[6-text p 631] ffor if it were reson þat man schulde hate his Enemye. forsothe god schulde not take vs to his loue; that ben his Enemyes [524] a-yens thre maner of wrongis that his Enemye doth to hym. he schall do thre thynges. as þus. [525] ¶ A-yens hate & rancour of herte. he schall loue hym in herte. Ayen chidyng & wicked wordis he schall praie for his Enemye ¶ Ayens the wicked dede of his Enemye he schall doon hym bounte. [526] ffor crist seith. Loueth your Enemyes & preieth for hem that speke you harme. And eke for hem that you chacen & pursewyn & doth bounte to hem that you haten. Lo thus commaundeth vs our lord ihesu crist to do to our Enemyes. [527] ¶ ffor sothli nature dryueth vs to loue our frendis. And parfaie our Enemyes han more nede to love then our frendis. And thei that muste nede haue. certis to hem schall men do good|nes. [528] & certis in thilke dede haue remem|braunce of the loue of ihesu crist that died for his Enemyes. [529] ¶ And in as meche as thilke loue is the more greuous to parfourme. so meche is more gret the merite. & therfore the louyng of our Enemye hath confoundid the venyme of the deuyll [530] ffor as the deuyll is discomfited be humylite. Right so is he woundid to the deth bi the loue of our Enemye. [531] Certis then is loue the medecyne that caccheth out the venyme of Enuye fro mannes hert. [532] The spices of this pas schull ben more largeli in her chapiters folwing /
¶ De Ira [from margin]
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Affter Enuye woll I declare the synne of Ire. ffor sothli who that hath Enuye vp on his neighbore. a-non comenli he woll fynde hym mater of wraþthe in worde or in dede a-yens hym [Harl. 1758 folio 216a] to whom he hath Enuye. [534] ¶ And as well cometh Ire of
