦ken & an e¦uydent proffeth∣••t the thi¦ge that is preached is Godes worde.
psal. xx•• psal. xvij esa. viij. ••
ozee. xiij. j. cor. xv.
num. xij.
psal. xciij
Fyrst sub¦staunce is fayth.
nu. xiiij. c
As fay∣th is the grounde of all gra¦ce euen so is vnbele¦fe the ro∣te of all synne.
psa. xciiij
gene. ij. ••
Synne is oure worke / fr¦om which all must ce¦ase that enter in to the rest of a quyet cō¦science in Christ.
cccl. x v. d psalmo. xxxiij.
j. cor. iij. b
j. pa. xxiij
psal. ij. b.
psal. cix.
ij. pet. ij. d
gen. xxij
Two im¦mutable thinges: the promi¦se & the o∣the.
gen. xiiij.
psal. cix.
psal. cix.
Christ on¦ce sacrifi∣ced / pur∣ged all sin¦nes.
exo. xxv act. vij. f.
hie. xxx••
Covena∣unt.
••eu. xvj. c
j. pet. j. d. j. io. j. d. apoc. j. d. j. pet. iij. rom. v. b.
gala. iij. b
genesis .xxiiij.
rom. v. b. ••. pet. iij. c
leui. xvj.
psalmo. xxxix.
psalmo. j.
Christ∣es bodye is but on∣ce offered
psa. cix. •• j. cor. xv.
hie. xxxj
Here folo¦weth ou∣re dutye / if we will be parta∣kers of ye mercye be¦fore reh∣ersed.
We ou∣ght to ca∣re eche for other∣s saluaci¦on / as we shuld yf we trulye loued eche other.
dut. xvij. mat. xvij ••o. viij. c. ij. cor. xiij
du. xxxij com. xij.
aba. ij. a. rom. j. b gala. iij. b
Fayth & trust in ch¦rist only / is the lyfe & quyet∣nes of the consciēce / & not tru∣st in wor∣kes how holye so e¦uer they appere. matthew .xxiij. d.
gen. v. c. •• eccl. xliiij
gen. vj. c. eccl. xliiij
gen. xij. a
gen. xxj.
gen. xvij and. xviij
gen. xxij eccl. xliiij
gene. xxj rom. ix. b
ge. xxvij
ge. xlviij.
gene. l. d.
exo. ij. a.
exodi. j. c.
exod. ij. b.
exo. xij. d
ex. xiiij. c
iosu. vj. c
iosu. vj. d and .ij. b.
rom. vj. a coll. iij. b. ephe. iiij. e j. pet. ii. a. and .iiij. a
We be cal¦led to sof∣fre. For with oute sofferinge no mā cā be the son¦ne of god
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.
Why god chastiseth
rom. xij.
gen. xxv gen. xxvj
exo. xix. and .xx. c
ex. xix. c.
Fyrst borne son¦nes / that is the sō∣nes of god because the fyrst borne we¦re dedica∣ted vnto god.
agge. ij. b
du. iiij. d.
Oure dutye yf we will ha¦ue oure part with Christ
iosue. j. a. psalmo. cxxvij.
num. xix
mic. ij. c.