1& þus seyntis han wrouȝt faire & iust dedis,1 [1_1 omitted Q.] for noman may laste in harde lif for god but if he haue feiþ, bi whiche he lastiþ so; ne noman may serue blis of god but if he haue feiþ, bi whiche he seruiþ it; and schortly noman synniþ aȝenus god but if [omitted Q.] he fayle in feiþ, þat groundiþ goddis werkis. ¶ as if þou haddist a lettre þat þi kynge sent þee seelid wiþ hijs priuey seele, & worschipid þee myche & hiȝt þee greet eritage to be at [omitted Q.] hijs retenu & serue hym treuly, þou woldest don of þin hoode and kisse hijs seel for hope of rewarde. god is miche more þan any lord of erthe; he sent a lettre to man by moyses hijs messangere, þat is more worþ þan any pope or cardynal. hijs lettre is hijs mawndementis, & grace in moyses soule is hijs priue seel, better þen eny kyngis signe. ¶ hijs seruice is liȝt & hijs eritage is myche, for it is þe blis of heuen lastynge 4wiþ-outen ende,4 [4_4 for euere CC.] and here-of schulden men not fayle wiþ-outen greet forfeture. take [Q. inserts we.] hed to mennus feiþ how bisily þei traueylen for godes & worschip of þe worlde, & leeue traueyle to god, & þou mayst wel see þat feiþ feiliþ hem.
Capitulum 2m.
1o. But in þre maneres may mennus feiþ fayle. Sum faylen in feiþ for defaute of it; as [of KK.] men þat trowen not to god þat he wil reward hem of þe blis of heuen for her trewe seruice. 2o. ¶ sum men faylen in feiþ, for it is so þynne, & 7eke liȝt7 [7_7 eeþ CC.] to perische wiþ dart by sauȝt of þin enemye; as men þat ben assaylid by her flesche or by þe world, or in lustis or in peynes ȝyuen it vp to [omitted Q.] sone, for litil trist þat þei han in mede of her lord. and herfore crist often tymes reprouyde hys apostlis for litilnesse of her feiþ, whan þei fayleden to trist on hym. 3o. ¶ and sum [summen CC.] faylen in
