An exhortation to ANNO DOMINI 64. c ch. 9. 9. d ver. 14. 2 Or, they would have ceased to be cause, &c. • can never with those sacrifices a 2 boldness to enter into the holiest which they offered year by year con- 2 For then would they not have offered, be the worshippers once purged should e Lev. 16.21. 1 Mic. 6.6,7. 8 P8. 40. 6, 3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. 4 For it 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 50. 8, &c. offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: Is. 1. 11. 3 Or, thou me. h John17.19. 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 7 Then said I, Lo, I côme (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. 11 And every priest standeth Num.28.3. daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: ch. 7. 27. But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; 13 From henceforth expecting "till his enemies be made his footstool. 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 This is the covenant that I ch. 8. 10,12. 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; 4 Some said, And 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the know-h Num. 15. ledge 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. 28 'He that despised Moses' law died without mercy m under two or three witnesses: 30. ch. 6. 4. Zeph. 1.18. & 8. kEzek.36.5. 2 Thess. 1.8. ch. 12. 29. ch. 2. 2. m Deut. 17. 2,6. & 19.15. Matt. 18. 16. John 8. 17. П ch. 2. 3. & 12. 25. olCor.11.29. ch. 13. 20. 29 Of how much sorer punish- 2 Cor. 13.1. ment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, Pand hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? ૧ 30 For we know him that hath said, a Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. r 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Matt Eph. 4. 30. P 12. q Deut. 32. 35. Rom.12.19. r Deut. 32. 36. & 135. 14. t Gal. 3. 4. 2 John 8. u ch. 6. 4. x Phil. 1. 29, 30. y 1 Cor. 4. 9. Phil. 1.7. 32 But call to remembrance the Col. 2. 1. former days, in which, "after ye were illuminated, ye endured fight of afflictions; a great & 4.14. a 33 Partly, whilst ye were made gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used. 17 And their sins and iniquities sin. b 1 Thess. 2. 14. a Phil. 1. 7. 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 Gen. 4.10. gifts: and by it he being dead 3 yet speaketh. Matt. 23. 35. ch. 12. 24. 3 Or, is yet spoken of. f Gen. 5. 22, 24. g Gen. 6. 13, 22. 4 Or, being wary. h1Pet. 3.20. f e 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 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 with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and Rom. 8.22. became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. & 4. 13. Phil. 3. 9. k Gen. 12. 1, 4. Acta 7.2, 3, 4. 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. 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange 1 The fruits thereof in country, dwelling in tabernacles with him of the same promise: ANNO DOMINI 64. Gen. 12.8. & 18. 1, 9. & 13. 3, 18. m ch. 6. 17. & 13. 14. ch. 3. 4. Rev. 21. 2, 10. 11 Through faith also P Sara her-ch. 12. 22. self received strength to conceive seed, and 4 was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. t 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. 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. Gen.17.19. & 21. 2. & 18. 11, 14. q See Luke 1.36. r Rom.4.21. ch. 10. 23. Gen.22.17. Rom. 4. 18. • Rom.4.19. 2 Gr. according to faith. ver. 39. x ver. 27. John 8. 56. Gen. 23. 4. & 47.9. 1 Chr. 29.15. Ps. 39. 12. & 119. 19. 1 Pet. 1. 17. ch. 13. 14. 14 For they that say such things & 2. 11. z 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. a 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. of 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises fered up his only begotten son, 18 Of whom it was said, ThatOr, To. in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. e Gen. 21.12. Rom. 9.7. Rom. 4.17, 19, 21. 39. 20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob Gen.27.27, and Esau concerning things to come. h 21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. k Gen. 48.5, Gen. 47.31. 16, 20. Gen. 50. 24, 25. 22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the de-. 18. 19. parting of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. Or, re membered. HEBREWS, XII. Exhortation to constant faith. come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; 25 Choosing rather to suffer afFB. 84. 10. fliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a p ch. 13. 13. 2 Or, for Christ. 4 ch. 10. 35. Ex. 10. 28, 29. & 12. 37. & 13. 17, 18. . ver. 13. t Ex. 12. 21, &C. season; 26 Esteeming the reproach 2 of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. 