wolde it schulde be weerned, and so God ther yn were vnresonable; which is not to be grauntid, sithen he comaundith us to be resonable and to be not vnresonable thoruȝ al oure moral conuersacioun. [Perhaps Pecock may have Rom. xii. 1-2 in his eye.] For if it myȝte be allowid us to bere us vnresonabili, y woot not what lawe schulde lette us fro eny synne. Also but if this notabilite were trewe, ellis God were contrarie to him silf. Forwhi in other place of Scrip|ture, as Mark [vije. capitulum.], [A space left in the MS. for the number. Pecock may either refer to Mark vii. 9-13, or to Mark x. 17-19.] he wole that we be aknowe us to haue fadir and modir on erthe, in that that he there biddith us worschipe oure fadir and modir on erthe. And therfore this notabilite is trewe. And bi this notabilite is a wey ȝouun forto vndirstonde in riȝt and iust maner this, that Crist in so general fourme vttrith and expressith, Nile ȝe swere alwise; [Matth. v. 34.] and so forth of manye othere forbodis and weernyngis doon toward us vpon oure moral conuersacioun, whiche alle schulen be drawe to be vndirstonde as doom of resoun iugith hem to be vnderstonde, as herof ful rial processis and proofs ben mad in the book clepid Iust apprising of Holi Scripture in ther of the firste partie, and in the firste party of Cristen religioun, the iiije. trety, bi dyuerse chapitres.
The ije. notabilite is this: That in lijk maner Crist ofte blameth and rehercith as blamable certeyn gouer|nauncis, and ȝit he expressith tho gouernauncis not oonli in the maners and circumstauncis in whiche thei ben worthi be blamed, but he expressith hem in a fourme comoun to the maners and circumstancis in which thei ben blame worthi and to the maners and circumstauncis in whiche thei ben not blame worthi; and therfore tho deedis or gouernancis so in general
