WERKIS MAIK US NETHER GOOD NOR EVILL.

It is proven, that werkis nether maik us rychteouse nor unrychteouse:

Ergo, no werkis nether maik us good nor evill. For rychteouse and good

ar one thing, and unrighteouse and evill, one. Good werkis maik not ane

good man, nor evill werkis ane evill man: But a good man makith good

werkis, and ane evill man evill werkis. Good fruct makith not the tree

good, nor evill fruict the tree evill: But a good tree bearith good

fruict, and ane evill tree evill fruict. A good man can not do evill

werkis, nor ane evill man good werkis; for ane evill tree can not beare

good fruct, nor ane good tree evill fruct. A man is good befoir he do

good werkis, and ane evill man is evill before he do evill werkis; for

the tree is good befoir it bear good fruict, and evill befoir it beir

evill fruct. Everie man is either good or evill. Either maik the tree

good, and the fruct good also, or ellis maik the tree evill, and the

fruct lyikwyise evill. Everie manes werkis ar eyther good or evill: for

all fructis ar either good or evill. "Either maik the tree good and the

fruct also, or ellis maik the tree evill and the fruct of it lyikwyise

evill." (Matth. 13.)--A good man is knowin be his werkis; for a good man

doith good werkis, and ane evill, evill werkis. "Ye shall knaw thame be

thair fruct; for ane good tree bringeth furth good fruct, and ane evill

tree evill fruict." (Matth. 7.)--A man is likened to the tree, and his

werkis to the fruct of the trie. "Bewar of the fals propheittis, which

come unto yow in scheippis clothing; but inwardlie thei ar raveening

wolves. Ye shall knaw thame be thair fructis."

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