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;

where your fathers provoked me to give proofs of my power forty years, tho' they saw my works.

who was not establish'd by virtue of a temporary law, but with the power of being a perpetual priest.

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.

For where a testament is, there the death of the testator is necessarily pre-suppos'd.

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

'Twas likewise through faith that Sara, though barren, received the power of becoming pregnant, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

let us therefore decamp, and bear the reproach of following his example:

Pray for us, for we trust we have a clear conscience, and desire our virtuous conduct may appear to all the world.

Pray, my brethren, favourably receive this exhortation, which I have writ to you in brief.