168. ¶ Almes-dedes pleaseth god moche.

Almsdeeds.

God asketh.

Jerome.

[Fol. 85.]

Matt. xxv. 15.

He asks not ours, but his.

He asks only to borrow, and to repay a hundredfold.

Augustine.

[Fol. 85b.]

Prov. xix. 7.

Three kinds of alms-deeds.