- 1. Therefore leauyng the doctrine of the begynnyng of Christe, let vs go foorth vnto perfection, not laying agayne the foundatio of repentaunce from dead workes, and of fayth towarde God,
- 2. Of the doctrine of baptismes, and of laying on of handes, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternall iudgement.
- 3. And this wyll I do, yf God permit.
- 4. For it can not be that they which were once lighted, and haue tasted of the heauenly gyft, and were become partakers of the holy ghost,
- 5. And haue tasted of the good worde of God, and the powers of the worlde to come:
- 6. And they fall away, shoulde be renued agayne into repentaunce, hauyng crucified to the selues the sonne of God a fresshe, and made a mocke of hym.
- 7. For the earth which drynketh in the rayne that commeth oft vppon it, and bringeth foorth hearbes meete for them by whom also it is dressed, receaueth blessyng of God:
- 8. But that grounde whiche beareth thornes and bryers, is reproued, and is nye vnto cursyng, whose ende is to be burned.
- 9. Neuerthelesse, deare frendes, we haue perswaded our selues better thynges of you, and thynges whiche accompanie saluation, though we thus speake.
- 10. For God is not vnryghteous, to forget your worke & labour of loue, whiche ye haue shewed towarde his name, hauyng ministred to the saintes, and [do] minister.
- 11. Yea and we desire that euery one of you do shewe the same diligence, to the full assuraunce of hope, vnto the ende,
- 12. That ye faynt not, but be folowers of them which through fayth and pacience inherite the promises.
- 13. For when God made promise to Abraham, because he had no greater to sweare by, he sware by hym selfe,
- 14. Saying: Surely, blessyng I wyll blesse thee, and multipliyng, multiplie thee.
- 15. And so after that he had taryed paciently, he enioyed the promise.
- 16. For men veryly sweare by the greater, and an oth for confirmation, is to them an ende of all stryfe.
- 17. Wherein God wyllyng very aboundauntly to shewe vnto the heires of promise, the stablenesse of his counsayle, confirmed by an oth:
- 18. That by two immutable thynges, in whiche it was vnpossible for God to lye, we myght haue a strong consolation, which haue fledde to holde fast the hope layde before vs:
- 19. Which [hope] we holde as an ancker of the soule both sure and stedfast, and entryng in, into that thing which is within the vayle:
- 20. Whyther the forerunner is for vs entred [euen] Iesus, after the order of Melchisedech made a priest for euer.
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