and again, when he brings in the firstborn into the habitable world, he says, And let all God's angels worship him.

And as to the angels he says, Who makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire;

Wherefore, even as says the Holy Spirit, To-day if ye will hear his voice,

Even as also in another place he says, Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec.

Concerning whom we have much to say, and hard to be interpreted in speaking of it, since ye are become dull in hearing.

For finding fault, he says to them, Behold, days come, saith the Lord, and I will consummate a new covenant as regards the house of Israel, and as regards the house of Juda;

In that he says New, he has made the first old; but that which grows old and aged is near disappearing.

Wherefore coming into the world he says, Sacrifice and offering thou willedst not; but thou hast prepared me a body.

For they who say such things shew clearly that they seek their country.

And what more do I say? For the time would fail me telling of Gideon, and Barak, and Samson, and Jephthah, and David and Samuel, and of the prophets:

So that, taking courage, we may say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid: what will man do unto me?