Hebrews

Chapter 5

That Christ being a man and infirm, was therein but as all Priests; and that he also was called of God to this office: offering as the others: ℣.8 and suffered obediently for our example. ℣.11 Of whose Priesthood he hath much to say, but that the Hebrews have need rather to hear their Catechism again.

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For every high Priest taken from among men, is appointed for men in those things that pertain to God: that he may offer gifts and sacrifices for sins:
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that can have compassion on them that be ignorant and do err: because himself also is compassed with infirmity:
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& therefore he ought, as for the people, so also for himself to offer for sins.
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Neither doth any man take the honour to himself, but he that is called of God, as Aaron.
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So Christ also did not glorify himself that he might be made a high priest; but he that spake to him, My Son art thou, I this day have begotten thee.
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As also in another place he saith, Thou art a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchisedech.
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Who in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears, offering prayers and supplications to him that could save him from death, was heard for his reverence.
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And truly whereas he was the Son, he learned by those things which he suffered, obedience:
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and being consummate, was made to all that obey him, cause of eternal salvation,
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called of God a high priest according to the order of Melchisedech.
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Of whom we have great speech and inexplicable to utter: because you are become weak to hear.
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For whereas you ought to be masters for your time, you need to be taught again your selves what be the elements of the beginning of the words of God: & you are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
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For every one that is partaker of milk, is unskilful of the word of justice: for he is a child.
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But strong meat is for the perfect, them that by custom have their senses exercised to the discerning of good and evil.