but into the second only the high-priest went once a year; and that not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the sins of the people committed through ignorance.

relating only to meats and drinks, and different washings, and such carnal ordinances as were required till the time of reformation.

By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he who had received the promises, offered up his only son;

whose voice then shook the earth; but now He hath promised, saying, "Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also the heaven."

Now this expression "yet once more" signifieth the removing of the things that are shaken, as of things which had been appointed only for a season, that those which cannot be shaken may remain.