Whereforeseeing wealsoare compassed aboutwithso greata cloudof witnesses, let us lay asideeveryweight, andthe sinwhich doth so easily beset us, andlet us runwithpatiencetheracethat is set beforeus, LookinguntoJesustheauthorandfinisherof our faith; whoforthejoythat was set beforehimenduredthe cross, despisingthe shame, andis set downatthe right handof thethroneof God. Forconsiderhim that enduredsuchcontradictionofsinnersagainsthimself, lestye be weariedand faintin yourminds. Ye have not yetresisteduntoblood, strivingagainstsin. Andye have forgottentheexhortationwhichspeakethunto youasunto children, Myson, despisenotthou the chasteningof the Lord, norfaintwhen thou art rebukedofhim: Forwhomthe Lordlovethhe chasteneth, andscourgetheverysonwhomhe receiveth. Ifye endurechastening, Goddealethwith youaswith sons; forwhatsonishe whomthe fatherchastenethnot? Butifye bewithoutchastisement, whereofallarepartakers, thenareye bastards, andnotsons. Furthermorewe have hadfathersof ourfleshwhich corrected us, andwe gave them reverence: shall we notmuchratherbe in subjectionunto theFatherof spirits, andlive? Fortheyverilyfora fewdayschastened us aftertheir ownpleasure; buthefor our profit, that we might be partakersof hisholiness. Nownochasteningforthepresentseemethto bejoyous, butgrievous: neverthelessafterwardit yieldeththe peaceablefruitof righteousnessunto them which are exercisedthereby. Whereforelift upthe handswhichhang down, andthefeebleknees; Andmakestraightpathsfor yourfeet, lestthat which is lamebe turned out of the way; butlet it ratherbe healed. Followpeacewithall men, andholiness, withoutwhichno manshall seetheLord: Looking diligentlylestany manfailofthegraceof God; lestanyrootof bitternessspringinguptrouble you, andtherebymanybe defiled; Lestthere be anyfornicator, orprofane person, asEsau, whoforonemorsel of meatsoldhisbirthright. Forye knowhow thatafterward, when he wouldhave inheritedtheblessing, he was rejected: forhe foundnoplaceof repentance, thoughhe sought it carefullywithtears. Forye are notcomeunto the mountthat might be touched, andthat burnedwith fire, norunto blackness, anddarkness, andtempest, Andthe soundof a trumpet, andthe voiceof words; which voice they that heardentreatedthat the wordshould notbe spoken to them any more: ( Forthey could notendurethat which was commanded, And if so much asa beasttouchthemountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust throughwith a dart: Andsoterriblewasthesight, that Mosessaid, I exceedingly fearandquake:) Butye are come untomountZion, andunto the cityof the livingGod, the heavenlyJerusalem, andto an innumerable companyof angels, To the general assemblyandchurchof the firstborn, which are writteninheaven, andto Godthe Judgeof all, andto the spiritsof just menmade perfect, Andto Jesusthe mediatorof the newcovenant, andto the bloodof sprinkling, that speakethbetter thingsthan that of Abel. Seethat ye refusenothim that speaketh. Foriftheyescapednotwho refusedhim that spakeonearth, muchmore shall not we escape, if we turn away fromhimthat speaketh fromheaven: Whosevoicethenshooktheearth: butnowhe hath promised, saying, Yetonce moreIshakenottheearthonly, butalsoheaven. Andthis word, Yetonce more, signifieththeremovingof those things that are shaken, asof things that are made, thatthose things which cannot be shakenmay remain. Whereforewe receivinga kingdomwhich cannot be moved, let us havegrace, wherebywe may serveGodacceptablywithreverenceandgodly fear: ForourGod is a consumingfire.