d ver. 14. Or, they would have FOR a c NOR the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. 2 For then I would they not have ceased censed to be to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. offered, beouse, ye. e Lev. 16. 21. ch. 9. 7. 3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. 4 For fit is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. 5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body || hast thou prepared me: 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. 8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; 9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. h 10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, 'which can never take away sins: 12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God; m 13 From henceforth expecting "till his 1 Cor. 15. 25. enemies be made his footstool. ch. 1. 13. over. I. Exhortation to hold fast the faith. 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, Anno DOMINI 64. 34. ch. 8. 10, 16 This is the covenant that I will Jer. 31. 33, 18 Now where remission of these is, t pies bave, Then he said, And their. q Rom. 5. 2. Eph. 2. 18. 3.12. 1 Or, liberty. r ch. 9. 8, 12. John 10. 9.8 & 14. 6. ch. Or, new made. 20 By 'a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 And having "an high priest over ch. 9.3. the house of God; u ch. 4. 14. x 1 Tim. 3. is. 24 And let us consider one another to & 10. 13. provoke unto love and to good works: 25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so f Rom. 13. much the more, as ye see the day ap-g Phil. 4. 5. proaching. 26 For if we sin wilfully 'after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, "after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of 3 Phil,29 afflictions; 33 Partly, whilst ye were made 'a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst 'ye became com14 For by one offering he hath per-panions of them that were so used, fected for ever them that are sanctified. 34 For ye had compassion of me Col. 2. y 1 Cor. 49. z Phil. 1.7. & 4.14.1 Thes. 2. 14. in a Tim. 1. 16, my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves b Matt. 5- that ye have in heaven a better and an 41. Jam. 1.a. enduring substance. 12. Acts 5. Or, that ye 35 Cast not away therefore your conselves, or for fidence, which hath great recompence have in your yourselves. < Matt. 6. 20. & 19. 21. Luke 12. 33 of reward. 36 For ye have need of patience, that, 1 Tim. 6. 19. after ye have done the will of God, 'ye might receive the promise. d Matt. 5 12. & 10. 32. e Luke 21. 9. ch. 12. 1. 37 For yet a little while, and he that 19. Gal. 6. shall come will come, and will not tarry. 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall f Col. 3.24. ch. 9. 15. 1 Pet. 1. 9. Luke 18.8. have no pleasure in him. 2 Pet. 3. 9. b. Hab. 2. 3. 4 i Rom. 1.17. Gal. 3. 11. k 2 Pet. 2. 20, 21. 31. 1 Thes. 5. 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that I believe to the saving of the soul. CHAP. XI. 1 Acts 16. 30, 1 What faith is. 6 Without faith we cannot please God. 7 The worthy fruits thereof in the fathers of old time. 9. 2 hcs. 2. 14. 12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the as stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. 17. Bany 13 These all died in faith," not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. 15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. cording to faith. ver. 3 sver. T John 8.55. yen 2+ 1 Carin B I PL & 2 12. I ch. 13. 14 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: Ex. 34 Now faith is the substance of things for he hath prepared for them a city. hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. 5 Through faith we understand that e Gen. 1.1. the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Johu 1.3. ch. 1. 2. 2 Pet. 3. 5. d Gen. 4. 4. 1 John 3. 12. e Gen. 4. 10. d 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and Matt. 23. 35 by it he being dead yet speaketh. 5 By faith Enoch was translated that Or is the should not see death; and was not f Gen. 5.22, found, because God had translated him: Ecclus for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. ch. 12. 24 spoken of. 24. Wisd. 4. 44. 16. & 49. g Gen. 6. 13, 22. Ecclus 4. 17. wary. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. 7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved Or, being with fear, "prepared an ark to the saving h1 Pet. 3. 