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,

For when God gave his promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, saying,

If therefore the Levitical priesthood, concerning which the people received a law, could have given perfection, what further need was there that another priest should rise, to be named after the order of Melchisedec, and not after the order of Aaron?

which office he could not discharge here upon earth, where priests are already establish'd, who offer gifts according to the law:

for if the first alliance had been without defect, there could have been no occasion for the second.

there was the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant gilded all over with gold, wherein was the golden urn containing the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the alliance.

And indeed it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats, should take away the guilt of sin.

While the high priest in his daily administrations frequently repeated the same sacrifices which could by no means expiate sin;

let us draw near with sincerity, in full assurance of faith, having our consciences purified from guilt, and our bodies washed with pure water.

By faith Enoch was translated that he might avoid dying; and he could not be found, because God had translated him: for 'tis recorded, that before his translation he was approved by God.

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:

nor could they endure that threat, "if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned."