of the ten commandis.                Fol. xc.

Iaco.i.

The exem-
pil of ane
Vrinal.

Hebre. 7.

Roma. iii.

Math. 9.

berit of the wordis of ſanct James, ſayand thus:
Eſtote factoresverbi, nonauditores tantu, failentes
voſmetipſos, quia ſi quis auditor eſt verbi, et non
factor, hie comparabitur viro confideranti vultum
patiuitatis ſue in ſpeculo & c. Be ze doaris of the
word, and nocht heiraris only, deſaffand zour awin
fel is, for gif ony heir the word, and do it nocht, be
is lyke to a man that behaldis his bodely face in a
myrrour. Ar. Quhilk auctoritie was ſet furth to
zow at lenth in the end of the Prologe.
Thridly, ze ſuld vſe the law as ane ſpiritual U-
tinal, for lyk as luking in an eurynal heilis na ſeik
nes, nochtheles, quhen the watter of a ſeik man is
mkit in ane Urinal the ſeiknes commonly is na-
win, and than remede is ſocht be ſum ſpecial Me-
birin, geuin be ſuin expert Medicinar. Sa the law
& commandis of God heilis na ſymar fra the ſeik-
nes of lyn: Nihil ad perfectum adduxit lex. The
law gaif na grace quhairby men mycht be brocht to
perfectioun. Nochttheles, as he ſais to y Romanis:
Per lege cognitio peccati Be the law, is the knaw-
lege of ſyn Quhairfor quhen we haif knawlege of
our ſpiritual ſeiknes of lyn, be luking in the law,
as in ane ſpiritual Urynal, than ſuld we gang with
trew penance & fayth till the heuinly medicinar our
ſaluiour Chriſt, quhilk ſais thir wordis of him ſelf:
Non eſt opus valentibus medico, ſed male habenti-
bsu That that ar mark and hail in thair perſone,
meidis na Medicinar, bot yai yat ar weik and ſeik
neidis a Medicnar. Now beacuſe that we ar all
togiddie in our ſaule febil, weik and ſeik throch co-
                                           U. ii.                  cupiſcence