weernable and to the maners and circumstauncis in whiche thei ben not weernable; and therfore tho deedis so in comoun or in general and large fourme bi him expressid ben to be vnderstonde and ben to be specified [specied, MS. (first hand).] and ben to be restreyned into the maners and circumstauncis in which oonli thei ben weernable or worthi be werned [or worthi to be werned is added in the margin by a later hand; a still later corrector having erased to.] bi resoun, and ben of him weerned, and thei ben not to be vndirstonde in the general forme in which thei ben expressid. En|saumple herof is this: Crist weerneth men to clepe to hem a fader upon erthe in sum certeyn maner and forme oonli which is worthi to be [be is interlineated in a later hand. Perhaps we should read worthi be weerned.] weerned, and ȝit this thing so as now is seid weerned Crist expressith and outrith in a larger and generaler fourme comoun to the maner and circumstauncis in which it is weern|able and to the maner and circumstauncis in which it is not worthi be weerned. For whi he seith in this large and general fourme, Nile ȝe clepe to ȝou a fadir on erthe; [Matt. xxiii. 9.] and therfore this thing so weerned as in general maner of the wordis is to be specified and to be restreyned [and] to be narowid and to be vndirstonde and drawe as it accordith oonli with the maner and circumstauncis in which it is worthi the same thing bi resoun to be forbodun or weerned. And so this that vndir so large and so general a fourme is weerned, Nile ȝe clepe to ȝou a fadir on erthe, is to be take and vndirstonde in this wise: "Nile ȝe clepe to ȝou a principal or a cheef fadir on erthe, for thilk cheef fadir is in heuen."
And that this notabilite is trewe, it mai be proued thus: For ellis God schulde weerne in oure doable conuersacioun other thing or other wise than resoun
