Thereforeleavingtheprinciplesof thedoctrineof Christ, let us go onuntoperfection; notlayingagainthe foundationof repentancefromdeadworks, andof faithtowardGod, Of the doctrineof baptisms, andof laying onof hands, andof resurrectionof the dead, andof eternaljudgment. Andthiswill we do, ifGodpermit. For it is impossiblefor those who were once enlightened, andhave tastedof theheavenlygift, andwere madepartakersof the HolyGhost, Andhave tastedthe goodwordof God, andthe powersof the worldto come, If theyshall fall away, to renewthem againuntorepentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, andput him to an open shame. Forthe earthwhich drinketh intherainthat comethoftuponit, andbringeth forthherbsmeetfor thembywhomit isdressed, receivethblessingfromGod: Butthat which beareththornsandbriars is rejected, and is nigh untocursing; whoseend is to be burned. But, beloved, we are persuadedbetter thingsofyou, andthings that accompanysalvation, thoughwe thusspeak. ForGod is notunrighteousto forgetyourworkandlaborof love, whichye have showedtowardhisname, in that ye have ministeredto thesaints, anddo minister. Andwe desirethat every oneof youdo showthesamediligencetothefull assuranceof hopeuntothe end: Thatye benotslothful, butfollowersof them who throughfaithandpatienceinheritthepromises. Forwhen Godmade promiseto Abraham, becausehe couldswearbynogreater, he sworebyhimself, Saying, SurelyblessingI will blessthee, andmultiplyingI will multiplythee. Andso, after he had patiently endured, he obtainedthepromise. Formenverilyswearbythegreater: andan oathforconfirmation is to theman endof allstrife. WhereinGod, willingmore abundantlyto showunto theheirsof promisetheimmutabilityof hiscounsel, confirmed it by an oath: Thatbytwoimmutablethings, inwhich it was impossiblefor Godto lie, we might havea strongconsolation, who have fled for refugeto lay hold uponthe hopeset beforeus: Which hope we haveasan anchorof thesoul, bothsureandsteadfast, andwhich enterethintothat withintheveil; Whitherthe forerunneris forusentered, even Jesus, madea high priestforeveraftertheorderof Melchizedek.