yn fonte stone and watyr baptysed,
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As Ihesu cryst haþ [had.] dyuysed.
Ȝyf þou beleue þat any wham
ys saued with-oute crystyndam,
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y seye, forsoþe þou hast mys went [folio 63b]
Aȝens þys holy sacrament.
Ofte we here þe lewed men seye,
Þat [And.] erre ful moche oute of þe weye,
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Þat of þe Iewës seye sum oun,
'Þey ne wote wheþer þey be saued or noun;'
But of sum prestes ys gretter tene,
Þat so of þe Iewës also wene;
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Certes, þey are alle yn were,
And yn þe feyþ þey are nat clere,
For, shal neuer Iewe þat deyeþ Iewe,
Of heuene blys haue part ne prewe,
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But he be crystened yn þe holy gaste,
And yn þe sacrament be ful stedfast.
Lo, here a wurde to leue ȝoure drede!
yn þe gospel þat we rede,
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Þat god Ihesu vs allë techeþ
Þurgh seynt Mark, þat hyt precheþ,
"He þat beleueþ and ys baptysed,
He shal be saued, so ys dyuysed;
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And he þat beleueþ nat, forsoþe & ywys,
Boþe body and soulë, lore he ys."
loke [Lokeþ.] how ȝe mow be a-bawed,
þat seye þat þe Iewe ys saued!
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Þe Iewe, þe oldë lawë kan,
But þat alone may saue no man;
And þarfore was hyt fyled and left,
For heuenë blys, vs hyt [hyt vs.] refte
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Þurgh Adams synne fro vs echone,
Tyl hyt was clensed yn flume Iordone,
whan Ihesu was baptysed þer-ynne
For to wasshe awey þat synne;
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And al þat euer to Cryst wyl teme,
Behoueþ be baptysed yn watyr and creme:
