of our infirmities; but was in all points 16 "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain 21. ch.7.26. mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. t 2 Cor. 5. 1 Pet. 2. 22. 1 John 3.5 u Eph. 2. 18. & 3. 12. ch. 10. 19, 21, 22. a ch. 8.3. 3. & 11.4. d ch. 2. 18. & 4. 15. CHAP. V. 1 The authority and honour of our Saviour's priest taken from The danger of apos: ples of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again DON 2 'Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of >= laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, 'and of eternal judgment. 3 And this will we do, if God permit as 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted t partakers of the Holy Ghost, FOR every high plained for men in of the heavenly gift, and I were made C ech. 8.3.4. things pertaining to God, that he may 1 Or, can reasonably bear with. e ch. 7. 28. f Lev. 43. & 9.7. & 16. 615, 16, 17. ch. 7. 27. & 9.7. g 2 Chron. 26. 18. Johu 3.27. 3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. 4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, h Exod. 28. as was Aaron. 1. Num. 16. 5.40. 1 Chron. 23. 13. 5 'So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that i John 8. 54 said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. k Ps. 2. 7. ch. 1. 5 k 6 As he saith also in another place, Ps. 110. 4. Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. ch. 7. 17, 21. 10 For God is not unrighteous to for-t get 'your work and labour of love, which +56 ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. ར ོ 11 And we desire that "every one of 15 you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: 12 That ye be not slothful, but fol-4 lowers of them who through faith and Ca patience 'inherit the promises. 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless Le thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise ben the immutability of his counsel, †confirmed it by an oath: 18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: • Ge. 19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; ch 20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest a chy). 5 for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 4 Telchisedec and Christ. Anno OMINI 64 Gen. 14. 36c. CHAP. VII. CHAP. VII. VIII. 1 Christ Jesus is a priest after the order of Melchisedec, 11 and so, far more excellent than the priests of Aaron's order. FOR OR this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; 2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; 3 Without father, without mother, de without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. 3r. with Gen.14.20. Numb. 18. , 26. Or, pedi 4 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. 5 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham: 6 But he whose || descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, 1Gen. 14.19. and blessed him that had the promises. 7 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better. Rom. 4. 13. Gal. 3. 16. 9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. 10 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him. 11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? 12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. 13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. 14 For it is evident that our Lord uke 3. 33. sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. Aaron's priesthood abolished. but the bringing in of" a better hope did; by the which we "draw nigh unto God. 20 And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: Anno DOMINI or, but it was the bringing in, 21 (For those priests were made || without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord swaren and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec :) 22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament. 23 And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: Gal. 3. 24. 8.6. Rom. 5.2. 3.12 ch. 4 m ch. 6. 18. Eph. 2. 18. & 16. & 10. 19. | Or, with outswearing of an oath. o Ps. 110. 4. p ch. 8. 6. & 9. 15. & 12. 24 1 By the eternal priesthood of Christ the Levitical priesthood of Aaron is abolished. 7 And the temporal covenant with the fathers, by the eternal covenant of the gospel. OW Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, "who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; 2 A minister || of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. 34For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. 4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that || there are priests 10r, they that offer gifts according to the law: are priests. 5 Who serve unto the example and 'shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. 6 But now hath he obtained a more h2 Cor. 3.6, excellent ministry, by how much also he is 22 the mediator of a better || covenant, which Or, testawas established upon better promises. 8. 9. ch. 7. ment. i ch. 7.11, 7 For if that first covenant had been is. 3. & 11.4. CHAP. V. 1 The authority and honour of our Saviour's priesthood. 11 Negligence in the knowledge thereof is reproved. FOR among men c NOR every high priest taken from is ordained for men in c ch. 8.3.4. things pertaining to God, that he may &9.9.& 10. offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: 2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity. d ch. 2. 18. & 4. 15. | Or, can reasonably e ch. 7. 28. bear with. f Lev. 4.3. & 9.7. & 16. d 3 And by reason hereof he ought, as 6, 15, 16, 17. for the people, so also for himself, to ch. 7. 27. & offer for sins. 9.7. g 2 Chron. 26. 18. Jobu 3.27. h Exod. 28. 1. Num. 16. 5,40. 13. 4 "And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, was Aaron. as h 5 So also Christ glorified not himself Chron. 23. to be made an high priest; but he that i John 8. 54 said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. k Ps. 2. 7. ch. 1. 5. 1 Ps. 110. 4. ch. 7. 17, 21. 39, 42, 44 k 6 As he saith also in another place, 'Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. m 7 Who in the days of his flesh, when m Matt. 26. he had offered up prayers and supplicaMark 14 36, tions with strong erying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard || 'in that he feared; 39. John 17. 1. Ps. 22. 1. Matt. 27. 46, 50. Mark 15. 34.37. o Matt. 26. 53. Mark 14 30. Or, for his piety. p Matt. 26. 37. Mark 14.33. Luke 22. 43. 8 "Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; 9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; 10 Called of God an high priest after John 12. 