1. D. 64.tered, seeing ye are dull of hearfatt. 13. 15. ing. h. 6.1. Cor. 3. 1, 3. ir. hath o ex. rience. 14. 20. ph. 4. 14. Pet. 2.2. 12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be y the first principles of the oracles of God; and are Cor. 13.11. become such as have need of z milk, and not of strong meat. 13 For every one that useth milk t is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is aa babe. 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. r. erfect, Cor. 2. 6. pl. 4. 13. hil. 3. 15. r. of a abit, or, erfection. (s. 7. 15. Cor. 2, 14, 5. THE CHAPTER VI. 1 He exhorteth not to fall back from the faith, 11 but to be steadfast, 12 diligent, and patient to wait upon God, 13 because God is most sure in his promise. HEREFORE aleaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, dand of laying on of hands, e and of resurrection of the dead, f and of eternal judgment. C 3 And this will we do, if God permit. 4 For hit is impossible for those i who were once enlightened, and have tasted of k the heavenly gift, and I were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of m 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. 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 P 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. 10 4 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that danger of apostasy. 16 For men verily swear by the greater: and aan oath for con- Ex. 22. 11. firmation is to them an end of all strife. 17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise 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 hoped set before us: 19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the vail; 20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, & made a high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. CHAPTER VII. 1 Christ Jesus is a priest after the order of Melchisedec, 11 and so, far more excellent than the priests of Aaron's order. of Salem, priest of the most OR this a Melchisedec, king high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; bch. 11.9. interposed d ch. 12. 1. e Lev, 16. 15. ch. 9. 7. fch. 4. 14. & 8. 1. & 9. 24. ch. 3. 1. & 5. 6, 10. & 7. 17. a Gen. 14. 18, &c. 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, † without descent, having nei-+ Gr. without ther beginning of days, nor end pedigree. of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. 4 Now consider how great this 8 Gal. 2. 21. ver. 18, 19. ch. 8. 7. h Is. 11. 1. Matt. 1. 3. Luke 3. 33. Rom. 1.3. Rev. 5. 5. i Ps. 110. 4. ch. 5. 6, 10. & 6. 20. k Rom. 8. 3. Gal. 4. 9. 1 Acts 13. 39. Rom. 3. 20, 9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, paid 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. order than that of Aaron ma better hope did; by the which "we draw nigh unto God. 20 And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: 21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec :) A. D. 64. m ch. 6. 18. & 8.6. n Rom. 5. 2. Eph. 2. 18. & 3. 12. Or, withou swearing Ps. 110. 4. 15. & 12. 24. 22 By so much P was Jesus made Pch. 8. 6. & 9 a surety of a better testament. 23 And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: 24 But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an un- Or, which changeable priesthood. passeth not from one to another. I Or, evermore. 25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make interces-Rom. 8. 34. sion for them. 1 Tim. 2. 5. ch. 9. 24. 1 John 2. 1. rch. 4. 15. 26 For such a high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heav-Eph. 1. 20. ens; & 4.10. ch. 8. 1. 27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, Lev. 9.7. & and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. 16. 6, 11. ch. 5. 3. & 9. 7. " Lev. 16. 15. * Rom. 6. 10. ch. 9. 12, 28. & 10. 12. Y ch. 5. 1, 2. 28 For the law maketh y men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh ch. 2. 10. & the Son, who is t consecrated for evermore. CHAPTER VIII. Levitical priesthood of Aaron is abolished. 7 And the temporal covenant with the fathers, by the eternal covenant of the gospel. 14 For it is evident that hour Lord sprang out of Juda; of 1 By the eternal priesthood of Christ the which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. dent for that Fer the simolt ve dent: 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 disan21, 28. & 8. 3. nulling of the commandment going before fork the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. Gal. 2. 16. ch. 9. 9. Or, but it was the bringing in, Gal. 3. 24. 19 For the law made nothing I perfect, but the bringing in of Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such a high priest, a who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; 2 A minister of bthe sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. 5. 9. † Gr. perfected. Eph. 1. 20. ch. 1.3. & 10. Or, of holy things. b ch. 9. 8, 12, 24. c ch. 9. 11. 3 For devery high priest is or- deh. 5. 1. dained 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 Eph. 5. 2. ch. 9. 14. A. D. 64. Or, they are priests. Col. 2. 17. ch. 9. 23. & 10. 1. Ex. 25. 40. & 26.30. & 27.8. Num. 8. 4. Acts 7. 44. h 2 Cor. 3. 6, 8,9. ch. 7. 22. II Or, testament. i ich. 7. 11, 18. k Jer. 31. 31, 32, 33, 34. 1 ch. 10. 16. HEBREWS. that there are priests that offer 5 Who serve unto the example 6 But now hhath he obtained a more 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 faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. 8 For finding fault with them, he saith, 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 : The sacrifices of the law 2 b For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. A. D. 64. b Ex. 26. 1. Ex. 26. 35. a Ex. 25. 31. & 40. 4. e Ex. 25. 23, 30. 3 f And after the second vail, the tabernacle which is called Or, holy. the holiest of all; 4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and i Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; f Ex. 26. 31, 34. Ex. 16. 33, iNum. 17. 10. k Ex. 25. 16, 21. & 34. 29. & 40. 20. Deut. 10.2,5. 1 Kings 8. 9. 5 And lover it the cherubim of 2 Chr. 5. 10. 1 Ex. 25.18, 22. Lev. 16. 2. 1 Kings 8. 6, 7. 6 Now when these things were thus ordained, mthe priests went always into the first tabernacle, m Num. 28. 