Hebrews 11:1-26

Bishops^{(i) 1} Fayth is the grounde of thynges hoped for, the euidence of thynges not seene ² For by it, the elders obtayned a good report ³ Through fayth, we vnderstande that the worldes were ordeined by the word of God, and that thynges whiche are seene, were made of thynges whiche were not seene ⁴ By fayth Abel offered vnto God a more excellent sacrifice then Cain: by whiche he was witnessed to be ryghteous, God testifiyng of his gyftes: by which also he beyng dead, yet speaketh ⁵ By fayth was Enoch translated, that he shoulde not see death, neither was he founde, for God had taken hym away: For afore he was taken away, he was reported of to haue pleased God ⁶ But without fayth it is vnpossible to please hym: For he that cometh to God, must beleue that God is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seeke him ⁷ By fayth Noe beyng warned of God of thinges not seene as yet, moued with reuerence, prepared the arke to the sauyng of his house, through the whiche [arke] he condempned the worlde, and became heire of the righteousnes which is by fayth ⁸ By fayth Abraham when he was called, obeyed, to go out into a place whiche he shoulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce: and he went out, not knowyng whyther he shoulde go ⁹ By fayth he remoued into the lande of promise, as into a straunge countrey, whe he had dwelt in tabernacles, with Isaac and Iacob, heires with hym of the same promise ¹⁰ For he loked for a citie hauyng a foundation, whose buylder and maker is God ¹¹ Through fayth also Sara her selfe receaued strength to conceaue seede, and was delyuered of a chylde whe she was past age, because she iudged hym faythfull which had promised ¹² And therfore sprang there of one, euen of one whiche was as good as dead [so many] in multitude, as are the starres in the skye, and as the sande the whiche is by the sea shore innumerable ¹³ These all dyed according to fayth, not hauing receaued the promises, but seing them a farre of, and beleuyng, and salutyng, and confessyng that they were straungers and pilgrimes on the earth ¹⁴ For they that saye suche thynges, declare that they seke a countrey ¹⁵ Also yf they had ben myndfull of that [countrey] from whence they came out, they had leasure to haue returned ¹⁶ But nowe they desire a better, that is, a heauenly. Wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God, for he hath prepared for them a citie ¹⁷ By fayth Abraham offered by Isaac when he was proued: and he that had receaued the promises, offered vp his only begotten sonne ¹⁸ To whom it was saide, that in Isaac shall thy seede be called ¹⁹ For he considered that God was able to rayse the dead vp agayne, fro whence also he receaued hym in a similitude [of the resurrection. ²⁰ By fayth did Isaac blesse Iacob and Esau, concernyng thynges to come ²¹ By fayth Iacob when he was a dying, blessed both the sonnes of Ioseph, and worshypped towarde the toppe of his scepter ²² By fayth Ioseph when he dyed, remembred the departyng of the chyldren of Israel, and gaue commaundement of his bones ²³ By fayth Moyses whe he was borne, was hyd three monethes of his father and mother, because they sawe he was a proper chylde, neither feared they the kynges commaundement ²⁴ By fayth Moyses when he was great, refused to be called the sonne of Pharaos daughter ²⁵ Chosyng rather to suffer aduersitie with the people of God, then to enioye the pleasures of sinne for a season ²⁶ Esteemyng the rebuke of Christ, greater riches, then the treasures of Egypt: For he had respect vnto the recompence of the rewarde