present book, the [xixe.] [A space left in the MS. for the number. See p. 110.] chapiter, where bi setting [bisetting, MS.] bifore of iij. reulis and bi iiij. conclusiouns drawun out from hem this ve. principal conclusioun is vn|doutabili proued bi this meene; that whanne euere Holi Scripture biddith, counseilith, or allowith eny eende, he ther yn and ther bi biddith, counseilith, or allowith, or approueth ech meene profitable into the same eende. Se there who so wole the proof mad there in his lengthe and forme.
Also noman [The last three letters are written on an erasure in a later hand. The word is also sometimes written disjunctim.] may seye nay, but that Crist ordeyned in the newe lawe visible sacramentis to be take and vsid as seable rememoratijf signes of Crist, and of his passioun and deeth, and of his holi lijf, as it schal be proued in The book of Sacramentis and in The bookis [book, MS. (first hand).] of Baptim and of Eukarist. Wherfore Holi Scripture of the Newe Testament witnessith thus miche in this purpos, that forto haue and vse seable rememoratijf signes is leeful, expedient, and profitable; for ellis the sacramentis of Crist weren vnleeful, vnexpedient, and vnprofitable. And thanne her of ferther thus: If and whanne it is leeful and expe|dient forto haue and vse eny seable rememoratijf signes being lasse lijk to the thingis signified, it is leeful and expedient forto make, haue, and vse signes being more like to the same thingis signified. Forwhi the likenes of a signe to his significat, (that is to seie, to the thing signified bi him,) wole helpe the signe forto signifie and forto make remembraunce the bettir upon the thing signified; but so it is, that ymagis graued, coruun, or ȝut ben more lijk to Crist and to his passioun, than ben the sacramentis whiche Crist ordeyned; thouȝ Crist hem ordeyned, (being so vnlike
