Why god made not man that he myght not synne. cao. lxxxvij (Book 87)
Moche peple demanden wherfor god made not a man that he myght not synne / for yf he synned not / & were a good
Thus endeth the doctrinal of sapyence the whyche is ryght vtile and prouffytable to alle crysten men, whyche is translated out of Frenshe in to englysshe by wyllyam Caxton at westmestter [sic] fynysshed the. vij. day of may the yere of our lord, M,cccc lxxx ix Caxton me fieri fecit
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- Thus endeth the doctrinal of sapyence the whyche is ryght vtile and prouffytable to alle crysten men, whyche is translated out of Frenshe in to englysshe by wyllyam Caxton at westmestter [sic] fynysshed the. vij. day of may the yere of our lord, M,cccc lxxx ix Caxton me fieri fecit
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- Roye, Gui de, ca. 1345-1409.
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"Thus endeth the doctrinal of sapyence the whyche is ryght vtile and prouffytable to alle crysten men, whyche is translated out of Frenshe in to englysshe by wyllyam Caxton at westmestter [sic] fynysshed the. vij. day of may the yere of our lord, M,cccc lxxx ix Caxton me fieri fecit." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A11161.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 11, 2024.
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crysten man. by the merite of the passyon of our lord ihesu criste and the holy baptesme he shold be sauued / and shold not ••••nne in to the paynes forsayd. the doctours of holy chyrche and the maistres of dyuynyte put forth here many reasons The first is for to shewe the myght and puyssaunce of god whyche is alle onely vnmeuable / and alle creatures ben meuable. as it appye∣reth of thaungellys whyche god created and made them good whyche for theyr euyl and synne bycome deuylles Item for to shewe and declare the sapyēce and wysedom of god / whyche is suche for he can chese the good fro the euyl. the which thing may not be but yf he had made the creature that he myght chaunge fro good in to euyll Item for to magnyfeste the pyte of god by the whyche and by hys passyon he hath saued man whyche w¦as dampned by synne Item for to shewe the iustyce of god by the whyche he wyl rewarde to the good merite and mede: And to the euyl peyne for theyr sher••wdnes & synne. Item by cause that man shold not be of werse condycyon than the other creatu¦res to whom god hath admynystred in suche wyse that he hath suffred them to ioye theyr propre moeuyng and the wyll. And ••f man had not free lyterte to doo good or euyll. whyche that playseth hym. he shold not be soo free. as the other creatures. Item for to haue preysyng humayne / for it is a grete preysyng to a man that he may doo wel. whan he hath doon euyll. Item the good be enhaunced by the euyl. and whan is seen in a com¦panye of peple a good man. thenne is ther doon to hym gladly gret honour & more than to another that is werse than he