8 28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. 29 By faith "they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days. 31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. с f b 32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell Judg. 11.1. of a Gedeon, and of Barak, and of d Samson, and of Jephthae; of • David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: 33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, & obtained promises, h stopped the mouths of lions, 1 Sam. 1. 20. & 12. 20. 8 2 Sam. 7. 11, &c. h Judg. 14. 5,6. 1 Sam. 17. 34, 35. Dan. 6. 22. i Dan. 3. 25. 1. k 34 'Quenched the violence of fire, * 1 Sam. 20. escaped the edge of the sword, 'out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, "turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 1 Kings 19. 3. 2 Kings 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 m Judg. 15. tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: 8, 15. 1 Sam. 14. 13, &c. & 17. 51, 52. 2 8am. 8.1, &c. n1 Kings 17. 22. 2 Kings 4. 35. Acts 22. 25. a Gen.39.20. Jer. 20. 2. & 37. 15. r1 Kings 21. 13. 2 Chr. 24.21. Acts 7. 58. & 14. 19. $2 Kings1.8. Matt. 3. 4. 36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: 37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; 38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, tZech.13.4. and in mountains, and "in dens and caves of the earth. a1 Kings 18. 4. & 19. 9. x ver. 2, 13. 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, & lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: a Col. 3. 8. 1 Pet. 2. 1. b1 Cor. 9.24. Phil. 3. 13, 14, 12. Rom. 12. ch. 10. 36. 3 Or, beginner. a Luke 24. Phil. 2. 8, 26. &C. 12 Wherefore a lift up the hands Job 4.3, 4. which hang down, and the feeble knees; y Gal. 5. 4. 3 Or, fall from. z Deut. 29. 18. ch. 3. 12. a Eph. 5. 8. b Gen.25.33. c Gen. 27. 34, 36, 38. d ch. 6. 6. 4 Or, way to change his mind. • Ex. 19. 12, 18, 19. & 20. 18. Deut. 4. 11. & 5. 22. Rom. 6. 14. & 8. 15. 2 Tim. 1.7. Ex. 20.19. 25. & 18. 16. Deut. 5. 5, b 16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. 4 DOMINI 64. 27 And this word, Yet once more, ANNO signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things. 102.28. which cannot be shaken may remain. Matt. 24. 35. 8 Or, let us hold fast. Ex. 24. 17. 28 Wherefore we receiving a king-shaken. dom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: Deut. 4. 24. & 9.3. 97.3. 29 For our God is a consuming. 66. 15. 2 Thess. 1.8. ch. 10. 27. 17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: a for he found no place of repent-LET brotherly love continue. ance, though he sought it carefully 2 Be not forgetful to enter-1 Thess. 4.9. with tears. tain strangers: for thereby © some have entertained angels unawares. 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, 19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: 20 (For they could not endure 8 Ex. 19. 13. that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. 4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will Phil. 4. 11, not fear what man shall do unto 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. 9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. 10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. 11 For P the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. 12. 1 Tim.6. 6,8. g Gen. 28.15. Deut.31.6,8. Josh. 1. 5. 9. 37. 25. Pa. 27.1. 12.& 118. 6. 1 Chr.28.20. & 56. 4, 11, THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF CHAPTER I. JAMES. 1 We are to rejoice under the cross, 5 to ask patience of God, 13 and in our trials not to impute our weakness, or sins, unto him, 19 but rather to hearken to the word, to meditate in it, and to do thereafter. 26 Otherwise men may seem, but never be truly religious. "JAMES, ba servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. e 2 My brethren, count it all joy "when ye fall into divers temptations; 38 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 5 h If any of you lack wisdom, 'let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 'But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8 mA double minded man is unstable in all his ways. 9 Let the brother of low degree ' rejoice in that he is exalted: 10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. 11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive P the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 5 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. ANNO DOMINI cir. 60. 15 Then when lust hath con- Job 15. 35. ceived, it bringeth forth sin and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 8 t John 3. 27. 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 17 Every good gift and every 1 Cor. 4.7. t |