other more deel and parti bifore seid in the vije. conclusioun of Goddis lawe ben more foundid and groundid than in Holi Scripture, that is to sey positijf lawis of Crist whiche ben the makingis and the vsingis of Cristis sacramentis longing to the Newe Testament: but so it is, that in the seid lawe of kinde and doom of resoun or moral philsophie, alle the gouernauncis, treuthis, and vertues of Goddis lawe whiche ben the lasse deel and ben the remanent to the more deel bifore seid of Goddis lawe in the vije. conclusioun ben more groundid and foundid than in Holi Scripture; and that alle thei and ech of hem whiche biholden the making and the vsing of the seid newe sacramentis ben more groundid bi doom of re|soun than bi Holi Scripture, for as miche as ech of hem into his grounding nedith euydencis of bothe to gidere, that is to seie of resoun and of Holi Scripture to gidere, and ellis he mai not be sufficientli groundid. And here with it is trewe that in this grounding doon to hem bi doom of resoun and by Holi Scrip|ture to gidere, [It is not quite clear whether to gidere is intended to be written con|junctim or disjunctim: it is usually written disjunctim in the MS.] the euidencis which doom of reson ȝeueth into the seid grounding of hem alle and of ech of hem ben more in strengthe and in substance and in noumbre into the seid grounding of hem, than ben the euidencis whiche Holi Scripture ȝeueth into the grounding of eny of hem which ben the makingis and vsingis of the newe sacramentis and tho whiche fo|lewen of hem bi formal argument, as n The fo lewer to the donet and in The book of feith ioyned therto, othire of my writingis, it is sufficiently tauȝt; whiche processe were ouer long and sumwhat ouer hard to be eftsoone sett here.
Ȝhe, and ȝit with al this that is now seid treuth is also that the makingis and the vsingis of the seid
