1   At ^note sundry times and in diuers maners God spake in the olde time to our fathers by the Prophetes: in these ^note last dayes hee hath spoken vnto vs by his ^note Sonne,

2    ^noteWhom he hath made ^note heire of al things, by whome also he made the ^note worldes,

3    ^noteWho being the ^note brightnes of the glory, and the ingraued forme of his ^note person, and ^note bearing vp all things by his mightie worde, ^note hath by himselfe purged our sinnes, and ^note sitteth at the right hand of the Maiestie in the highest places,

4    ^noteAnd is made so much more excellent then the Angels, in as much as hee hath obteined a more excellent ^note Name then they.

5    ^noteFor vnto which of the Angels saide he at any time, ^note Thou art my Sonne, ^note this day begate I thee? ^note and againe, I ^note will be his Father, and he shalbe my Sonne?

6    ^noteAnd ^note againe, when he bringeth in his first begotten Sonne into the worlde, hee saith, ^note And let all the Angels of God worship him.

7    ^noteAnd of the Angels he saith, ^note He maketh the spirites his ^note messengers, and his ministers a flame ^note of fire.

8   But vnto the Sonne he saith, ^note O God, thy ^note throne is for euer ^note and euer: the scepter of thy kingdome is a ^note scepter of righteousnes.

9   Thou hast loued righteousnes & ^note hated iniquitie. Wherefore God, eu&ebar; thy God, hath ^note anointed thee &wt; the oyle of gladnes aboue thy ^note felowes.

10    ^noteAnd, ^note Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast ^note established the earth, and the heauens are the workes of thine handes.

11   They shall perish, but thou doest remaine: and they all shall waxe olde as doeth a garment.

12   And as a vesture shalt thou folde them vp, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy yeeres shall not faile.

13    ^noteVnto which also of the Angels saide he at any time, ^note Sit at my right hand, til I make thine enemies thy footestoole?

14   Are they not al ^note ministring spirits, sent forth to minister, for their sakes which shalbe heires of saluation? CHAP. II. 1 Thereof he inferreth, that good heede must be giuen to Christs doctrine: 9 And he setteth him out vnto vs euen as our brother in our flesh, that we may with a good will yeelde vp our selues wholy vnto him.

1   Wherefore ^note wee ought diligently to giue heede to the thinges which ^note wee haue heard, lest at any time we ^note runne out.

2   For if the ^note worde spoken by Angels was stedfast, and euery transgression, and disobedience receiued a iust recompence of reward,

3   How shall we escape, if we neglect so great saluation, ^note which at the first began to be preached

Christes excellencie. by the Lorde, and afterward was confirmed vnto vs by ^note them that heard him,

4    ^noteGod bearing witnes thereto, both with ^note signes and wonders, & with diuers miracles, and gifts of the holy Ghost, according to his owne wil?

5    ^noteFor he hath not put in subiection vnto the Angels the ^note world to come, whereof we speake.

6    ^noteBut ^note one in a certaine place witnessed, saying, ^note What is man, that thou shouldest bee mindefull of him? or the ^note sonne of man, that thou wouldest consider him?

7   Thou ^note madest him a litle inferiour to þe; Angels: thou crownedst him with ^note glory & honour, and hast set him aboue the workes of thine hands.

8    ^noteThou hast put all things in subiection vnder his feete. And in that he hath put all things in subiection vnder him, he left nothing that should not be subiect vnto him. ^noteBut we yet see not all things subdued vnto him,

9    ^noteBut we ^note see Iesus crowned with glory and honour, ^note which was made litle ^note inferiour to the Angels, ^note through the ^note suffering of death, that by Gods grace he might ^note taste death for ^note all men.

10    ^noteFor it became ^note him, for whome are all these thinges, and by whome are all these things, ^note seeing that hee brought many children vnto glory, ^note that he should consecrate the ^note Prince of their saluation through afflictions.

11    ^noteFor he that ^note sanctifieth, and they which are sanctified, are all of ^note one: wherefore he is not ashamed to call them brethren, Christ like vnto vs.

12    ^noteSaying, ^note I will declare thy Name vnto my brethren: in the middes of the Church will I sing praises to thee.

13    ^noteAnd againe, ^note I will put my ^note trust in him. And againe, ^{note note} Beholde, here am I, and the children which God hath giuen me.

14   Forasmuch then as the children are ^note partakers of flesh and blood, he also himselfe likewise tooke part with them, that hee might destroye ^note through death, him that had the ^note power of death, that is the ^note deuil,

15   And that he might deliuer all them, which for feare of ^note death were all their life time subiect to bondage.

16    ^noteFor he in no sort tooke on him the ^note Angels nature, but hee tooke on him the ^note seede of Abraham.

17    ^noteWherefore in ^note all things it behoued him to be made like vnto his brethren, that hee might be ^note mercifull, and a ^note faithfull hie Priest in things concerning God, that he might make reconciliation for the sinnes of the people.

18   For in that he suffered, and was ^note tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. CHAP. III. 1 Nowe hee sheweth howe farre inferiour Moses is to Christ, 5. 6 euen so much as the seruant to the Master: and so hee bringeth in certaine exhortations and threatnings taken out of Dauid, 8 against such as either stubburnely resist, 12 or els are very slowe to obey.

