that ere wayke and seke. and may noght wyn til perfeccioun. thynkis on his wondirs and on his domys. that ȝe halde ȝou fra ill. and aforce ȝou til goed.
5. Semen abraham serui eius: filij iacob electi eius. ¶ Sede of abraham his seruaunt: sunnys of iacob the chosen of him. ¶ Till whaim says he this: till cristen men. that ere sede of abraham: for thai trow as he did. and folouers of iacob, wrestland agayn thaire fleyss and likynge of this warld.
6. Ipse dominus deus noster: in vniuersa terra iudicia eius. ¶ He lord oure god: in all the erth the domys of him. ¶ That is, thorgh all the warld ere iacob and [S &. U ad.] israel. that is, right|wismen, til whaim he shewis his domes.
7. Memor fuit in seculum testamenti sui: verbi quod mandauit in mille generaciones. ¶ Menand he was in warld of his testament: of the worde that he commandid in a thousand generaciouns. ¶ That is, he had in mynd to fulfil the hetynge of his new testament. that is, of rightwisnes and of endles heritage that he hight in the new testament, that lastis in warld, that is, withouten end. and he was menand of the word that he comaundid in a thousand generaciouns. that is, in all til the warldis end. in the whilk he biddis men lif rightwisly. in his worde.
8. Quod disposuit ad abraham: & iuramenti sui ad ysaac. ¶ The whilk he ordaynd til abraham: and of his athe til ysaac. ¶ Aswhasay, he was menand of his worde that he ordaynd till abraham, and of his athe that he ordaynd til ysaac.
9. Et statuit illud iacob in preceptum: in israel in testa|mentum eternum. ¶ And he sett it til iacob in comaundment: and til israel in endles testament. ¶ Lo the worde that is in bid|dynge is in hetynge. for til all that dos the worde of his comaund|ment; he hetys ioy withouten end. And vndirstand that he kallis testament. that thynge that is hight. and the lare in the whilke the hetynge is prechid. and for the whilke kepid. it is ȝolden.
10. Dicens tibi dabo terram chanaan: funiculum heredi|tatis vestre. ¶ Sayand til the .i. sall gif the land of chanaan: strenge of ȝoure heritage. ¶ That land he gaf thaim in figure of endles heritage, that til all men fallis noght. forthi says he, strenge of ȝoure heritage. that is, .i. gif heuen in heritage til anly tha that ere takyne [S. U takynd.] with the strenge of predestinacioun of god. and as the
