4. For it is impossible for those who were once illuminated, and have even tasted of the heavenly gift, and have become sharers in the Holy Spirit,
5. who, despite having tasted the good Word of God and the virtues of the future age, have yet fallen away,
6. to be renewed again to penance, since they are crucifying again in themselves the Son of God and are still maintaining pretenses.
7. For the earth accepts a blessing from God, by drinking in the rain that often falls upon it, and by producing plants that are useful to those by whom it is cultivated.