1   Therefore, ^note holy brethren, partakers of the heauenly vocation, consider the ^note Apostle and high Priest of our ^note profession Christ Iesus:

2    ^noteWho was faithfull to him that hath ^note appointed him, ^note euen as ^note Moses was in al his house.

3    ^noteFor this man is counted worthy of more glory then Moses, inasmuch as he which hath builded the house, hath more honour then the house.

4   For euery house is builded of some man, and he that hath built all things, is God.

5    ^noteNow Moses verely was faithfull in all his house, as a seruant, for a witnesse of the thinges

Of the disobedient. which should be spoken after.

6   But Christ is as the Sonne, ouer his owne house, ^note whose ^note house we are, if we holde fast that ^note confidence and that reioycing of that hope vnto the ende.

7   Wherefore, as the holy Ghost sayth, ^note To day if ye ^note shall heare his voyce,

8   Harden not your hearts, as in the ^note prouocation, according to the day of the tentation in the wildernes,

9   Where your fathers tempted me, prooued me, and sawe my workes fourtie yeeres long.

10   Wherefore I was grieued with that generation, and sayde, They ^note erre euer in their heart, neither haue they knowen my wayes.

11   Therefore I sware in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest.

12    ^noteTake heede, brethren, least at any time there be in any of you an euill heart, and vnfaithfull, to depart away from the liuing God.

13   But exhort one another dayly, ^note while it is called to day, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulnes of sinne.

14    ^noteFor we are made partakers of Christ, if we keepe sure vnto the ende that ^note beginning, wherewith we are vpholden,

15    ^noteSo long as it is sayd, To day if ye heare his voyce, harden not your hearts, as in the prouocation.

16   For some when they heard, prouoked him to anger: howbeit, not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

17   But with whome was he displeased fourtie yeeres? Was hee not displeased with them that sinned, ^note whose carkeises fell in the wildernes?

18   And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but vnto them þt; obeyed not?

19   So we see that they could not enter in, because of vnbeliefe. CHAP. IIII. 1 He ioyneth exhortation with threatning, lest they, euen as their fathers were, be depriued of the rest offered vnto them, 11 but that they endeuour to enter into it: 14 And so hee beginneth to intreate of Christes Priesthoode.

1   Let vs feare therefore, least at any time by forsaking the promes of entring into his rest, any of you should seeme to be depriued.

2    ^noteFor vnto vs was the Gospel preached as also vnto them: but the worde that they heard, profited not them, because it was not ^note mixed with faith in those that heard it.

3    ^noteFor we which haue beleeued, doe enter Of Gods worde. into rest, as he said to the other, ^note As I haue sworne in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest: although the workes were finished from the foundation of the world.

4   For he spake in a certaine place of the seuenth day on this wise, ^note And God did rest the seuenth day from all his workes.

5   And in this place againe, If they shall enter into my rest.

6   Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter thereinto, & they to whom it was first preached, entred not therein for vnbeliefes sake:

7   Againe he appointed in Dauid a certaine day, by To day, after so long a time, saying, as it is sayd, ^note This day, if ye heare his voyce, harden not your hearts.

8   For if ^note Iesus had giuen them rest, then would he not after this haue spok&ebar; of an other day.

9   There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

10    ^noteFor he that is entred into his rest, hath also ceased from his owne works, as God did from his.

11    ^noteLet vs studie therefore to enter into that rest, lest ^note any man fall after the same ensample of disobedience.

12    ^noteFor the ^note worde of God is ^note liuely, and mightie in operation, & sharper then any two edged sword, and entreth through, euen vnto the diuiding asunder of the ^note soule and the ^note spirit, and of the ioints, and the marow, and is a discerner of the thoughtes, and the intents of the heart.

13   Neither is there any creature, which is not manifest in ^note his sight: but all things are naked and open vnto his eyes, with whome we haue to doe.

14    ^noteSeeing then that wee haue a great hie Priest, which is entred into heauen, euen Iesus the Sonne of God, let vs ^note holde fast our profession.

15    ^noteFor we haue not an hie Priest, which can not be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but was in all things tempted in like sort, yet without sinne.

16   Let vs therefore goe boldly vnto þe; throne of grace, that we may receiue mercy, and finde grace to helpe in time of neede. CHAP. V. 1 First he sheweth the duetie of the hie Priest: 5 Secondly, that Christ is appointed of God to be our hie Priest, 7 and that he hath fulfilled all things belonging thereunto.

1   For ^note euery hie Priest is taken from among men, and is ordeined for men, in things pertaining to God, ^note that he may offer both ^note giftes and ^note sacrifices for sinnes,

2   Which is ^note able sufficiently to haue compassion ^note on them that are ignorant, and that are

Melchi-sedecs Priesthoode. out of the way, because that hee also is ^note compassed with infirmitie,

3   And for the sames sake he is bound to offer for sinnes, as wel for his own part, as for þe; peoples.

4    ^{note note}And no man taketh this honor vnto him selfe, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

5   So likewise Christ tooke not to him selfe this honour, to be made the hie Priest, but hee that sayd vnto him, ^note Thou art my Sonne, this day begate I thee, gaue it him.

