For when God made promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he sware by himself,

having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was a golden pot holding the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;