lues, but they ar to be weyed by
godds worde and laws / by which they ar forbidden: By it / wicked
actes and the doinge of them ar to be iudged: And seing that the
poure of the lawe and worde of god is all one in all
commaundmentes / by it / the weighte / burthen and greatnes of
synne committed / is to be weyed considered and iudged.

[[Iacob. 2.]]

S. Iames therfor in this cause doth saye. He that hathe obserued
the whole lawe / and dothe offend in one / is made giltye of
all. Which sayinge truly is harde and sharpe / but most true /
and teachith all men that they shuld not extenuate synne. But
this place of Iames / is not to be vnderstonded / as thoughe that
all synnes wer equall and like.

[[August. Epist. 29. ad Hiero.]]

That doth Augustine truly and playnly denye: He saith that the
Stoickes do go about to proue it / when they saye / that all
vertues are conioyned and knitt together / so that he which hathe
one of them hath all / and he that wantith one wantith all. For
wisdome (saye they) is not fearefull / nott intemperate / nut
vniuste / therfor it hath ioyned with it the vertues which be
contrarie vnto these vices: And likewise iustice / strenghthe /
temperaunce and other vertues are not vnwise / but are ioyned
with wisdome / wheruppon they do conclude / that all vertues are
conioyned and knitt together. Theise thinges / saith Augustine /

[[Iaco. 3.]]

do not agre with the holy scriptures / which do witnes.

[[1. Ioan. 1.]]

That in many thinges we do all offend / and If we saye that we
haue no synne / we do deceyue our selues and ther is no truithe
in vs. Wherfor seing that we synne in many thinges / and in
synnynge we can not haue that vertue which is contrarie to that
synne which we do committ / and yet it may be that he which
fallith in one synne / many be constaunt in other vertues / the
opinion of theis philosophers is fals. As for example: Be it /
that one be of an hastye nature / or do exceade measure in
eatinge / and yet he gyuith euery man his own / and will gyue
his life in Godds cause: though this man be fearce / and
intemperate / yet is he called a iust man / and a stronge man.
S. Augustine doth also putt awaye the similitude of the
stoicks / whiche is. That the man doth die in the waters / if
they be but half a handfull ouer, his heade / aswell as he ouer
whos heade they are / ten / or twentie cubites. This is no apte
similitude / saith he / therfor let vs take an other more