6   As he also in another place speaketh, ^note Thou art a Priest for euer, after þe; ^note order of Melchi-sedec.

7    ^noteWho in the ^note dayes of his flesh did offer vp prayers and supplications, with strong crying and teares vnto him, that was able to ^note saue him from death, and was also heard in that which he feared.

8   And though he were þe; Sonne, yet ^note learned he obedience, by the things which he suffered.

9    ^noteAnd being ^note consecrate, was made the authour of eternall saluation vnto all them that obey him:

10   And is called of God an hie Priest after the order of Melchisedec.

11    ^noteOf whome we haue many things to say, which are hard to be vttered, because ye are dull of hearing.

12    ^noteFor when as concerning þe; time ye ought to be teachers, yet haue ye neede againe that we teach you what are the first principles of the worde of God: and are become such as haue neede of milke, and not of strong meate.

13   For euery one that vseth milke, is inexpert in the ^note worde of righteousnes: for he is a babe.

14   But strong meate belongeth to them that are of age, which through long custome haue their ^note wits exercised, to discerne both good and euill. CHAP. VI. 1 Hee briefly toucheth the childish slouthfulnes of the Hebrewes, 4 and terrifieth them with seuere threatnings: 7 He stirreth them vp to endeuour in time to go forward: 9 He hopeth well of them: 13 He alleageth Abrahams example: 17 and compareth faith that taketh holde on the worde, 19 vnto an Ancre.

1   Therefore, leauing the doctrine of the ^note beginning of Christ, let vs be led forward vnto perfection, ^note not laying againe þe; foundation of rep&ebar;tance fr&obar; dead workes, & of faith toward God,

2   Of the doctrine of baptismes, and laying on of hands, & of the resurrection from the dead, and of eternall iudgement.

3   And this will we doe if God permit.

4    ^{note note}For it is ^note impossible that they which were once lightened, & haue ^note tasted of the heauenly Sinne against the holie Ghost. gift, and were made partakers of the holy Ghost,

5   And haue tasted of the good word of God, and of the powers of the world to come,

6   If they fal away, should be renued againe by repentance: seeing they ^note crucifie againe to themselues the Sonne of God, & make a mocke of him.

7    ^noteFor the earth which drinketh in the raine that commeth oft vpon it, and bringeth foorth herbes meete for them by whome it is dressed, receiueth blessing of God.

8   But that which beareth thornes and briars, is reproued, and is neere vnto cursing, whose end is to be burned.

9    ^noteBut beloued, we haue perswaded our selues better things of you, and such as accompany saluation, though we thus speake.

10    ^noteFor God is not vnrighteous, that hee should forget your worke, and labour of loue, which ye shewed toward his Name, in that ye haue ministred vnto the Saints, and yet minister.

11   And we desire that euery one of you shew the same diligence, to the full assurance of hope vnto the ende,

12    ^noteThat ye be not slouthfull, but followers of them, which through faith and patience, inherite the promises.

13    ^noteFor when God made the promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by himselfe,

14   Saying, ^note Surely I wil ^note aboundantly blesse thee and multiplie thee marueilously.

15   And so after that he had taried patiently, he enioyed the promes.

16   For men verely sweare by him that is greater then themselues, and an othe for confirmation is among them an ende of all strife.

17   So God, willing more ^note aboundantly to shew vnto the heires of promes the stablenes of his counsell, bound himselfe by an othe,

18   That by two immutable things, wherein it is vnpossible that God should lye, we might haue strong consolation, which haue our refuge to lay holde vpon that hope that is set before vs,

19    ^noteWhich hope we haue, as an ancre of the soule, both sure and stedfast, and it entreth into that which is within the vaile,

20    ^noteWhither the forerunner is for vs entred in, euen Iesus that is made an hie Priest for euer after the order of Melchi-sedec. CHAP. VII. 1 He hath hitherto stirred th&ebar; vp, to marke dilig&ebar;tly what things are to be c&obar;sidered in Melchi-sedec, 15 wherein he is like vnto Christ. 20 Wherfore the Law should giue place to the Gospel.

1   For this ^note Melchi-sedec ^note was King of Salem, the Priest of the most high God, who met Abraham, as he returned from the slaughter of the Kings, and ^note blessed him:

2   To whom also Abraham gaue the tithe of all things: who first is by interpretation King of righteousnes: after that, he is also King of Salem, that is, King of peace,

Melchi-sedec. Christes euerlasting Priesthode.

3    ^noteWithout father, without mother, without kinred, and hath neither beginning of his dayes, neither ende of life: but is likened vnto the Sonne of God, and continueth a Priest for euer.

4    ^noteNowe consider how great this man was, vnto whome euen the Patriarke Abraham gaue the tithe of the spoyles.

5   For verely they which are the childr&ebar; of Leui, which receiue the office of the Priesthode, haue a ^note commaundement to take, according to the Law, tithes of the people (that is, of their bethren) though they ^note came out of þe; loynes of Abraham.

6   But he whose kindred is not co&ubar;ted among them, receiued tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

7   And ^note without all contradiction the lesse is blessed of the greater.

8   And here men that die, receiue tithes: but there he receiueth them, of whome it is witnessed, that he liueth.

9    ^noteAnd to say as the thing is, Leui also which receiueth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.

