G ¶ The thyrde is thou shalt loue thy neyghboure for god.
THe thyrde poynte is howe thou shalt loue thy neyghboure for god / to this thou arte bounde by the commaundement of god where he commaundeth & sayth / thou shalt loue thy neyghboure as thy-selfe; / yf thou shalt loue hym as thy-selfe nedes thou must loue hym. / thou shalt loue hym also for god. Of this loue speketh saynt Austyn & sayth / thou shalt loue god for hym-selfe with all thy herte / & thy neyghboure for god as thy-selfe / that is to saye / loke where-to and for what thou louest thy-selfe so thou shalt loue thy neyghboure. Thou shalt loue thy-selfe in all goodnesse & for god / ryght so thou sha[l]t loue thy neyghboure for god & in all goodnes, but in none euyll. / therfore sayth the same clerke: He that loueth men þat is to saye his neyghbours, he loueth or sholde loue them for they ben good & ryghtfull or els that they may be good & ryghtfull / & that is to saye thou shalt loue them in god or els for god / & in this maner euery man sholde loue hymselfe. Also of the loue of thy neyghbour I rede, whan thou forsakest a synguler prouffyte for þe loue of thy neyghbour than þou louest thy neyghbour. Also thou louest thy neyghbour as thy-selfe whan thou doost hym no harme but desyrest the same goodnes & prouffyte ghoostly & bodely to hym that þou desyrest to thy-selfe. Loue thus thy neyghbour or els þou louest not god. To this accordeth an holy clerke & sayth: By the loue of god the loue of thy neyghbour is purchased / & by þe loue of thy neyghbour the loue of god is nourysshed / for he þat taketh no hede to loue his neyghbour he can not loue his god. But whan thou hast fyrste sauour in [þe] loue of thy neyghbour / than thou begynnest to entre in to þe loue of god. Loue thus thy neyghbour for god & than thou kepest the thyrde poynte of this degree of loue.