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(19)  and  darkness,  and  tempest,  "and  the  sound  of  a  trumpet,
and  the  voice  of  words  ;  which  voice  they  that  heard  in-
treated  that  no  word  more  should  be  spoken  unto  them  :
(20  "for  they  could  not   endure  that  which  was  enjoined,  If
21  even  a  beast  touch  the  mountain,  it  shall  be  stoned  ;  "and
so  fearful  was  the  appearance,  that  Moses  said,  I  exceed-
<22  ingly  fear  and  quake  :  "but  ye  are  come  unto  mount  Zion,
and  unto  the  city  of  the  living  God,  the  heavenly  Jerusa-
23  lem,  'and  to  '^innumerable  hosts  of  angels,  "to  the  general
assembly  and  church  of  the  firstborn  who  are  enrolled  in
heaven,  and  to  God  the  Judge  of  all,  and  to  the  spirits  of
{24  just  men  made  perfect,  "and  to  Jesus  the   mediator  of  a
new  ^  covenant,  and  to  the  blood  of  sprinkling  that  speak-
as  eth  better  *than  that  ^  Abel.      "See  that  ye  refuse  not  him
that  speaketh.     For  if  they  escaped  not,  when  they  re-
fused him  that  warned  them  on  earth,  much  rhore  shall
not  we.  escape,  who  turn  away  from  him  ^that  warneth  from

26  heaven  :  "whose  voice  then  shook  the  earth  :  but  now  he
hath  promised,   saying,   Yet   once   more  will    I   make  to

27  tremble  not  the  earth  only,  but  also  the  heaven.  "And
this  word,  Yet  once  more,  signifieth  the  removing  of
those  things  that  are  shaken,  as  of  things  that  have  been
made,  that  those  things  which  are  not  shaken  may  re-

{28  main.      "Wherefore,  receiving  a  kingdom  that  cannot  be

shaken,  let  us  have  ®  grace,  whereby  we  may  offer  service

29  well-pleasing  to  God  with  '''reverence  and  awe  :  "for  our

God  is  a  consuming  fire.
