The firſt command.

Ihon.iii.

I.Ihon.4

It to him ſelf ane glorious congregacioun, haiff and
na ſpot nor runkil, nor ony ſiclike thing, bot tha
it ſuld be haly & without repreif. And our ſaluaiou
ſais in the euangil of ſanct Ihone. Sic deus dilexi 
mundumvt filium ſuum vnigenitum daret, vt omni?
qui credit in cum non pereat fed habeat vitam eter  
nam. Sa God hais luffit the warld, yat he hais g?
uin hts awin ſone, that quhaſaeuir beleiſt is in him
can nocht periſch, bot mone haif the lyif eternal.
This luſe of GOD toward us plainly declarit ſaim?
Thone the Euageliſt ſaying: In hoc apparuit cha
ritas dei in nobis, quoniam filium ſuum vnigenitur
mifit deus in mundum, vt viuamus per eum. In this
apperit the greit lufe of GOD towart bs, yat he hes
ſend his only natural ſone in yis warld, y we mych
teiue be him. Mairatour y ſame Apoſtle ſais thus
In hoc eſt chantas, no quaſi nos dilexerimus deu?
fed quoniam ipſe prior dilexit nos, et mifit filun
fuum propitiationem pro peccatis noſtris. In this
ſtandis the greit lufe of GOD quhilk he hais ſcha
win to bs, yat we preuenit nocht god with our lufe
luſſand him firſt, bot he preuemt us firſt with his
lufe ſchamand his infinite lufe firſt of all to bs, in
that, yat he hais ſend his awin ſone our ſaluiour
Jeſus Chriſt to bs, to mak ane perfite mendis, A
ruſt ſatiſfaction for all our ſynnis. Gyf we wil thar:
for conſiddir the greit lufe of GOD ſyndry may is
ſchalwin to us it will doutless ſteire and prouok us
to lufe God agane. And thus ze haif four principal
hertewis ſchortly decla it to zow, quhilk God com:
mandis us to baif in this firſt command, quhairm
                                                                        ſtadis.