clepid the Oold Testament and the Newe. That this conclusioun is trewe y proue thus: Alle tho gouer|nauncis, trouthis, and vertues, into whos fynding, leern|yng, and knowing mannys resoun bi him silf or with natural helpis withoute supernatural reuelacioun ther upon mad fro God mai rise and come, ben groundid at fulle out of Holi Scripture of the Oold Testament and of the Newe in the inward book ligging in mannis soule, which is there the writing of lawe of kinde and of doom of resoun and moral philsophie; and thei taken noon newe prouyng in eny point by the seid Holi Scripture, as it is open bi the first conclu|sioun and hise profis. And so it is, that these same now seid gouernauncis, treuthis, and vertues thus not groundid in Holi Scripture ben the more deel and the more parti bi an huge greet quantite ouer the re|manent of the al hool Goddis lawe bitaken to man in erthe forto therbi serue God, as anoon aftir her schal be proued. Wherfore folewith that the miche more deel of Goddis hool lawe to man in erthe is groundid sufficientli out of Holi Scripture in doom of resoun and in moral philsophie, and not in Holi Scripture of the Oold Testament and of the Newe.
The first premisse of this present argument is openli proued bi the first principal conclusioun and bi the argumentis and euydencis prouying him, and ther|fore the firste premisse of this present argument is to be holde for trewe.
That the ije. premisse of this present argument [argumet, MS.] is also trewe is schewid bi a ful solempne and rial processe in the firste parti of the book clepid The iust apprising of Holi Scripture, the [Space left in the MS. for the number.] capitulum., which processe were ouer long to be aȝen rehercid here.