27. the order of Melchisedec. q ch. 3. 6. r Phil. 2. 8. s ch. 2. 10. & 11.40. ver. 6. ch. 6. 20. 3. 12. 2 Pet. x Matt. 13. 16. 15. y ch. 6. 1. # 1 Cor. 3. 1, 4,3. + Gr. hath no experience. 11 Of whom "we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. X 12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. is 13 For every one that useth milk unskilful in the word of righteousness: 1 Cor. 13. for he is "a babe. 11. & 14. 20. 1 Pet. 2. 2. 1 Cor. 2.6. Eph. 4. 13. Eph. 4. 14. 14 But strong meat belongeth to them Or, perfect, that are || of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exerPhil. 3. 15. cised to discern both good and evil. CHAP. VI. Or, of an habit, or, perfection. 7. 15. 1 He exhorteth not to fall back from the faith, 1 Cor. 2. 14 15. 11 but to be stedfast, 12 diligent, and patient to wait upon God, 13 because God is most sure in his promise, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, C and the powers of the world to come, 6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; "seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. 7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: 8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. 9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. Melchisedec and Christ. Anno DOMINI 64. a Gen. 14. 18, &c. CHAP. VII. CHAP. VII. VIII. 1 Christ Jesus is a priest after the order of a FOR this Melchisedec, king of Salem, 2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth out pedigree. b Gen. 14. 20. e Numb. 18. 21, 26. Or, pedi gree. 4 Now consider how great this man bunto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. was, 5 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham : 6 But he whose || descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, Gen. 14-19. and blessed him that had the promises. 7 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better. e Rom. 4. 13. Gal. 3. 10. 8 And here men that die receive tithes; fch. 5.6.& but there he receiveth them, 'of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. 6. 20. Gal. 2. 21. ver. 18, 19. ch. 8.7. b Isai. 11.11. j Ps. 110. 4. ch. 5. 6, 10. & 6. 20. k Rom. 8. 3. Gal. 4- 9 9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. 10 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him. 11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? 12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. 13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. 14 For it is evident that hour Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. 15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, 16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. 17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 18 For there is verily a disannulling of Acts 13.39. the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. 19 For the law made nothing perfect, Anno Aaron's priesthood abolished. 21 (For those priests were made || with- 23 And they truly were many priests, 24 But this man, because he continueth 26 For such an high priest became us, 27 Who needeth not daily, as those By the eternal priesthood of Christ the JOW of the things which we have such an high priest, "who is set on the 2 A minister || of the sanctuary, and 3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. & 5.9. 5 Who serve unto the example and fshadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to 8, 9. ch. 7. the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. 6 But now hath he obtained a more h2 Cor. 3.fi, excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better || covenant, which was established upon better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been Of the rites and ceremonies of the law. Anne DOMINI 64. 32, 33, 34. HEBREWS. 8 For finding fault with them, he saith, k Jer. 31. 31, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 1 ch. 10. 16. +Gr. give Or, upon. m Zech. 8.8. n Isai. 54-13. John 6. 45 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them || in their hearts: and "I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: 11 And they shall not teach every 1 John 2.97 man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. 17. Rom. 11. 12 For I will be merciful to their unch. 10. righteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. p 2 Cor. 5. 17. 1 Or, ceremonies. 13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. CHAP. IX. 1 The description of the rites and bloody sacrifices of the law, 11 far inferior to the dignity and perfection of the blood and sacrifice of Christ. HEN verily the first covenant had 9 Which was a figure for the time then DOMINI present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, 'that could not make him .. that did the service perfect, as pertaining & to the conscience; L 10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, "and carnal iş ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. # Eph. £5 Cel. 2 ch. 7. 11 But Christ being come an high jo priest of good things to come, by a tr greater and more perfect tabernacle, notch. 3 i made with hands, that is to say, not of ach. &.&. this building; 12 Neither by the blood of goats and *** calves, but by his own blood he entered L in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 55 13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and 'the ashes of an heifer sprink-A ling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purify- d Dan. 5. 22 ing of the flesh: e e Lev. 16. 14 14 How much more shall the blood Nanh 5 of Christ," who through the eternal Spirit 1offered himself without spot to God, * purge your conscience from1dead works 14 to serve the living God? ות 15 "And for this cause he is the me- T diator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity || be the death of the testator. 2 Lake 24 a1 Tim. 25 17 For a testament is of force after s Talso ordinances of divine service, men are dead; otherwise it is ofte 218 19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, the took the blood of calves and $65 le of goats, "with water, and || scarlet wool, u Lev. 14 & and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, 154454 20 Saying, This is the blood of the tes-Es tament which God hath injoined unto you. 21 Moreover he sprinkled likewise with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. 22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. 23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ is not entered into the ba holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of s God for us: |