as Poule dede, and Moyses, and odir, as Holi Writt seiþ of hem; for Poule seiþ he desirid to be cursid of Crist for his breþer, to [Ro. 9, a.] make hem saue. And Moises praied to forȝeue þe puple þer [Ex. 32o.] synne, or ellis to do him out of his book; not þat þei desirid to do synne and be cursid worþily; but þat þei wold þus wiþ out desert be punischid as cursid for þe peple, to make þem saue. And þus schuld we alle if we were in charite, as me þinkiþ.
And it semiþ bi sindre resouns it mai be seid þat Crist was [1o.] cursid; first bi þis þat he was made man wiþ outun synne þat was cursid of God, and iustli put out of lordschip and comyn for a tyme. þe secound, for he was in his persoun þus wiþ out desert punischid, [2o.] as if he had ben cursid. þe þrid, for he is cursid in his membris þat [3o.] are oon wiþ him. After þis þat he seiþ, þis þat ȝe dede til ani of hem lest of myn good or iuil, ȝe did it to me. And þat ȝe ded not to hem ȝe ded not to me. And þis schuld maak men rad to do ani iuil to ani good man, or to curse him, or to gruch aȝen him, for it soundiþ in to Crist. And þerfor seid Moyses, ȝor grucching [Ex. 16o.] is aȝen þe Lord. þus as he is seid cursid þat men cursun. And as al men of a comynte berun punisching for þe defaut of two or on, þus it is be twen Crist and vs, for þus was he punischid for vs. And þus seiþ Peter þat he bare our synnes, for he bare þe peyn of [Pe. 3o.] hem. And þus he calliþ our synnis and our defauts his. And þus he seiþ in þe Salm, God my God loke in to me, why hast þu [Salm. 22.] left me, fare fro my heyle, þo wordis of my defauts. And God ȝet left neuer Crist, but ay is wiþ him, for he doþ ai þo þingis þat plesun God, os himself seiþ. But for he þolid him þus be punischid, and for he left sum membris of þe kirk at a tyme, for þis he seiþ þat he left him. And þus was Crist callid a synnar and blasfemer, and þe cursidist man in ȝerþe, for þei seid þat he was a deuowrar, and þat he blasfemid. And þus, as we sey þat man a ȝefe blasfeme or cursid, wan he is þus iugid and rettid of men, þow he be not so in soþnes, in þis maner we sey of Crist þat he was blasfem, synnar,
