Matthew(i)
10 For he was yet in the loynes of hys father Abraham when Melchysedech mete hym.
11 Yf nowe therfore perfeccyon came by the priesthode of the Leuytes (for vnder that presthode the people receyueth the lawe) what nedeth furthermore that another prieste shoulde aryse after the ordre of Melchisedech, and not after the ordre of Aaron?
12 Nowe no doubte, yf the priesthode be translated, then of necessitye must the lawe be translated also.
13 For of whome these thynges are spoken pertayneth vnto another trybe, of whiche neuer man serued at the aulter.
14 For it is euident, that oure Lorde sprong of the trybe of Iuda, of whiche trybe spake Moyses nothyng concernynge priesthode.
15 And it is yet a more euydent thynge, yf after the similitude, of Melchisedech, there arise an other prieste:
16 which is not made after the lawe of the carnall commaundement: but after the power of the endelesse lyfe.
17 (For he testifyeth thou arte a prieste for euer, after the ordre of Melchysedech).
18 Then the commaundement that wente before, is dysanulled, because of her weakenes and vnprofytablenes.
19 For the lawe made nothynge perfecte: but was an introduccion of a better hope, by which hope we drawe nye vnto God.
20 And for thys cause it is a better hope, that it was not promysed without an oth
21 (those pryestes were made wythout an othe, but thys prieste wyth an othe, by hym that layed vnto hym. The Lorde sware, and wyl not repente: Thou arte a prieste for euer after the order of Melchisedech)
22 And for the cause was Iesus a stablisher of a better testament.