20. of his house; by the which he condemned Rom. 3:22. the world, and became heir of 'the righteousness which is by faith. 24 By faith "Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction *** with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; 26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. จ 27 By faith 'he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as 'seeing him who is invisible. 28 Through faith the kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. 29 By faith "they passed through the as illustrated by many examples. DOMINI 64. DOMINI CHAP. XII. An exhortation to constant faith, &c. Anno Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyp- tion which speaketh unto you as unto Anno tians assaying to do were drowned. children, My son, despise not thou the 64. chastening of the Lord, nor faint when i Job 5. 17. thou art rebuked of him: x Josh. 6. 20. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell Josh.6.23 down, after they were compassed about seven days. James 2. 25. were disobedient. b Judg. 4. 6. 31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished 2 Josh. 1.1. not with them || that believed not, when aJudg. 6. 11. 2 she had received the spies with peace. cJudg.13.24. 32 And what shall I more say? for the Judg... time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and 'Samuel, and of the prophets : & 12.7. 1 Sam. 16. 1, 13. & 17. 45 f1 Sam. 1. 20. & 12. 20. g 2 Sam. 7. 11, &c. h Judg. 14.5, 34, 35- Dan. 6. 22. 6. 1 Sam. 17. k 1 Sam. 20. d a 33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, "stopped the mouths of lions, k 34 Quenched the violence of fire, i Dan. 3. 25. escaped the edge of the sword, 'out of 1. 1 Kings weakness were made strong, waxed va19.3. Kings liant in fight," turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 6. 16. 12 Kings 20. 7, &c. Job 42. 10. Ps. 6. 8. : 35" Women received their dead raised to life again and others were tortured, 8, 15. 1 Sam. not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: m Judg. 15. 14. 13, &c. & 36 And others had trial of cruel mockn1 Kings 17. ings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: 22. 2 Kings 4-35. 2 Mac. 6. 19, 28. & 7. 22. 25. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn 7, &c. Acts asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, Jer. 20. 2. & afflicted, tormented; p 2 Mac. 7. 1, 7. Gen.39.20. 37.15. r 1 Kings 21. 38 (Of whom the world was not wor13.2 Chron. thy:) they wandered in deserts, and in 7. 58. & 14. mountains, and "in dens and caves of the earth. 24-21. Acts 19. s 2 Kings 1. & Matt.3.4. Zech. 13. 4. 39 And these all, having obtained a u1 Kings 18. good report through faith, received not the promise: 4. & 19. 9. x ver. 2, 13. Or, fore seen. y ch. 7. 22. & 8. 6. z ch. 5. 9. & 12. 23. Rev. 6. 11. a Col. 3. 8. 1 Pet. 2. 1. 40 God having || provided 'some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. CHAP. XII. 1 An exhortation to constant faith, patience, new testament above the old. WHEREFORE seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily b 1 Cor. 9 beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 24 Phil. 3. 83, 14. Rom.12.12. eh. 10. 36. ner. 2 Looking unto Jesus the || author and Or, begin finisher of our faith; who for the joy that d Luke 24. was set before him endured the cross, de8, &c. 1Pet. spising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 26 Phil. 2. 1. 11. e Ps. 110. 1. f Matt. 10. hi Cor. 10. 13- ch. 10. 22, 33, 34 3 'For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, "lest ye be wearied and faint in your 11 Now no chastening for the present 15 Looking diligently 'lest any 2. & 27. 16. 1 Numb. 16. Job 12. 10. a. 42.5.& 12.1. good, or, 57. 16. Zech. Or,as seem ed meet to them. & Lev. 11.44. 0 &19.2. 1Pet. p Jam. 3.18. 20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, " And if so much Exod. 19. as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: 21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) 22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innu5 And ye have forgotten the exhorta-merable company of angels, minds. 4h Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. Exod. 19. i Gal. 4, 26, 21.2, 10. Phil. 3. 30. Ps. 68. 17. Rev. 3. 12. & 1 Deut. 33-2. Jude 13. 37 For "yet a little while, and he that 19. Gal. 6. shall come will come, and will not tarry. 