fo. xcviii.De fructu fideiNonus fructꝰ eſt fides: de quofidedictū eſt in tractatu de virtutibus in capit⁊ ideo nichil aliud eſt hic dicendum: niſi ꝙ fi-Sicut fundamentū ad ſuſtinēdum. ¶fideSicut arnatura ad euadendū.daS cut argumentū ad ꝯcludendūſtinēdū. SicutSicut īſtrumentū ad aſcēdendū.enī videmꝰ ꝙ natura qn̄ vult ꝓduce̓ plātā prīo ponitradicē. ſil̓r qn̄ domificator facit domū: prīo ponit fundamētū. Simil̓r in moralibꝰ ſi aliqͥs vellet edificarebona oꝑa/ dꝫ ſubponere fidē: q̄ eſt vt petra duriciſſima⁊ totiꝰ ſpūalis edificii fūdamētuꝫ. Et iō dixit dn̄s pe.Mat. xvi. Suꝑ hāc petrā edificabo eccl̓iam meā. Etnota ꝙ dixit ſuꝑ hāc: qꝛ fūdamētū alid̓ nemo pōt po-nere: niſi illud qd̓ poſitū eſt qd̓ ē xp̄s ieſꝰ .i. coꝝ. iii. Etideo ſi qͥs edificat: ſuꝑ iſtud fūdamētū edificet. qꝛ aitapl̓us. Sine fide impoſſibile eſt placere deo.Scd̓o fides eſt armamētū ad euadendū. eſt enī ſicutſcutū militare. ſcutū aūt militare habet ſuperficiem/et tres angulos. et portatur a ꝑte ſiniſtra contra ad-uerſarium/ ⁊ a parte cordis ad protegendū ipſum: etratione ſigni hꝫ repreſentare deū. ſic reuerafides ca-tholica eſt ad repellēdum aduerſariū cū tribꝰ cater-nis/ ad protegendū animū cum tribꝰ potētiis ad cōfitendum deum in tribꝰ ꝑſonis. Un̄ ait apl̓s Ephe. vi.In oībus ſumētes ſcutum fidei ⁊cͣ.Tertiofides eſt ſicut argumentū ad ꝯcludendum nōſicut argumentū dyaleticū quod procedit ex probra-bilibus: aut ſicut argumentū tentatiuū qd̓ ꝓcedit exhis que vidētur probabilia ⁊ nō ſunt. ſꝫ eſt argumēlūapotheticū .i. faciens ſcire. Nunꝙͣ enī aliqͥs ſapiens