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¹ For euery hye prest that is taken fro amoge men, is ordeyned for men in thinges pertayninge to God, to offer giftes and sacrifices for synne:² which can haue copassion on the ignoraunt, and on them that are out of the waye, for so moch as he himselfe also is compased aboute with infirmyte.³ Therfore is he bounde to offer for synnes, as well for him selfe as for ye people.⁴ And noma taketh ye honoure vnto himselfe, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.⁵ Euen so Christ glorified not himselfe to be made hye prest, but he yt sayde vnto him: Thou art my sonne, this daye haue I begotten the.⁶ As he sayeth also in another place: Thou art a prest for euer after ye order of Melchisedech.⁷ And in ye dayes of his fleshe, he offred vp prayers & supplicacions, wt stroge cryenge & teares vnto him yt was able to saue him fro death: & was herde also, because he had God in honoure.⁸ And though he was Gods sonne, yet lerned he obedience, by those thinges which he suffred.⁹ And he beynge made perfecte, became the cause of euerlastinge saluacio, vnto all the yt obeye him,

¹⁰ and is called of God an hye prest after the order of Melchisedech.¹¹ Wherof we haue many thinges to saye, which are harde to be vttered, because ye are dull of hearynge.¹² For where as concernynge the tyme ye ought to be teachers, yet haue ye nede agayne, yt we teach you the first preceptes of the worde of God: and are become soch as haue nede of mylke, and not stronge meate.¹³ For euery one that is fed yet with mylte, is vnexperte in the worde of righteousnes, for he is but a babe.¹⁴ But stronge meate belongeth vnto them yt are perfecte, which thorow custome haue their wyttes exercysed to iudge both good and euell.