10   For hee was yet in the loynes of his father Abraham, when Melchi-sedec met him.

11    ^noteIf therefore ^note perfection had bene by the Priesthoode of the Leuites (for vnder it the Lawe was established to the people) what needed it furthermore, that another Priest should rise after the order of Melchi-sedec, and not to be called after the order of Aaron?

12    ^noteFor if the Priesthood be changed, then of necessitie must there be a change of the ^note Lawe.

13   For hee of whome these things are spoken, perteineth vnto another tribe, whereof no man ^note serued at the altar.

14   For it is euident, that our Lord sprung out of Iuda, concerning the which tribe Moses spake nothing, touching the Priesthood.

15    ^noteAnd it is yet a more euident thing, because that after the similitude of Melchi-sedec, there is risen vp another Priest,

16    ^noteWhich is not made Priest after the ^note Law of the carnal commandement, but after the power of the endlesse life.

17   For hee testifieth thus, ^note Thou art a Priest for euer, after the order of Melchi-sedec. Christes euerlasting Priesthode.

18    ^noteFor the ^note commaundement that went afore, is disanulled, because of the weakenes thereof, and vnprofitablenes.

19   For the Law made nothing perfite, but the bringing in of a better hope made perfite, whereby we drawe neere vnto God.

20    ^noteAnd for as much as it is not without an othe (for these are made Priestes without an othe:

21   But this is made with an othe by him that said vnto him, ^note The Lord hath sworne, and will not repent, Thou art a Priest for euer, after the order of Melchi-sedec)

22   By so much is Iesus made a suretie of a better Testament.

23    ^noteAnd among them many were made Priests, because they were not suffered to endure, by the reason of death.

24   But this man, because hee endureth euer, hath a Priesthood, which ^note cannot passe from one to another.

25   Wherefore, hee is ^note able also perfectly to saue them that come vnto God by him, seeing he euer liueth, to make intercession for them.

26    ^noteFor such an hie Priest it became vs to haue, which is holy, harmelesse, vndefiled, separate from sinners, and made hier then the heauens:

27   Which needeth not daily as those hie Priests to offer vp sacrifice, ^note first for his owne sinnes, and then for the peoples: ^note for ^note that did he ^note once, when he offered vp himselfe.

28   For the Lawe maketh men hie Priestes, which haue infirmitie: but the ^note word of the othe ^note that ^note was since the Lawe, maketh the Sonne, who is consecrated for euermore. CHAP. VIII. 1 To proue more certainely that the ceremonies of the Law are abrogated, 5 hee sheweth that they were appointed to serue the heauenly paterne. 8 He bringeth in the place of Ieremie, 15 to proue the amendement of the olde couenant.

1   Nowe ^note of the things which we haue spoken, this is the summe, that wee haue such an hie Priest, that sitteth at the right hand of the throne of the Maiestie in heauens,

2    ^noteAnd is a minister of the ^note Sanctuarie, ^note and of that ^note true Tabernacle which the Lorde pight, and not man.

3    ^noteFor euery high Priest is ordeined to offer both giftes and sacrifices: wherefore it was of necessitie, that this man shoulde haue somewhat also to offer.

A newe Testament.

4    ^noteFor he were not a Priest, if he were on the earth, seeing there are Priestes that according to the Lawe offer giftes,

5   Who serue vnto the paterne and shadowe of heauenly things, as Moses was warned by God, wh&ebar; he was about to finish the Tabernacle. ^noteSee, saide hee, that thou make all thinges according to the paterne, shewed to thee in the mount.

6    ^noteBut nowe our hie Priest hath obteined a more excellent office, in as much as he is the Mediatour of a better Testament, which is established vpon better promises.

7    ^noteFor if that first Testament had bene vnblameable, no place should haue bene sought for the second.

8   For in rebuking them he saith, ^note Beholde, the dayes will come, saith the Lorde, when I shall make with the ^note house of Israel, & with the house of Iuda a newe Testament:

9   Not like the Testament that I made with their fathers, in the day that I tooke them by the hand, to leade them out of the land of Egypt: for they continued not in my Testament, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

10   For this is the Testament that I will make with the house of Israel, After those dayes, saith the Lord, I will put my Lawes in their minde, and in their heart I will write them, and I wil be their God, and they shalbe my people,

11   And they shall not teache euery man his neighbour and euery man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall knowe me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.

12   For I will bee mercifull to their vnrighteousnes, and I wil remember their sinnes and their iniquities no more.

13    ^noteIn that he saith a new Testament, he hath abrogate the olde: nowe that which is disanulled and waxed olde, is ready to vanish away. CHAP. IX. 2 Comparing the forme of the Tabernacle, 10 and the ceremonies of the Lawe, 11 vnto the trueth set out in Christ, 15 he c&obar;cludeth that now there is no more neede of an other Priest, 24 because Christ himselfe hath fulfilled those dueties vnder the newe couenant.

1   Then ^note the first Testament had also ordinances of religion, and a ^note worldly Sanctuarie.

2   For the first Tabernacle was made, wherein was the candlesticke, and the table, and the shewebread, which Tabernacle is called the Holy places.

3   And after ^note the seconde vaile was the Tabernacle, which is called the ^note Holiest of all,

4   Which had the golden censer, and the Arke of the Testament ouerlayde rounde about with golde, wherein the golden pot, which had Manna, was, and ^note Aarons rod that had budded, and the ^note tables of the Testament.

5    ^noteAnd ouer the Arke were the glorious Cherubims, shadowing the ^note mercie seat: of which things we will not nowe speake particularly. The force of Christes death.

6    ^noteNowe when these things were thus ordeined, the Priestes went alwayes into the first Tabernacle, and accomplished the seruice.

7   But into the second went the ^note hie Priest alone, once euery yere, not without blood which hee offered for himselfe, and for the ^note ignorances of the people.

8    ^noteWhereby the holy Ghost this signified, that the way into þe; Holiest of all was not yet opened, while as yet the first tabernacle was standing,

9    ^noteWhich was a figure ^note for that present time, wherein were offred gifts and sacrifices that could not make holy, concerning the conscience, him that did the seruice,

10    ^noteWhich only stood in meates and drinkes, and diuers washings, and carnal rites, ^note which were inioyned, vntill the time of reformation.

11    ^noteBut Christ being come an high Priest of good things to come, ^note by a ^note greater and a more perfect Tabernacle, not made with handes, that is, not of this building,

12    ^noteNeither by the blood of ^note goates and calues: but by his owne blood entred he in once vnto the holy place, and obteined eternall redemption for vs.

13    ^{note note}For if the blood of bulles and of goates, and the ashes of an heifer, sprinkling them that are vncleane, sanctifieth as touching the ^note purifying of the flesh,

14   How much more shal the ^note blood of Christ which through the eternall Spirit offered himselfe without fault to God, ^note purge your conscience from ^note dead workes, to serue the liuing God?

15    ^noteAnd for this cause is he the Mediatour of

Christ once offered. the newe Testament, that through ^note death which was for the redemption of the transgressions that were in the former Testament, they which were called, might receiue the promise of eternall inheritance.

16    ^noteFor where a Testament is, there must be the death of him that made the Testament.

17    ^noteFor the Testament is confirmed when men are dead: for it is yet of no force as long as he that made it, is aliue.

18    ^noteWherefore neither was the first ordeined without blood.

19   For when Moses had spoken euery precept to the people, ^note according to the Law, he tooke the blood of calues and of goates, with water and purple wooll and hyssope, and ^note sprinckled both the booke, and all the people,

20    ^noteSaying, This is the blood of the Testament, which God hath appointed vnto you.

21   Moreouer, he sprinkled likewise the Tabernacle with blood also, and all the ministring vessels.

22   And almost all things are by the Law purged with blood, and without sheading of blood is no remission.

23   It was then necessary, that the ^note similitudes of heauenly things should be purified with such things: but the heauenly things them selues are purified with better sacrifices then are these.

24    ^noteFor Christ is not entred into þe; holy places that are made with hands, which are similitudes of þe; true Sanctuarie: but is entred into very heauen, to appeare now in þe; sight of God for vs,

25    ^noteNot that he should offer himselfe often, as the hie Priest entred into the Holy place euery yeere with other blood,

26    ^note(For then must he haue often suffred since the foundation of the world) but now in the ^note end of the world hath he bene made manifest, once to put away ^note sinne by the sacrifice of him selfe.

27   And as it is appointed vnto men that they shall ^note once die, and after that commeth the iudgement:

28   So ^note Christ was once offered to take away the sinnes of ^note many, ^note and vnto them that looke Sacrifices of the Lawe. for him, shall he appeare the second time without sinne vnto saluation. CHAP. X. 1 He proueth that the sacrifices of the Lawe were vnperfit, 2 because they were yeerely renued: 5 But that the sacrifice of Christ is one, and perpetuall, 6 he proueth by Dauids testimonie: 19 Then he addeth an exhortation, 29 and seuerely threatneth them that reiect the grace of Christ. 36 In the end he prayseth patience, 38 that commeth of faith.

1   For ^note the Lawe hauing the shadowe of good things to ^note come, and not the very image of the things, can neuer with those sacrifices, which they offer yeere by yeere continually, sanctifie the commers thereunto.

2   For would they not then haue ceased to haue bene offered, because that the offerers once purged, should haue had no more conscience of sinnes?

3   But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance againe of sinnes euery yeere.

4   For it is vnpossible that the blood of bulles and goates should take away sinnes.

5    ^noteWherefore when he ^note commeth into the world, he saith, ^note Sacrifice and offring thou wouldest not: but a ^note body hast thou ordeined me.

6   In burnt offerings, and sinne offrings thou hast had no pleasure.

7   Then I sayd, Lo, I come (In the beginning of the booke it is written of me) that I should doe thy will, O God.

8   Aboue, when he sayd, Sacrifice and offring, and burnt offrings, and sinne offrings thou wouldest not haue, neither hadst pleasure therein (which are offered by the Lawe)

9   Then sayd he, Lo, I come to doe thy wil, O God, he taketh away the ^note first, that he may stablish the second.

10   By the which wil we are sanctified, euen by the offring of the body of Iesus Christ once made.

11    ^noteAnd euery Priest ^note standeth dayly ministring, and oft times offreth one maner of offring, which can neuer take away sinnes:

12   But this man after he had offered one sacrifice for sinnes, ^note sitteth for euer at the right hand of God,

13    ^noteAnd from hencefoorth tarieth, ^note till his enemies be made his footestoole.

