A   Wherfore let vs leaue the doctryne pertaynynge to the begynnynge of a Christen life, and let vs go vnto perfeccion: and now nomore laye þe; foundacion of rep&ebar;taunce from deed workes, and of faith towarde God, of baptyme, of doctryne, of layenge on of h&abar;des, of resurreccion of the deed, ∧ of eternall iudgment. And so wil we do ^note yf God permytte. ^noteFor it is not possible, that they which were once lighted, and haue taisted of the heau&ebar;ly gyfte, and are become partakers of the holy goost, ∧ ^note haue taisted of þe; good worde of God, and of the power of the worlde to come, yf they fall awaye (and concernynge them selues crucifye the sonne of God afre&esset;he, and make a mocke off him) that they shulde be renued agayne vnto repentaunce.

B   For the earth, that drynketh in the rayne, which commeth oft vpon it, and bringeth forth herbes mete for them that dresse it,

receaueth blessynge of God: But þt; grounde which beareth thornes and thistles, is nothinge worth, and nye vnto cursynge: whose ende is to be brent. Neuertheles (ye dearly beloued) we trust to se better of you, and þt; saluaci&obar; is nyer, though we thus speake. ^noteFor God is not vnrighteous, that he shulde forget youre worke and laboure of loue, which ye shewed in his name, whan ye mynistred vnto the sayntes, and yet mynister. Yee and we desyre, that euery one of you shewe the same diligence, to the stablyshinge of hope euen vnto the ende, that ye faynte not, but folowe them which thorow faith and paci&ebar;ce inheret the promyses. For whan God made promes to Abraham, because he had none greater to sweare by, ^note he sware by himselfe, and sayde: Surely I wil blesse the and multiplye þe; in dede. And so he abode paci&ebar;tly, and optayned the promes.

C   As for men, they sweare by him that is greater then them selues: ^note and the ooth is the ende of all stryfe to confirme the thinge am&obar;ge them. But God, wyllinge very abundauntly to shewe vnto the heyres of promes the stablenes of his councell, added an ooth þt; by two immutable thinges (in the which it is vnpossible þt; God shulde lye) we mighte haue a stronge consolacion: euen we, which are fled to holde fast the hope that is set before vs, which (hope) we haue as a sure and stedfast anker of oure soule. Which (hope) also entreth in, in to those thinges that are within þe; vayle, whither the forer&ubar;ner is for vs entred in, eu&ebar; Iesus, which is made an hye prest for euer after þe; order of Melchisedech.

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