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THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE HEBREWS

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[1] propterea abundantius oportet observare nos ea quae audivimus ne forte pereffluamus	Therefore ought we more diligently to observe the things which we have heard lest perhaps we should let them slip.
[2] si enim qui per angelos dictus est sermo factus est firmus et omnis praevaricatio et inoboedientia accepit iustam mercedis retributionem	For if the word spoken by angels became steadfast and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward:
[3] quomodo nos effugiemus si tantam neglexerimus salutem quae cum initium accepisset enarrari per Dominum ab eis qui audierunt in nos confirmata est	How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation? Which, having begun to be declared by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard him.
[4] contestante Deo signis et portentis et variis virtutibus et Spiritus Sancti distributionibus secundum suam voluntatem	God also bearing them witness by signs and wonders and divers miracles and distributions of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will.
[5] non enim angelis subiecit orbem terrae futurum de quo loquimur	For God hath not subjected unto angels the world to come, whereof we speak.
[6] testatus est autem in quodam loco quis dicens quid est homo quod memor es eius aut filius hominis quoniam visitas eum	But one in a certain place hath testified, saying: What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
[7] minuisti eum paulo minus ab angelis gloria et honore coronasti eum et constituisti eum super opera manuum tuarum	Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels: thou hast crowned him with glory and honour and hast set him over the works of thy hands.
[8] omnia subiecisti sub pedibus eius in eo enim quod ei omnia subiecit nihil dimisit non subiectum ei nunc autem necdum videmus omnia subiecta ei	Thou hast subjected all things under his feet. For in that he hath subjected all things to him he left nothing not subject to him. But now we see not as yet all things subject to him.
[9] eum autem qui modico quam angeli minoratus est videmus Iesum propter passionem mortis gloria et honore coronatum ut gratia Dei pro omnibus gustaret mortem	But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour: that, through the grace of God he might taste death for all.
[10] decebat enim eum propter quem omnia et per quem omnia qui multos filios in gloriam adduxerat auctorem salutis eorum per passiones consummare	For it became him for whom are all things and by whom are all things, who had brought many children into glory, to perfect the author of their salvation, by his passion.
[11] qui enim sanctificat et qui sanctificantur ex uno omnes propter quam causam non confunditur fratres eos vocare dicens	For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one. For which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying:
[12] nuntiabo nomen tuum fratribus meis in medio ecclesiae laudabo te	I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I praise thee.
[13] et iterum ego ero fidens in eum et iterum ecce ego et pueri mei quos mihi dedit Deus	And again: I will put my trust in him. And again: Behold I and my children, whom God hath given me.
[14] quia ergo pueri communicaverunt sanguini et carni et ipse similiter participavit hisdem ut per mortem destrueret eum qui habebat mortis imperium id est diabolum	Therefore because the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner hath been partaker of the same: that, through death, he might destroy him who had the empire of death, that is to say, the devil:
[15] et liberaret eos qui timore mortis per totam vitam obnoxii erant servituti	And might deliver them, who through the fear of death were all their lifetime subject to servitude.
[16] nusquam enim angelos adprehendit sed semen Abrahae adprehendit	For nowhere doth he take hold of the angels: but of the seed of Abraham he taketh hold.
[17] unde debuit per omnia fratribus similare ut misericors fieret et fidelis pontifex ad Deum ut repropitiaret delicta populi	Wherefore, it behoved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest before God, that he might be a propitiation for the sins of the people.
[18] in eo enim in quo passus est ipse temptatus potens est eis qui temptantur auxiliari	For in that wherein he himself hath suffered and been tempted he is able to succour them also that are tempted.