14   For with one offering hath he consecrated for euer them that are sanctified.

15    ^noteFor the holy Ghost also beareth vs record: for after that he had sayd before,

16    ^noteThis is the Testament that I will make

The newe and liuing way. vnto them after those dayes, sayth the Lord, I wil put my Lawes in their heart, and in their mindes I will write them.

17   And their sinnes and iniquities will I remember ^note no more.

18   Nowe where remission of these things is, there is no more offering for ^note sinne.

19    ^noteSeeing therefore, brethren, that by the blood of Iesus we may be bolde to enter into the Holy place,

20   By the newe and liuing way, which hee hath prepared for vs, through the vaile, that is, his ^note flesh:

21   And seeing we haue an hie Priest, which is ouer the house of God,

22    ^noteLet vs drawe neere with a ^note true heart in assurance of faith, our ^note hearts being pure from an euill conscience,

23   And washed in our bodies with ^note pure water, let vs keepe the profession of our hope, without wauering, (for he is faithfull that promised)

24   And let vs consider one another, to prouoke vnto loue, and to good workes,

25   Not forsaking the felowship that we haue among our selues, as the maner of some is: but let vs exhort one another, ^note and that so much the more, because ye see that the day draweth neere.

26    ^noteFor if we sinne ^note willingly after that we haue receiued & acknowledged that trueth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sinnes,

27   But a fearefull looking for of iudgement, and violent fire, which shall deuoure the ^note aduersaries.

28    ^noteHe that despiseth Moses Law, dieth without mercy ^note vnder two, or three witnesses:

29   Of howe much sorer punishment suppose ye shall hee be worthy, which treadeth vnder foote the Sonne of God, and counteth the blood of the Testament as an vnholy thing, wherewith he was sanctified, and doeth despite the Spirit of grace?

30    ^noteFor we know him that hath sayd, ^note Vengeance belongeth vnto mee: I will recompense, saith the Lord. And againe, The Lord shall ^note iudge his people.

31   It is a fearefull thing to fall into the hands of the liuing God.

32    ^noteNowe call to remembrance the dayes that are passed, in the which, after ye had receiued light, ye endured a great fight in afflictions,

33   Partly while yee were made a ^note gazing stocke both by reproches & afflictions, and partly while ye became ^note companions of them which were so tossed to and fro.

34   For both ye sorowed with mee for my The force of fayth. bonds, and suffered with ioy the spoyling of your goods, knowing in your selues howe that ye haue in heauen a better, and an enduring ^note substance.

35   Cast not away therefore your confidence which hath great recompense of reward.

36   For ye haue neede of patience, that after ye haue done the will of God, ye might receiue the promes.

37   For yet a very ^note litle while, and hee that shall come, will come, and will not tary.

38    ^{note note}Nowe the iust shall liue by faith: but if any withdrawe himselfe, my soule shall haue no pleasure in him.

39   But we are not they which withdrawe our selues vnto perdition, but follow faith vnto the conseruation of the soule. CHAP. XI. 1 He declareth in the whole chapter, that the Fathers, which from the beginning of the world were approoued of God, attained saluation no other way then by faith, that the Iewes may knowe, that by the same onely, they are knit vnto the Fathers in an holy vnion.

1   Nowe ^note faith is the ground of things, which are hoped for, and the euidence of things which are not seene.

2    ^noteFor by it our ^note elders were wel reported of.

3    ^{note note}Through faith we vnderstand that the world was ordeined by the worde of God, so that the things which we ^note see, are not made of things which did appeare.

4    ^noteBy faith Abel ^note offered vnto God a greater sacrifice then Cain, by ^note the which he obtained witnes that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: by the which faith also he being dead, yet speaketh.

5    ^noteBy faith was ^note Enoch translated, that he should not ^note see death: neither was he found: for God had translated him: for before he was translated, he was reported of, þt; he had pleased God.

6   But without faith it is vnpossible to please him: for he that commeth to God, must beleeue that God is, and that he is a ^note rewarder of them that seeke him.

7    ^noteBy faith ^note Noe being warned of God of the things which were as yet not seene, mooued with reuerence, prepared the Arke to the sauing of his housholde, through the which Arke hee condemned the world, and was made heire of the righteousnes, which is by faith.

8    ^noteBy faith ^note Abraham, when he was called, obeyed God, to goe out into a place, which hee should afterward receiue for inheritance, and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

9   By faith he abode in the land of promes, as in a strange countrey, as one that dwelt in tents with Isaac and Iacob heires with him of the same promes.

10   For he looked for a citie hauing a ^note foundation, whose builder and maker is God.

11   Through faith ^note Sara also receiued strength to conceiue seede, and was deliuered of a childe when she was past age, because she iudged him faithfull which had promised.

12   And therefore sprang there of one, euen of one which was ^note dead, so many as the starres of the skie in multitude, and as the land of the sea shore which is innumerable.

