The fulfyllynge of the .vii. workes of mercye is an other specyall sygne, that thou louest god: and many mo there be, whiche were to longe to reherse them all. 28 162. ¶ Howe a man shulde loue his neyghbour. [Sidenote: Love of our neighbour.] Thou must loue thy neyghboure as thy-selfe, wherin thou shalt please god specially: for if thou loue thy neyghbour as thy-selfe, it foloweth by reason, that thou shalte do nothyng to hym, but suche as thou 4 woldest shulde be done to the. And that is to presume, that thou woldest not haue any hurte of thy body, nor of thy goodes, done vnto the, and lykewyse thou shuldest none do vnto hym. And also if thou 8 woldest haue any goodnes done vnto the, eyther in thy bodye, or in thy mouable goodes, lykewyse shuldest thou do vnto thy neyghbour, if it lye in thye power, accordynge [Sidenote: Gregory.] to the sayinge of saynte Gregorye, _Nec deus sine proximo, 12 nec proximus vere diligitur sine deo_: Thou canste not loue god, with-out thou loue thy neyghbour, nor thou canst not loue thy neighbour, without thou loue god. Wherfore [Sidenote: [Fol. 75.]] thou muste fyrste loue god pryncypallye, and thy neyghbour 16 secondaryly. 163. ¶ Of prayer that pleaseth god very moche. [Sidenote: Prayer pleaseth God much.] Prayer is honour and laude to god, and a specyall thynge that pleaseth hym moche, and is a greate sygne, that thou louest god, and that thou arte perfyte and stedfaste in the faythe of holy churche: and that it is so, 4 it maye be well consydered by our forefathers, that haue for the loue and honour of god made churches. And a man muste dayly at some conuenyente tymes exercyse and vse prayer hym-selfe, as he oughte to doo. For saynt 8 [Sidenote: Ambrose.] Ambrose sayth, _Relicto hoc, ad quod teneris, ingratum est spiritui sancto quicquid aliud operaris_: If thou leaue that thynge vndone, that thou arte bounde to doo, it is not acceptable to god, what-so-euer thou dooste elles. Than 12 it is necessarye, that thou do praye, and a poore manne doynge his labour trewely in the daye, and thinketh well, prayeth well: but on the holye daye, he is bounde to come to the church, and here his diuyne seruyce. 16 [Sidenote: [Fol. 75_b_.]] 164. ¶ What thynge letteth prayer.