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1544 The Epistle of St. Paul to the Hebrews

11 And we desire that every one of you shew king of peace:
forth the same carefulness to the accomplishing 3 Without father, without mother, without
of hope unto the end: genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor
12 That you become not slothful, but followers end of life, but likened unto the Son of God, con-
of them, who through faith and patience shall tinueth a priest for ever.
inherit the promises. 4 Now consider how great this man is, to
13 For God making promise to Abraham, be- whom also Abraham the patriarch gave tithes
cause he had no one greater by whom he might out of the principal things.
swear, swore by himself, 5 And indeed they that are of the sons of Levi,
14 Saying: Unless blessing I shall bless thee, who receive the priesthood, have a command-
and multiplying I shall multiply thee. ment to take tithes of the people according to
15 And so patiently enduring he obtained the the law, that is to say, of their brethren: though
promise. they themselves also came out of the loins of
16 For men swear by one greater than them- Abraham.
selves: and an oath for confirmation is the end 6 But he, whose pedigree is not numbered
of all their controversy. among them, received tithes of Abraham, and
17 Wherein God, meaning more abundantly blessed him that had the promises.
to shew to the heirs of the promise the im- 7 And without all contradiction, that which is
mutability of his counsel, interposed an oath: less, is blessed by the better.
18 That by two immutable things, in which 8 And here indeed, men that die, receive
it is impossible for God to lie, we may have the thithes: but there he hath witness, that he
strongest comfort, who have fled for refuge to liveth.
hold fast the hope set before us. 9 And (as it may be said) even Levi who re-
19 Which we have as an anchor of the soul, ceived tithes, paid tithes in Abraham:
10 For he was yet in the loins of his father,
sure and firm, and which entereth in even within
the veil; when Melchisedech met him.
11 If then perfection was by the Levitical
20 Where the forerunner Jesus is entered for
priesthood, (for under it the people received
us, made a high priest for ever according to the
the law,) what further need was there that an-
order of Melchisedech.
other priest should rise according to the order of
Melchisedech, and not be called according to the
Chapter 7 order of Aaron?
12 For the priesthood being translated, it is
For this Melchisedech was king of Salem, priest necessary that a translation also be made of the
of the most high God, who met Abraham return- law.
ing from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed 13 For he, of whom these things are spoken,
him: is of another tribe, of which no one attended on
2 To whom also Abraham divided the tithes the altar.
of all: who first indeed by interpretation, is king 14 For it is evident that our Lord sprung out
of justice: and then also king of Salem, that is, of Juda: in which tribe Moses spoke nothing con-