of men aftir mi Gospel bi Iesu [ihū, MS.] Crist. But if thou art a named Iew, (or ellis for this present purpos for to seie thus: but if thou art a named knowun man,) and restist in the lawe, and hast glorie in God, and hast knowen his wil, and thou leerid in the lawe prouest the more profitable thingis, and trustist thi silf to be a leder of blynd men, the liȝt of hem that ben in derknessis, and techer of vnwise men, a maister of ȝong children, that hast the foorme of kunnyng and of trouthe in the lawe: what thanne. [There is no stop in the MS. What = why (τι).] techist thou another, and techist not thi silf? Thou that prechist me schal not stele, stelist? Thou that techist me schal do noon aduoutrie, doost avoutrie? Thou that wlatist mawmetrie, doost sacrilegie? Thou that hast glorie in the lawe, vnworschipist God bi breking of the lawe? Thus miche there and ful miche lijk to this present purpos.
That the vndirstonding which this bifore seid peple ȝeueth to the iije. bifore allegid text, Apocalips laste chapiter, in the eende, is not dew vndirstonding, y proue thus: The curs of whiche the iije. text spekith is not ȝouen but to hem that amys treten the Apocalips, as it is open bi the same iije. text. Wherfore bi thilk text it is not seid that eny curs is ȝouen to eny men amys treting eny other parti of the Newe Testament. Also thus: Oonli he, that makith the text of a book lenger than he is, settith to the wordis of thilk book; and oonli he, which makith the text of a book be schorter than he is, takith fro the wordis of thilk book. But so it is, that if a man makith a exposicioun or a declara|cioun to the text of a book, he makith not the book neither eny text of the book to be therbi the lenger or the schorter. Wherfore he in that settith not or put|tith not to the book or to the wordis of the book,
