Of praying for the fauſis departit.

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income

moratioc

animanum

detrimetum patietur, ipſe aure ſaluus erie ſic came
quaſi perignem. Gyfa man big apon this foun-
datioun (I mene the faith of our ſaluiour) gold,
ſiluir, precious ſtanis, treis, hay or ſtybil, the
warke of tlk man tall be ſchawin. For the day of
our Lord ſall declare, quhilk ſall be ſchawin in
lyze. And the warke of ilk man, quhat it is y fyre
fall trie or preif. Gif ony mans worke yat he hes
biggit yairon abyde, he ſal reſſaue reward, Gyf
the warke of ony man burne, he ſal thole ſkaith,
bot he ſall be ſaiffit him ſelf, nochttheles, zit as
it war throw fyze. Duhala will conſider dili-
gently this auctoritie of S. Paule, he ſall eſely
find purgatory to be eftir yis lyfe. And gif ony
man will ſay the contrarie, lat him heir quhat
S. Auguſtine ſais in his fourt ſermone quhilk
he makis of y comemoratioun of ſaulis, quhair
he exponis ye forſaid wordis of ſanct Paule on
this maner: Multi funt, qui lectionem iftam male
intelligentes, falfa decipiuntur fecuritate, dum cre-
dunt, quod fi fupra fundamentum Chriſtu capitalia
crimina edificent, peccata ipfa per trafitorium igna
purgari, et ipfos poſtea ad vita perpetuam puenire.
Thai be mony (ſais ſ. Auguſtine, quhilk under
ſtandis verai euil yis preſent leſſone of ſ. Paule
ar deſauit with a fall ſecuritie, trowand yat gif
that byg apon this foundatioun (quhilk is the
faith of our ſaluiour Chriſt Jeſu) dedlie and
mortal ſynnis, yat y ſamyn ſynnis may be pur-
git be tranſitozie fyre, and ſa yat thai eftir hend
may cum to the perpetual life.
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