God who at sundry times, and in divers manners, spake in time past to the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his SON,

and deliver them who thro' fear of death were all their life-time in a state of slavery.

he pointed out another time in the words, which were spoken by David, a long time after their going into Canaan, in the passage just now quoted, "today since ye hear his voice, harden not your hearts."

for though by this time you ought to be capable of teaching others, you want to be instructed anew in the first principles of the divine oracles; and are in such a state as to stand in need of milk, rather than of solid nourishment.

of which we shall treat another time, if God permit.

This type subsists to the present time, both gifts and sacrifices being still offered, which cannot purify the mind of him that officiates

only in matters relating to meats and drinks, and divers baptisms, meer external rites which were to subsist only till the time of reformation.

so Christ being once offered up to take away the sins of many; he shall appear the second time, without making any further expiation to save those who expect him.

And what shall I say more? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, of Barak, of Samson, of Jephthae, of David, of Samuel, and of the prophets: