Iellaph̓s iij. ethicoꝝ Meliꝰ eſt mori ꝙͣ agere ꝯtra virtuteꝫ ⁊ veritatem. Primo quoqꝫ ethicorū teſtatus eſt In infortunijs v̓tusrefulget. Et Seneca in ſuis prouerbijs. Tollerabilior eſt quimori ꝙͣ qui male viuere iubet. Theologice probare non indigemus quia notorium. ¶ Sed ex predictis queritur an hō ſtansin lumine naturali nec credens animā immortalē debeat mallemori ꝙͣ agere cōtra legem? Uidet̉ ꝙ non: quoniā talis nō cre-dit mercedē iuſticie in futuro. Oppoſitū vero apparet/ quoniāmalū culpe incōparabiliter peius eſt ⁊ fugibilius ꝙͣ malum pe-ne. Ad primū reſpondendū quēadmodū Henri. pͥmo quot. inquiens habemꝰ exp̄ſſam ſententiā ph̓i aſſerētis in ethicis ꝙ hōmagis debeat eligere mori ꝙͣ viuere in peccato: ymmo ⁊ potiꝰvelle mori in actu virtutis maiori/ ꝙͣ viuere in minori: p̄ſertimqm̄ culpa eſt fugibilitatis infinite ⁊ incōparabiliter abhomina-bilior omni pena. Uerūtamē Scotus in ſcripto qͣrti tenet ꝯtrarium dicēs non eē non fore appetendū propt̓ malū culpe vitan-dum. qꝛ ſicut maximū peccatū eſt deū odire: ita poſt hoc grauiſſimum peccatū eſt velle non eſſe ſeu velle ſe nichil eē. Et rurſusqm̄ velle ſe non eſſe eſt velle ſę annichilari: que rn̄ſio ſalua ipſiusdignitate non videt̉ eſſe ydonea. Sicut enim valde virtuoſummeritoriūqꝫ cōſiſtit ſe dare in mortē tēporalē pro deo atqꝫ iuſti-cia ac fidei veritate: Sic licitū eſt velle non eſſe ꝓpter euadēdaet̓ne dānatiōis ſupplicia: nec deꝰ hͦ reprobat: īmo nature īpreſ-ſit abhorrere tā intollerabile malū. Deniqꝫ ſcōꝝ patrū doct̉naꝯcordit̓ ꝓteſtat̉ ꝙ vniuerſitatꝭ ordo id exigit ꝙ homo deū ſuperomnia toto corde incōꝑabilit̉ diligat: idc̄co de eiꝰ offenſione/ a-miſſiōe iniuria incōꝑabilit̓ debet dolere prout vera reqͥrit cō-tritio: ſicqꝫ malle vniuerſa nature dona amittere/ ꝙͣ deū offēdere. Et ſic apparet ꝙͣ deteſtabilis eſt mors culpe/ propter quamhomo ſubiret mortem nature: que mors culpe facit animā miſerabiliorem ⁊ ſubijcit eam pene culpe er mortis eterne. Sed ſicnon eſt de alia ſcꝫ corporali. iſta enim non facit hominem miſe-rum niſi ratione precedentis mortis a gratia: ymmo mors pec-cati peior eſt pena iehenne capiendo penā iehēne pro pena tm̄.melius eſt enim eſſe in inferno ſine culpa ꝙͣ in celo cum culpa.: