No More Learning

at shal 4984
shewen vs to-gidre ? e deuyne nature {and} ? e deuyne
science

[Sidenote: And eternity is a full, total, and perfect possession
of a life which shall never end. This will appear more clearly
from a comparison with temporal things. ]

? Eternite ? an is p{er}fit possessiou{n} {and} al
togidre of lijf interminable {and} ? at shewe? more clerely
by ? e co{m}parisou{n} or collac{i}ou{n} of temp{or}el ? inges. 4988

[Sidenote: Temporal existence proceeds from the past to the
present, and thence to the future. ]

for al ? ing ? at lyue?
in tyme it is p{re}sent {and} p{ro}cedi? fro
preterit? in to fut{ur}es. ? at is to sein. fro tyme passed
in to tyme comynge.

[Sidenote: And there is nothing under the law of time, which can
at once comprehend the whole space of its existence. ]

ne ? er nis no ? ing establissed i{n}
tyme ? at may enbracen to-gidre al ? e space of hys lijf. 4992

[Linenotes:
4977 _al ? inge_--alle thinges
4979 _moche_--mochel
4980 _loken_--loke
_whiche_--which
4981 [_ek_]--from C.
4987 _clerely_--cleerly
4989 _al_--alle]

[Headnote:
THE WORLD IS NOT ETERNAL. ]

[Sidenote: Having lost _yesterday_ it does not as yet enjoy
_to-morrow_; and as for _to-day_ it consists only in the present
transitory moment.