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328 ANE PROLOUGE TO THE ROMANIS.
FLEISCH,
qu(hat] it js.
F. 238 v.
SPIRIT¬
UAL!,.
F. 239 r.
Fleysche ande spret monn thow noth heire vndirstande
as thouth fleische wer only that quhilk pertenit to vnchais-
tyte, ande the spret that quhilk jnwartly pertenit to the
hart. Bot Pauli callit fleische heir, as Christ dois, Joh.
iij, al that is bornne of fleische, that is to wit, the hail 5
man, with lyf, saul, body, witt, will, reasonn, ande quhat
sa euir he is or dois within ande without; becauss that
al thai, ande al that is within man, studyis eftir the warld
ande fleische. Cal fleische, tharfor, quhat sa euir (as lang
as we ar without the spret of Code) we think or speik 10
of Code, of faith, of gude werkis, ande of spirituall materis.
Call fleische alsua all werkis quhilkis ar donne without
grace ande without wirkyng of the spret, how sa euir
gude, haly, ande spirituall thai seymme to be ; as thow may
preif be the v chaptur to the Gallathians, quhair Pauli 15
nvmbers wirschippyng off ydolis, wychcrafte, jnvy, ande
haitrenth amangis the dedis of the fleische ; ande by the
viij vnto the Romanis, quhair he sayis that the law, be
the reasonn of the fleische, is waike; quhilk is not vndir¬
stande of vnchaistite only, bot of all synnes, ande maist 20
specially of vnbeleif, quhilk is anne wice maist spirituall,
ande grounde of all synnes.
And as thow callis him, quhilk is nocht renewit with
the spret and bornne aganne in Christ, fleisch, ande all his
deidis, ewin the weray motionns of his hart ande mynde, 25
his learnyng, doctrynne, contemplatiounn of hie thingis,
his preachinge, teachinge, ande study in the scripture, byld-
dingis of kirkis, foundyng of abbayis, gyffing of almuss,
messes, matynes, quhat sa euir he dois, thocht it seymme
spirituall ande eftir the law of God ; sua contrary wyse, 30
call him spirituall quhilk is renewit in Christ, ande all
his deidis quhilkis spryngis of faith, seymme thai neuir sa
grose, as the weischyng of the discipillis feite donne be
Christ, ande Peters feischyng eftir the resurrectiounn, yee,
ande all the dedis of matrimony, ar pure spirituall gyfif thai 35
proceide of faith; ande quhat sa euir is doynne within the
lawis [of] Code, («) thocht it be wrocht be the body, as the
weray dythting of schonne ande siclik, how sua euir gross
{a) lawisgode in MS.
17. haitrenth : ‘hate.’ 18. viij : C 38 adds ‘chapter,’ not in N.
21. wice : ‘vyce’; C 39,‘voyce.’ 26. doctrynne : the copyist
has omitted ‘ and ’ after this word. 29. messes, matynes :
‘masse, matence and.’ 30. law: ‘lawes.’ 38. dythting
of schonne: ‘ wipinge of shewes.’