that ye ben liche to goddes, these clerkes sayn, and in determinacion shewen, that "three thinges haven [by] the names of goddes ben cleped; that is to sayn: man, divel, and images"; 110 but yet is there but oon god, of whom al goodnesse, al grace, and al vertue cometh; and he +is loving and trewe, and everlasting, and pryme cause of al being thinges. But men ben goddes lovinge and trewe, but not everlasting; and that is by adopcioun of the everlastinge god. Divels ben goddes, stirringe by 115 a maner of lyving; but neither ben they trewe ne everlastinge; and their name of godliheed th[e]y han by usurpacion, as the prophete sayth: "Al goddes of gentyles (that is to say, paynims) are divels." But images ben goddes by nuncupacion; and they ben neither livinge ne trewe, ne everlastinge. After these wordes 120 they clepen "goddes" images wrought with mennes handes. But now [art thou a] resonable creature, that by adopcion alone art to the grete god everlastinge, and therby thou art "god" cleped: let thy +faders maners so entre thy wittes that thou might folowe, in-as-moche as longeth to thee, thy +faders worship, so 125 that in nothinge thy kynde from his wil declyne, ne from his nobley perverte. In this wyse if thou werche, thou art above al other thinges save god alone; and so say no more "thyn herte to serve in to hye a place." CH. IX. 1. arte. 2. thynge. 3. thyne. leaue. 5. reason. 6. nowe. bearers. 7. purpose. 9. Yea. 10. -thorowe. steered. 13. leneth; _read_ leueth. 15. thyne. 16. arne. _I supply_ thee. 17. the. 18. myne hert. 20. maye. 23. Nowe. are; _read_ that. 24. the. 25. shalte. 26. one. 27. Howe. to forne. 31. fye. 38. vnderputte. 39. thynge. made. 40. buxome. 41. manne. 43. reason. 44. knytte. 45. lyuenges. reasonable. made. 47. Nowe. 48. nowe. nowe ferre nowe. thousande. 49. nowe (_twice_). ferre. momente. 50. tenne. disposytion. 52. nowe. _I supply_ arn. vnderputte. 53. reasonable. 54. lordshippe. thynge. 56. nothynge. the. 57. wote. euyn. 58. arte. 59. manne (_twice_). 60. soueraygntie. cease. 61. thoughe putte. 64. haste. 64-5. nowe. 68. haste. dethe. 70. nowe pray. 71. _For_ in _read_ on? comforte. 72. lette the. 75. wylte. 76. dethe anone. 77. beno_m_men; _read_ benimen. 79. the. 81. the. 83. none (_twice_). 84. hytherto. 85. _Supply_ that. thorowe one. 86. togyther. dethe. 87. ydeot wotte. 88. accorde. 89. waye (_twice_). 90. consente.