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall f Col. 3.24. ch. 9. 15. 1 Pet. 1. 9. g Luke 18.8. have no pleasure in him. 2 Pet. 3. 9. h Hab. 2. 3, 4. i Rom. 1.17. Gal. 3. 11. k 2 Pet. 2. 20, 21. 31. 1 Thes. 5. 9.2 hes. 2. 39 But we are not of them who draw 1 Acts 16.30, 1 What faith is. 6 Without faith we cannot 14. 1 Or, ground, or, confidence. a Rom. 8. 24. 25. 2 Cor. 4. 18. & 5.7. b ver. 39. Ps. 33.6. John 1.3. ch. 1. 2. 2 Pet. 3. 5. | Stedfast faith in God. was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him 'faithful who had promised. Anna DOMINI 6 4 See Lake che t • Hom. 4 $ 1 Gen 2 18. 12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. 17 13 These all died in faith," not having + Gr received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on G25 the earth. 2 our ding in faith. are. A John S.St. 1 Chron 4 14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. 15 And truly, if they had been mind- 4 ful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: Exod 36 Now faith is the ll substance of things for he hath prepared for them a city. hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. 3 Through faith we understand that e Gen. 1.1. the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and Matt. 23. 35. by it he being dead || yet speaketh. 5 By faith Enoch was translated that spoken of. he should not see death; and was not f Gen. 5.22, found, because God had translated him: e Gen. 4. 10. ch. 12. 24. Or, is yet 24. Wisd. 4. 10. Ecclus 44. 16. & 49. 14. g Gen. 6. 13, 22. Ecclus 4. 17. Or, being wary. h Pet.3. 20. Rom. 3.22. & 4. 13. Phil. 3.9. 4. Acts 7. 2, 3,4 21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and s worshipped, leaning upon the top of Ga his staff. 22 By faith Joseph, when he died, 25. Exod.j for before his translation he had this tes-made mention of the departing of the is timony, that he pleased God. children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. k Gen. 12. 1, 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. z cb. 5. 9. & 12. 23. Rev. 6. 11. a Col. 3. 8. 1Pet. 2. 1. b1 Cor. 24 Phil. 3. 13, 14. e Rom.12.12. eh. 10. 36. ner. 26. Phil. 2. 3, &c. Pet. 1. 11. 40 God having || provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. CHAP. XII. 1 An exhortation to constant faith, patience, new testament above the old. WHEREFORE seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and Or, begin e Ps. 110, 1. &8. 1. 1 Pet. 3.22. 24, 25. John 15.20. g Gal 6.9. hi Cor. 10. Anno DOMINI An exhortation to constant faith, &e. tion which speaketh unto you as unto children, 'My son, despise not thou the 64. chastening of the Lord, nor faint when i Job 5. 17. thou art rebuked of him: Prov. 3. 11 & 119. 75 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chas- k Ps. 94. 12. teneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 71If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? m Prov. 3-12. James 1. 12. Deut. & 5. 2 Sam. 7. 14. & 19. 18. & 23. 13. m_Ps. 73. b 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye 1 Pet. 5.9. bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto "the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they verily for a few days tened us || after their own pleasure; he for our profit, that we might be takers of his holiness. u Numb. 16. 22. & 27. 16. Job 12. 10. Eccles. 12.7. Isai. 42.5.& 12.1. chas- 57. 16. Zech. 11 Now no chastening for the present 15 *Looking diligently lest any or one 16 Lest there be any fornicator, c 18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, good, or, Or, as seem meet to them. &19.2. 1Pet. p Lev. 11.44. Prov. 4. 26, | Or, even. 8 Gal. 6. 1. t Ps. 34. 14. Rom. 12. 18. & 14.9. 2 Tim. 2. 22. u Matt. 5. 8. 2 Cor. 7. 1. Eph. 5. 5 x2 Cor. 6.1. Or, fall y Gal. 5. 4 from. 18 ch. 3. 12. Eph. 5. 3. Col. 3.5- Gen. 25.33. Gen. 27.34, 36, 38. ch.6.6. Or, way to change k mind. 19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard 'intreated that the word should f Exod. 20. not be spoken to them any more: g 19. Deut. 5. 5, 25. & 15. 16. 13. 20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, " And if so much & Exod. 19. as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: 21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) 22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innu5 And ye have forgotten the exhorta-merable company of angels, |