of Holi Scripture, for to improue and reproue the seid firste opinioun, and for to therbi represse the seid ouermiche dignifiyng of the Newe Testament and of the al hool Bible, and forto putte his trewe and dew dignifiyng withynne his propre to him seueral and dewe markis and boundis, in the maner bifore spokun bi the iije. principal conclusioun. God therfore grante that as the Romayns obeieden to the open re|soun and proof which Seint Poul made and wrote aȝens hem, that so ȝe obeie to the open proof which y make and write aȝens ȝou, thouȝ y desire not that ȝe obeie to me.
And whanne al is doon, what euer wil a man hath forto do reuerence to Holi Scripture, ȝit sithen treuthe is to be had in al a mannys gouernauncis, the best gouernaunce in this mater is this: forto suffre Holi Scripture abide withinne his owne termys and boundis, aud not entre into the boundis and the riȝt of lawe of kinde: that is to seie, that he not vsurpe eny grounding which longith to the faculte of lawe of kinde or of moral philsophi, and so that he not wrongee the [A stroke is drawn through the by a later hand, but the corrector seems to have tried to wash it out; the article seems to be right.] lawe of kinde. And aȝenward, that the seid lawe of kinde kepe him withinne hise owne teermys and boundis, and not entre into boundis and riȝt of Holi Scripture: that is to seie, that he not vsurpe eny grounding which longith to Holi Scrip|ture, neither therbi wrongee Holi Scripture; but that euereither of hem neiȝbourly dwelle bisidis the other of hem, and not entermete as in grounding with the other of hem. And this beste gouernaunce schal be performed, if (aftir sentence of the vj. firste conclu|siouns) it be holde [biholde, MS.] that Holi Scripture schal grounde the conclusiouns and treuthis of Cristen feith, and not eny oon conclusioun or treuthe into whos fynding and
