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He is so much superiour to the angels, as the authority he possesses is more excellent than theirs.

Since then the children were made subject to a state of mortality, so he himself likewise was subject to the same condition: that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

but as the architect is of much greater dignity than the house he has made; so the glory which Christ received was greater than that of Moses.

so I swear in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest."

for some when they had heard his voice, did provoke him: however, not all that were brought out of Egypt by Moses did so.

and who were they, who, he sware, should not enter into his rest, but those that did not believe? so we see that they could not enter in,

so that there is not a creature that is concealed from his view: but all is naked and open to the eyes of him of whom we speak. Having then so great a high priest,

this was Jesus, who while he was in a mortal body, having offered up prayers and supplications, with strong cries, and with tears, to him that was able to save him from that death, was heard so as to be delivered from his fear;

and even Levi who received tithes, pay'd tithes, if I may so say, in the person of Abraham.

so that Jesus was made guarantee of an alliance so much the more excellent, as it was not without the solemnity of an oath.

so that he has an uninterrupted power to save those, that come to God by him, because he ever lives to make intercession for them.

Our high priest then has obtained a priesthood so much the more excellent, as he is the mediator of a better alliance, established upon better promises.

so Christ being once offered up to take away the sins of many; he shall appear the second time, without making any further expiation to save those who expect him.

as some do; but encourage one another: even so much the more, as you see the day approaching.

don't therefore quit that resolution you have, which will be attended with so great a reward.

and it was for their faith that our fore-fathers acquired so great a reputation.

'Tis by faith we learn that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the visible world was not made out of any thing that did appear.

so that even a single person whose vigour was gone, gave rise to a posterity as numerous as the stars of the sky, or the sands on the sea-shore, which cannot be numbred.

they desired therefore a better, that is, an heavenly country: so that God is very justly stiled their God: for he had appointed a city for them.

Wherefore, since we are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every incumbrance, and the sin which does so easily embarrass us, and let us pursue with constancy the course that is proposed to us: