¶ Eternite þan is p{er}fit possessiou{n} {and} al togidre of lijf interminable {and} þat sheweþ more clerely by þe co{m}parisou{n} or collac{i}ou{n} of temp{or}el þinges. 4988 [Sidenote: Temporal existence proceeds from the past to the present, and thence to the future.] for al þing þat lyueþ in tyme it is p{re}sent {and} p{ro}cediþ fro preteritȝ in to fut{ur}es. þat is to sein. fro tyme passed in to tyme comynge. [Sidenote: And there is nothing under the law of time, which can at once comprehend the whole space of its existence.] ne þer nis no þing establissed i{n} tyme þat may enbracen to-gidre al þe space of hys lijf. 4992 [Linenotes: 4977 _al þinge_--alle thinges 4979 _moche_--mochel 4980 _loken_--loke _whiche_--which 4981 [_ek_]--from C. 4987 _clerely_--cleerly 4989 _al_--alle] [Headnote: THE WORLD IS NOT ETERNAL.] [Sidenote: Having lost _yesterday_ it does not as yet enjoy _to-morrow_; and as for _to-day_ it consists only in the present transitory moment.] for certys ȝit ne haþ it nat taken þe tyme of þe morwe. {and} it haþ lost þat of ȝister-day. and certys in þe lijf of þis day ȝe ne lyuen no more but ryȝt as in þis moeueable [[pg 172]] {and} t{ra}nsitorie moment. [Sidenote: Whatever, therefore, is subjected to a temporal condition, as Aristotle thought of the world, may be without beginning and without end; and although its duration may extend to an infinity of time, yet it cannot rightly be called eternal: for it doth not comprehend at once the whole extent of its infinite duration, having no knowledge of things future which are not yet arrived.] þan þilke þinge þat suffriþ 4996 temp{or}el condic{i}ou{n}. a[l]þough{e} þat [it] bygan neuer to be. ne þough{e} it neu{er}e cese forto be. as aristotle demde of þe worlde. and al þouȝ þat þe lif of it be strecchid wiþ infinite of tyme. [Sidenote: [* fol. 39.]] ȝit al*gates nis it no 5000 swiche þing þat men myȝten trowen by ryȝt þat it is eterne. for al þouȝ þat it comp{re}hende {and} embrace þe space of life infinite. ȝit algates ne [em]braceþ it nat þe space of þe lif alto-gidre. for it ne haþ nat þe fut{ur}es 5004 þat ne ben nat ȝit. ne it ne haþ no lenger þe p{re}t{er}itȝ þat ben ydon or ypassed. [Sidenote: For what is eternal must be always present to itself and master of itself, and have always with it the infinite succession of time.]