because

So we see that they could not enter in, because of vnbeleefe.

Seeing therfore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached, entred not in because of vnbeleefe:

1611 marginal noteOr, the Gospel was first preached.

For when God made promise to Abraham, because hee could sweare by no greater, he sware by himselfe,

And they truely were many Priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death.

But this man because hee continueth euer, hath an vnchangeable Priesthood.

1611 marginal noteOr, which passeth not from one to another.

Not according to the Couenant that I made with their fathers, in the day when I tooke them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they continued not in my Couenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

For then would they not haue ceased to be offered, because that the worshippers once purged, should haue had no more conscience of sinnes?

By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death, and was not found, because God had translated him: For before his translation he had this testimonie, that he pleased God.

Through faith also Sara her selfe receiued strength to conceiue seede, and was deliuered of a child when she was past age, because she iudged him faithful who had promised.

By faith; Moses when hee was borne was hid three moneths of his parents, because they saw he was a proper childe, and they not afraid of the Kings commandement.