Crist bad to hise Apostles alle,
The whos pouer as nou is falle
On ous that ben of holi cherche,
Iacobus. Fides sine operibus mortua est.[1665]
If we the goode dedes werche;[1666] 1800
For feith only sufficeth noght,[1667]
Bot if good dede also be wroght.
Confessor.
Now were it good that thou forthi,
Which thurgh baptesme proprely