Written, according to CUL MS Dd. 5. 64 for a nun of Hampole, The Commandment begins with an exposition of the first great commandment (Matthew 22: 37-8). There are no exhortations here to spiritual development drawn from Rolle's own experience, and this epistle discourses on love through a mixture of reworkings from Rolle's earlier works with passages borrowed from other texts on affective meditation, combining evocations of passionate love with admonitions against sin.

The comawndement of God es, that we lufe oure Lorde in al oure hert, in all oure saule, in al oure thoght. In al oure hert: that es in al oure understandyng, withowten erryng. In al owre sawle: that es, in al oure will, withowten gaynsaiyng. In al oure thoght: that es, that we thynk on hym, withowten forgetyng. In this maner es verray lufe and trew, that es werk of mans will. For lufe es a wilful stiryng of owre thoght intil God, sa that it receyve na thyng that es agaynes the lufe of Jhesu Crist, and tharwith that it be lastand in swetnes of devocion; and this es the perfeccion of this lyfe, til the whilk al dedely syn es contrary and enmy, bot noght venyall syn. For venial syn dose noght away charite, bot anly lettes the usce and the byrnyng tharof. Forthi all that wil lufe God perfitely, thaim behoves noght alanly fle al dedly synnes, bot alsa, als mykel als thai may, all venial syn, in thoght and worde and dede; and namly, to be of lytel speche.