[6-text p 631] ¶ ffor if it were reson þat a man sholde haten his enemy /. for sothe / god nolde nat receyuen vs to his loue / that been hise enemys [524] ¶ Agayns .iij. manere of [¶ How a man shal do .iij. thynges / agayns .iij. manere of thynges that his enemy dooth to hym] thynges that his enemy dooth to hym /. he shal doon .iij. thynges as thus [525] ¶ Agayns hate and rancour of herte / he shal loue hym in herte ¶ Agayns chidyng and wikkede wordes / he shal preye for his enemy ¶ And agayn wikked dede of his enemy /. he shal doon hym. bountee [526] ¶ ffor crist seith / loueth youre enemys / and preyeth for hem that speke yow harm /. and eek for hem / that yow chacen and pursewen and dooth bountee / to hem that yow haten ¶ Loo / thus comaundeth vs oure lord Ihesu crist. to do / to oure enemys /. [527] ffor soothly nature dryueth vs / to louen oure freendes /. and parfey / oure enemys / han moore nede to loue than oure freendes /. and they that moore nede haue / certes / to hem shal men doon good|nesse / [528] and certes in thilke dede / haue we remem|brance / of the loue of Ihesu crist that deyde for hise enemys /. [529] and in as muche as thilke loue / is the moore greuous to perfourne / in so muche / is the moore gretter the merite / and ther-fore the louynge of oure enemy / hath confounded / the venym of the deuel /. [530] ffor right as the deuel / is disconfited by humylitee /. right so / is he wounded to the deeth / by loue of oure enemy [531] ¶ Certes. / thanne is loue the medicine / that casteth out the venym of Enuye / fro mannes herte [532] ¶ The speces of this paas / shullen be moore largely in hir Chapitres folwynge declared . . .
¶ Sequitur de Ira .
[533] After Enuye / wol I discryuen the synne of Ire /. ffor soothly / who so hath enuye vpon his neighebor / anon he wole comunly fynde hym a matere of wratthe / in word / or [folio 222a] in dede / agayns hym / to whom he hath enuye ‖. [534] And as wel comth Ire of pride /