3. accomplishing the service of God. 7 But into the second went the high priest alone nonce every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people': 8 P The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: Dan. 8. 11. n Ex. 30. 10. Lev. 16, 2, 11, 12, 15, 34. ver. 25. ch.5. 3. & 7. 27. Pch. 10. 19,20. r Gal. 3. 21. ch. 7. 18, 19. & 10. 1, 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 9 Which was a figure for the that I will make with the house time then present, in which were of Israel after those days, saith offered both gifts and sacrifices, the Lord; I will put my laws that could not make him that... into their mind, and write them did the service perfect, as perin their hearts: and mI will be taining to the conscience; to them a God, and they shall be 10 Which stood only in s meatsu Eph. 2. 15. to me a people: and drinks, and divers wash11 And they shall not teachings, "and carnal lordinances, 1 John 2. 27. every man his neighbour, and imposed on them until the time every man his brother, saying, of reformation. Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. 11 But Christ being come xa high priest y of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; 12 Neither aby the blood of goats and calves, but bby his own blood he entered in conce into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and f the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh; 14 How much more shall the Thad verily the fantes of dit blood of Christ, who through ceremonies. vine service, and aa worldly sanc- the eternal Spirit offered him a Ex. 25. 8. tuary. self without spot to God, purge 18 Whereupon neither the first testament was I dedicated without blood. 19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people Ex. 24.5, 6,8. according to the law, the took the blood of calves and of goats, u with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book and all the people, Lev. 16. 14, " Lev. 14. 4,6, YEx. 29.12,36. Lev. 8. 15, 19. & 16. 14, 15, 16, 18, 19. z Lev. 17. 11. a ch. 8. 5. b ch. 6. 20. 20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. 21 Moreover y 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 z without shedding of blood is no remission. 23 It was therefore necessary that a 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 holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itd Rom. 8. 34. self, now to appear in the presence of God for us: © ch. 8. 2. ch. 7. 25. 1 John 2.1. e ver. 7. f ver. 12. 1 Pet. 3. 18. g 1 Cor. 10. 11. Gal. 4. 4. Eph. 1. 10. h Gen. 3. 19. Ecc. 3. 20. i 2 Cor. 5. 10. Rev. 20. 12, 13. 25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; 26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now fonce gin the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 h And as it is appointed unto k Rom. 6. 10. men once to die, but after this the judgment: 1 Pet. 3. 18. 1 1 Pet. 2. 24. 1 John 3. 5. 28 So Christ was once 'offered Of the law sacrifices A. D. 64. to bear the sins m of many; and unto them that look for him Matt. 26. 28 shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. CHAPTER X. The weakness of the law sacrifices. 10 The sacrifice of Christ's body once offered, 14 for ever hath taken away sins. 19 An exhortation to hold fast the faith, with patience and thanksgiving. Food things to come, OR the law having aa shadow b Rom. 5. 15. n Tit. 2. 13. 2 Pet. 3. 12. 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 Or, they have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. would have ceased to be offered, because, &c. ch. 9. 7. 1 3 e But in those sacrifices there Lev. 16. 21. is a remembrance again made of sins every year. ch. 9. 13. ver. 11. 4 For fit is not possible that Mic. 6, 6, 7. the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. 5 Wherefore, when he cometh into the world, he saith, & Sacri- Ps. 40.6, &c.. & 50, 8, &c. fice and offering thou wouldest Is. 1. 11. not, but a body hast thou preJer. 6. 20. Amos 5. 21, pared me: 22. thou hast fitted me. 6 In burnt offerings and sacri- Or. fices 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. 10 h 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 m But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; Exhortation to steadfast faith. A. D. 64. ver. 1. Jer. 31. 33, 34. ch. 8. 10, 12. HEBREWS. 14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, 16 P This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; 17 † And their sins and iniquicopies have, ties will I remember no more. 18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. Some Then he said, And their. The nature of faith. 30 For we know him that hath said, a Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, r The Lord shall judge his people. 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. 32 But t call to remembrance the former days, in which, "after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; 33 Partly, whilst ye were made ya gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst z ye became companions of them that were so used. 34 For ye had compassion of me a in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. 35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward. e 36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, 'ye might receive the promise. 37 For s yet a little while, and hhe that shall come will come, and will not tarry. A. D. 64. Deut. 32.35. Rom. 12. 19. Deut. 32. 36. Ps. 50. 4. & Luke 12. 5. Gal. 3. 4. 2 John 8. u ch. 6. 4. Phil. 1. 29. 30. Col. 2. 1. 1 Cor. 4. 9. Phil. 1. 7. & 4. 14. a Phil. 1. 7. Matt. 5.12. Acts 5. 41. Or, that c Matt. 6. 20. & 19.21. Luke 12. 33. 1 Tim. 6. 19. 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, Hab. 2. 3. 4. my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of them k who draw back unto perdition; but of them that I believe to the saving of the soul. i Rom. 1.17. Gal. 3. 11. k 2 Pet. 2. 20, 21. 1 Acts 16. 30, 31. 1 Thess. 5. 9. 2 Thess. 2. 14. 4 By faith Abel offered unto a Gen. 4. 4. God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speak-Gen. 4. 10. eth. e Matt. 23. 35. ch. 12. 24. spoken of. f Gen. 5. 22, 5 By faith Enoch was transla-Or, is yet ted that he should not see death; and was not found, because God 24. |