13   All these died in ^note faith, and receiued not

Howe faith worketh. the ^note promises, but sawe them a farre off, and beleeued them, and ^note receiued them thankefully, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

14   For they þt; say such things, declare plainely, that they seeke a countrey.

15   And if they had bene mindfull of that countrey, from whence they came out, they had leasure to haue returned.

16   But nowe they desire a better, that is an heauenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a citie.

17   By faith ^note Abraham offered vp Isaac, when he was ^note tryed, and he that had receiued the ^note promises, offered his onely begotten sonne.

18   (To whom it was said, ^note In Isaac shall thy seede be called.)

19   For he considered that God was able to raise him vp euen from the dead: from ^note whence he receiued him also after ^note a sort.

20    ^noteBy faith ^note Isaac blessed Iacob and Esau, concerning things to come.

21    ^noteBy faith ^note Iacob when he was a dying, blessed both the sonnes of Ioseph, and ^note leaning on the ende of his staffe, worshipped God.

22    ^noteBy faith ^note Ioseph when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel, and gaue commandement of his bones.

23    ^{note note}By faith Moses when he was borne, was hid three moneths of his parents, because they sawe he was a proper childe, neither ^note feared they the kings ^note commandement.

24   By faith ^note Moses when he was come to age, refused to be called the sonne of Pharaohs daughter,

25   And chose rather to suffer aduersitie with the people of God, then to enioy the ^note pleasures of sinnes for a season,

26   Esteeming the rebuke of Christ greater riches then the treasures of Egypt: for he had respect vnto the recompence of the reward.

27   By faith he forsooke Egypt, and feared not the fiercenes of the king: for he endured, as he that sawe him which is inuisible.

28   Through faith he ordeined the ^note Passeouer and the effusion of blood, least he that destroyed the first borne, should touche them.

29    ^noteBy faith they ^note passed through the red sea as by drie land, which when the Egyptians had assayed to doe, they were swallowed vp.

30    ^noteBy faith the ^note walles of Iericho fell downe after they were c&obar;passed about seu&ebar; dayes.

31    ^noteBy faith the ^note harlot ^note Rahab perished not with them which obeyed not, when ^note she had receiued the spies ^note peaceably.

32    ^noteAnd what shall I more say? for the time would be too short for me to tell of ^note Gedeon, of ^note Barac, and of ^note Sampson, and of ^note Iephte, also of Dauid, and Samuel, and of the Prophets:

33   Which through faith subdued kingdomes, wrought righteousnesse, obteined the ^note promises, stopped the mouthes of lions,

34   Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sworde, of weake were made strong, waxed valiant in battell, turned to flight the armies of the aliants.

35   The ^note women receiued their dead raised to Christ is our example. life: other also were ^note racked, and woulde not be deliuered, that they might receiue a better resurrection.

36   And others haue bene tryed by mockings and scourgings, yea, moreouer by bondes and prisonment.

37   They were stoned, they were hewen asunder, they were tempted, they were slaine with the sworde, they wandred vp and downe in ^note sheepes skinnes, and in goates skinnes, being destitute, afflicted, and tormented:

38   Whom the world was not worthie of: they wandered in wildernesses and mountaines, and dennes, and caues of the earth.

39    ^noteAnd these all through faith obteined good report, and receiued ^note not the promes,

40   God prouiding a better thing for vs, that they ^note without vs should not be made perfite. CHAP. XII. 1 He doeth not onely by the examples of the Fathers before recited, exhort them to patience and constancie, 3 but also by the example of Christ. 11 That the chastenings of God can not be rightly iudged by the outwarde sense of our flesh.

1   Wherefore, ^{note note} let vs also, seeing that we are compassed with so great a cloude of witnesses, cast away euery thing þt; presseth downe, and the sinne that ^note hangeth so fast on: let vs runne with patience the race that is set before vs,

2    ^{note note}Looking vnto Iesus the authour and finisher of our faith, who for the ^note ioy that was set before him, endured the crosse, and despised the shame, and is set at the right hand of the throne of God.

3    ^noteConsider therefore him that endured such speaking against of sinners, lest ye should be wearied and faint in your mindes.

4    ^noteYe haue not yet resisted vnto blood, striuing against sinne.

5    ^noteAnd ye haue forgotten the consolation, which speaketh vnto you as vnto children, ^note My sonne, despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither faint when thou art rebuked of him.

6   For whom the Lord loueth, he chasteneth: and he scourgeth euery sonne that he receiueth:

7   If ye endure chastening, God offereth him selfe vnto you as vnto sonnes: for what sonne is it whom the father chasteneth not?

8   If therefore ye be without correction, whereof al are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sonnes.

9    ^noteMoreouer we haue had the fathers of our bodies which corrected vs, and we gaue them reuerence: should we not much rather be in subiection vnto the father of spirites, that we might liue?

10    ^noteFor they verely for a few dayes chastened

Iesus the Mediatour. vs after their owne pleasure: but he chasteneth vs for our profite, that we might be partakers of his holinesse.

11   Now no chastising for the present seemeth to be ioyous, but, grieuous: but afterwarde, it bringeth the quiet fruite of righteousnesse, vnto them which are thereby exercised.

12    ^noteWherfore lift vp your hands which ^note hang downe, and your weake knees,

13   And make ^note straight steppes vnto your feete, lest that which is halting, be turned out of the way, but let it rather be healed.

