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THE RIGHT VAY TO
he inwiit that man vefz maid to the euerletlad blis quhilk he haid
tint / Thairfor he tempit Adam and Eua to brak the comand of
God that thay ad al yat come of thayme fuld be eternalie codamnit
Our lord lefus paffit dwne to the hel to dillroy the power and
falfet of the dewil aganis man / and he raifz wp agane fra deid to 5
giff al that trowis in hyme the euerleftand liff / and that we fuld
lewe chriffmlie in ane new liff / as S. Paul vritis to the Romans in
the vi ch. Dauid fpekis to the fader / of Chrift in the xv Pfalme /
Lat noth my faul ramane in hel / heir euerie ma ma mark yat our
lord paffit du to the hel / he paffit dune to the hel veralie as to the 10
faul and power / and fuppofz that we cane noth of our felff
onderftand quhow our lord lefus Chrift paffit dune to the hel /
neuertheles we trow fewerlie the wordis quhilk Dauid fpak be the
halie fpreit / quhen our lord haid comedit his faul in his faders
handis apone the cors / thay vindit his halie body / and fine laid 15
it in the grawe / bot his faul paffit dune to the hel ad diliuerit the
halie faulis quhilk ramanit thair in prefone on to his cuing / our
lord lefus Chrift vefz fa meik gracious ad marciful to vfz puir finful
creators that he wald ouercum and diftroy with his halie deid and
paffione / al ewil aganis vfz and deliuer vfz fra the power of the 20
dewil the payne of hel / and ye euerleftand deid / yat ve fuld dreid
na thyng / and we lewe efter his command / the refurrectione of
our lord lefg is ane greit artikil in our halie faith1 and hes ftrinthit
al the marthers ad halie men quhilk fuffert deid and payne and
perfecutione heir in the vardil / fua that they carit noth thairfor 25
bot trowit fuuerlie that thay fuld rifz wp agane fra deid to the euer-
lefland liff in heuine without ony end The refurredtione of lefus
Chrift fra deid is the gretaft hop and blithtnes of al chriffine ma
and voman as S. Paul fais in the iiii chaiptur to the Romans he
wefz gifftne for our finnis / ad he is wpriffine for our richtufnes / 30
our finnis wefz the caufz of Chriftis deid as it is writine in the liii
chaiptur of the propheit Efaie / his wpriffine is our richtufnes (that
is to fay) our faluatione / fua that na man cane be faiff2 be ony oder
vay bot throw faith in his refurredtione / he that trowis that Chrift
is wpriffine he trowis that Chrift ringis / to trow yat he ringis yat is 35
1 faih. 2 faiff.
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