or in a comoun and large fourme bi him expressid ben to be vndirstonde and ben to be specified and to be drawe into the maners and circumstauncis in which oonli thei ben bi doom of resoun worthi be blamed. In this maner Crist blamed Pharisees vndir this forme, that thei "louen forto walke in stolis, and forto be clepid of men maistris, and forto haue the firste seetis in feestis;" [Mark xii. 38, 39.] and so forth of manye othere deedis like into this purpos, whiche deedis as so re|hercid of Crist in thilk generalte mowen be leeful and gode and desirid of scribis and of Pharisees and of othere men; but for as myche as vndir summe maners and circumstauncis thei mowen be morali yuel bi dom of resoun, therfore it is to vndirstonde [to be vndirstonde, MS. (first hand).] that Crist in his blamyng of hem blamed in [Probably in should be cancelled, or hem inserted after blamed.] the maner and cir|cumstauncis vndir whiche thei ben bi doom of resoun morali yuel. And that it ouȝte so be vndirstonde, the skile is now bifore seid in mater of Cristis weernyngis.
And ȝit ferther the iije. notabilite is this: That in lijk maner it is that Crist biddith and counseilith ofte certein deedis and gouernauncis, and ȝit he expressith tho deedis and gouernauncis in maners and circum|stauncis oonli in whiche tho deedis and gouernauncis ben comoun and general to be gode and to be badde morali; and therfore tho deedis and gouernauncis ben to be vndirstonde, that Crist biddith or counseilith or willith hem to be doon in the maners and circum|stauncis in which thei ben bi doom of resoun gode oonli. In this maner Crist bade, counseilid, or willed, Luk xije. capitulum. thus: Sille ȝe the thingis whiche ȝe han in possessioun, and ȝeue ȝe almes. Whether not this is trewe, that summan ouȝte bi doom of resoun and bi the wil of God for to not sille enything which he