14    ^{note note}Followe peace with all men, and holinesse, without the which no man shall see þe; Lord.

15    ^noteTake heede, that no man fall away from the grace of God: let no ^note roote of bitternes spring vp and trouble you, lest thereby many be defiled.

16    ^noteLet there be no fornicator, or prophane person as ^note Esau, which for one portion of meate solde his birthright.

17    ^noteFor ye knowe howe that afterwarde also when he woulde haue inherited the blessing, he was reiected: for he founde no ^note place to repentance, though he sought that blessing with teares.

18    ^noteFor ye are not come vnto the ^note mount that might be ^note touched, nor vnto burning fire, nor to blacknes and darkenes, and tempest,

19   Neither vnto the sounde of a trumpet, and the voyce of wordes, which they that heard it, excused themselues, ^note that the word should not be spoken to them any more,

20   (For they were not able to abide þt; which was commaunded, ^note yea, though a beast touche the mountaine, it shalbe stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

21   And so terrible was the ^note sight which appeared, that Moses said, I feare and quake.)

22   But ye are come vnto the mount Sion, and to the citie of the liuing God, the celestiall Hierusalem, and to þe; company of innumerable Angels,

23   And to the assemblie and congregation of the first borne, which are written in heauen, and to God the iudge of all, and to the spirits of iust and ^note perfite men,

24   And to Iesus the Mediatour of the new Testament, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better things then that of Abel.

25    ^noteSee that ye despise not him þt; speaketh: for if they escaped not which refused him, that spake on earth: much more shall we not escape, if we turne away from him, that speaketh fr&obar; heauen.

26    ^noteWhose voyce then shooke the earth and nowe hath declared, saying, ^{note note} Yet once more will I shake, not the earth onely, but also heauen.

27   And this worde, Yet once more, signifieth the remouing of those things which are shaken, as of things which are made with hands, that the things which are not shaken, may remaine.

28    ^noteWherefore seeing we receiue a kingdome, Sundry exhortations. which cannot be shaken, let vs haue grace whereby we may so serue God, that we may please him with ^note reuerence and ^note feare.

29   For ^note euen our God is a consuming fire. CHAP. XIII. 1 He giueth good lessons not onely for maners; 7 but also for doctrine.

1   Let ^{note note} brotherly loue continue.

2    ^noteBe not forgetfull to intertaine strangers: for thereby some haue ^note receiued Angels into their houses vnwares.

3   Remember them that are in bondes, as though ye were bounde with them: and them that are in affliction, as ^note if ye were also afflicted in the body.

4    ^noteMariage is honorable among all, and the bed vndefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will iudge.

5    ^noteLet your conuersation be without couetousnesse, and be content with those things that ye haue, for ^note he hath said,

6    ^noteI will not faile thee, neither forsake thee:

7   So that we may boldly say, ^note The Lord is mine helper, neither will I feare what ^note man can doe vnto me.

8    ^noteRemember them which haue the ouersight of you, which haue declared vnto you the word of God: whose faith followe, considering what hath bene the ende of their conuersation. ^noteIesus Christ yesterday, and to day, the same also is for euer.

9   Be not caried about with diuers & strange doctrines: ^note for it is a good thing that the heart be stablished with grace, and not with ^note meates, which haue not profited them that haue bene ^note occupied therein.

10    ^noteWe haue an ^note altar, whereof they haue no authoritie to eate, which ^note serue in the tabernacle.

11    ^noteFor the bodies of those beastes whose blood is brought into the Holy place by the high Priest for sinne, are burnt without the campe.

12   Therefore euen Iesus, that he might sanctifie the people with his owne blood, suffered without the gate.

13    ^noteLet vs goe foorth to him therefore out of the campe, bearing his reproch.

14    ^noteFor here haue we no continuing citie: but we seeke one to come.

15    ^noteLet vs therefore by him offer the sacrifice of prayse alwaies to God, that is, the ^note fruite of the lippes, which confesse his Name.

The great shepheard.

16   To doe good, and to distribute forget not: for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

17    ^noteObey them that haue the ouersight of you, and submit your selues: for they watche for your soules, as they that must giue accountes, that they may doe it with ioy, and not with griefe: for that is vnprofitable for you.

18    ^notePray for vs: for we are assured that we haue a good conscience in all things, desiring to liue honestly.

19   And I desire you somewhat the more earnestly, that yee so doe, that I may be restored to you more quickly.

20   The God of peace that brought againe from the dead our Lord Iesus, the great shepheard of the sheepe, through the blood of the euerlasting To endure tentation. Couenant,

21   Make you ^note perfect in all good workes, to doe his will, ^note working in you that which is pleasant in his sight through Iesus Christ, to whom be praise for euer and euer, Amen.

22   I beseeche you also, brethren, suffer the wordes of exhortation: for I haue written vnto you in fewe wordes.

23   Knowe that our brother Timotheus is deliuered, with whome (if hee come shortly) I will see you.

24   Salute all them that haue the ouersight of you, and all the Saintes. They of Italie salute you.

25   Grace be with you all, Amen. Written to the Hebrewes from Italie, and sent by Timotheus. ^note

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