Chap. X.Because in the yerely feast of Expiation vvas only a commemoration of sinnes, therfore
in place of al those old sacrifices the Psalme telleth vs of the oblation of Christes
body. 10 Vvhich he offered blouddily but once (the Leuitical Priests offering
so euery day) because that once vvas sufficient for euer, 15 in that it purchased
(as the prophet also vvitnesseth) remi&esset;ion of sinnes. 19 After al this he
prosecuteth and exhorteth them vnto perseuêrance, partly vvith the opening of
Heauen by our high-priest, 26 partly vvith the terrour of damnation if they
fall againe: 32 bidding them remember hovv much they had suffered already,
and not lose their revvard.
1noteFor the lavv hauing09Q1380 a shadovv of
good things to come, not the very image
of the things: euery yere vvith the self
same hostes vvhich they offer incessantly,
can neuer make the commers thereto
perfect:
2 othervvise09Q1381 they should haue
ceased to be offered, because the vvorshippers
once cleansed should haue no
conscience of sinne any longer.
3 but in them there is
made a c&obar;memoration of sinne euery yere.
4 for it is09Q1382 impossible
that vvith the bloud of oxen and goates sinnes should
be taken avvay.
5 Therfore comming into the vvorld he
saith:09Q1383Host and oblation thou vvouldest not:09Q1384but a body thou hast fitted to me:
[unresolved image link]for sinne did not please thee.
7Then said I, Behold I come:
in the head of the booke it is vvritten of me: That I may doe thy vvil ô God. note
8 Saying before, Because hostes and oblations, & holocaustes, & for sinne thou
vvouldest not,09Q1385neither did they please thee, vvhich are offered according
to the lavv,
9then said I, Behold I come that I may doe thy vvil ô
God: he taketh avvay the first, that he may establish that that
folovveth.
10 In the vvhich vvil, vve are sanctified by the
oblation of the body of Iesvs Christ once.
11 And euery
priest in deede is ready daily ministring, and09Q1386 often offering
the same hostes, vvhich can neuer take avvay sinnes:
12 but
this man offering one host for sinnes, for euer note sitteth on
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the right hand of God,
13 hence forth expecting, vntil his
enemies be put the footestoole of his feete.
14 For by one
oblation hath he consummated for euer them that are sanctified.
15 And the holy Ghost also doth testifie to vs. For after
that he said:
16And this is the Testament vvhich I vvil make to them after
those daies, saith our Lord, giuing my lavves note in their hartes, & in their mindes
vvil I superscribe them:
17and their sinnes and iniquities I vvil novv rem&ebar;ber
no more. note
18 But vvhere there is remission of these,09Q1387 novv there
is not an oblation for sinnes.
19 Hauing therfore brethren confidence in the entring of
the holies in the bloud of Christ:
20 vvhich notenote he hath dedicated
to vs a nevv and liuing vvay by the vele, that is, his
flesh,
21 and a high priest ouer the house of God,
22 let vs
approche vvith a true hart in fulnesse of faith, hauing our
hartes sprinkled from euil conscience, and our body vvashed
vvith cleane vvater,
23 let vs hold the confession of our
hope vndeclining (for he is faithful that hath promised)
24 and let vs consider one an other vnto the prouocation of
charitie and of good vvorkes:
25 not forsaking our assemblie
as some are accustomed, but comforting, and so much
the more as you see the day approching.
26noteFor09Q1388 if vve
sinne vvillingly after the knovvledge of the truth receiued,
novv there is not left an host for sinnes,
27 but a certaine
terrible expectation of iudgement and rage of fire, vvhich
shal consume the aduersaries.
28 A man making the lavv of
Moyses frustrate: vvithout any mercie note dieth vnder tvvo
or three vvitnesses.
29notehovv much more thinke you, doth
he deserue vvorse punishements vvhich hath troden the
sonne of God vnder foote, and estemed09Q1389 the bloud of the testament
polluted, vvherein he is sanctified, and hath done
contumelie to the spirit of grace?
30 For vve knovv him that
said, Reuenge to me, I vvil repay. And againe, That our Lord vvil iudge
his people. note
3109Q1390It is horrible to fal into the handes of the liuing
God.
32noteBut call to minde the old daies: vvherein being illuminated,
you sustained a great fight of passions.
33 and on the
one part certes by reproches and tribulations made a spectacle:
and on the other part made companions of them that
conuersed in such sort.
34 For,09Q1391 you both had compassion
on them that vvere in bondes: and the spoile of your ovvne
goodes you tooke09Q1392 vvith ioy, knovving that you haue a better
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and a permanent subst&abar;ce.
35 Do not therfore leese your
note confidence, vvhich hath a great remuneration.
36 For patience
is necessarie for you: that doing the vvil of God, you
may receiue the promise.
37 For note yet a litle and a very litle
vvhile, he that is to come, vvil come, and vvil not slacke.
38 and my iust09Q1393 liueth of faith. &cross4; but if he vvithdravv him
self, he shal not please my soule.
39 But vve are not the children
of vvithdravving vnto perdition: but of faith to the
vvinning of the soule.
