Revelations of Divine Love — Julian of Norwich
| But be we not adread of this, but in as much as | dread may speed; but meekly make we our moan to | our dear worthy Mother, and he shall all besprinckle l us in his precious blood, and make our soul full soft, | and full mild, and heal us full fair by process of time, : right as it is most worship to him, and joy to us | without end. And of this sweet fair working he | shall never cease nor stint, till all his dear worthy | children be brought forth and born. And that | shewed he where he gave the understanding of the , ghostly thirst; that is, the love-longing that shall | last till doomes-day. Thus in our very Mother Jesu | our life is grounded in the fore-seeing wisdom of | himself fro without beginning, with the high might | of the Father, and the sovereign goodness of the | Holy Ghost. And in the taking of our kind he quicked us; and in his blessed dying upon the cross | he bare us to endless life. And fro that time, and i now and ever shall into doomes-day, he feedeth us | and fordreth us, right as the high sovereign kind- | ness of Mother-head will, and as the kindly need of child-head asketh. Fair and sweet is our heavenly Mother Jesu in the sight of our soul; precious and | lovely be the gracious children in the sight of our heavenly Mother, with mildness and meekness, and all that fair vertues that long to children in kind; for kindly the child dispaireth not of the mothers love; k'ud!y the child presumeth not of it self: kindly ; 1 f 0 SNNT ee ae ae ee i E
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the child loveth the mother, and each one of them | other. These be as fair vertues, with all other that be like, wherewith our heavenly Mother is served and pleased. And I understood none higher stature in this life than child-hood in feebleness and failing ofmight and of wit, into the time our gracious Mother hath brought us up into that our Fathers bliss. And there shall it verily be made known to us, his meaning in the sweet words, where he saith, * All shall be well, and thou shalt see it thy self that all manner of thing shall be well.’ And then shall the bliss of our Mother-head in Christ be new to begin in the joyes of our Father God: which new beginning shall last without end, New beginning thus, I understood, that all his blessed children which be come out of hím by kind, should be Armut into him pu by
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The Fifteenth Webelation
The Sixty-fourth Chapter
FORE this time I had great longing and desire aN of Gods gift to be delivered of this world, and of this life; for oft-times I beheld the woe that is here, and the weal and the blessed being that is there. And if there had no pain been in this life, but the absence of our Lord, methought sometime that it was more than I might bear. And this made me to mourn and busily to long.
And also of my own wretchedness, slouth and weariness, that me liked not to live and to travel as
‘me fell to do. And to all this our courteous Lord Rien De contor and pd SE E ei these
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should it then grieve thee to suffer a while, sithen it is n will and my worship?’ And in this word (suddenly thou shalt be taken) I saw that God rewarded man of the patience that he hath in abiding of Gods will, and of his time; and that man lengeth his patience over the time of his living ; for unknowing the time of his passing. This is a great profit; for if a man knew his time, he should not have patience over that time. And also God will that while the soul is in the body, it seem to it self that it is ever at the point to be taken, for all this life and this longing that we have here is but a point. And when we be taken suddenly out of pain into bliss, then pain shall be nought. And in this time I saw a body lying on the earth: which body shewed heavy and fearful, and without shape and form, as it were a swilge stinking myre. And suddenly out of this body sprung a full fair creature, a little child full shapen and formed, swift and lively, and whiter than the lilly, which sharply glided up into heaven. The swilge of the body betokeneth great wretchedness of our deadly flesh: and the littleness of the child betokeneth the cleanness and the pureness of our soul. And I thought with this body bliveth no fairness of this child, ne of this child dwelleth no foulness of this body. It is full bliss-ful (for) man to be taken from pain, more than pain to be taken from man; for if pain be taken from us, it may come again. It uj j a — ——————— Bsa MMÉnÉ DDR —
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| But be we not adread of this, but in as much as | dread may speed; but meekly make we our moan to | our dear worthy Mother, and he shall all besprinckle l us in his precious blood, and make our soul full soft, | and full mild, and heal us full fair by process of time, : right as it is most worship to him, and joy to us | without end. And of this sweet fair working he | shall never cease nor stint, till all his dear worthy | children be brought forth and born. And that | showed he where he gave the understanding of the , ghostly thirst; that is, the love-longing that shall | last till doomes-day. Thus in our very Mother Jesu | our life is grounded in the fore-seeing wisdom of | himself fro without beginning, with the high might | of the Father, and the sovereign goodness of the | Holy Ghost. And in the taking of our kind he quicked us; and in his blessed dying upon the cross | he bare us to endless life. And fro that time, and i now and ever shall into doomes-day, he feeds us | and fordrs us, right as the high sovereign kind- | ness of Mother-head will, and as the kindly need of child-head asks. Fair and sweet is our heavenly Mother Jesu in the sight of our soul; precious and | lovely be the gracious children in the sight of our heavenly Mother, with mildness and meekness, and all that fair vertues that long to children in kind; for kindly the child dispairs not of the mothers love; k'ud!y the child presums not of it self: kindly ; 1 f 0 SNNT ee ae ae ee i E
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THE FOURTEENTH REVELATION,
the child loves the mother, and each one of them | other. These be as fair vertues, with all other that be like, wherewith our heavenly Mother is served and pleased. And I understood none higher stature in this life than child-hood in feebleness and failing ofmight and of wit, into the time our gracious Mother has brought us up into that our Fathers bliss. And there shall it verily be made known to us, his meaning in the sweet words, where he says, * All shall be well, and you shall see it your self that all manner of thing shall be well.’ And then shall the bliss of our Mother-head in Christ be new to begin in the joyes of our Father God: which new beginning shall last without end, New beginning thus, I understood, that all his blessed children which be come out of hím by kind, should be Armut into him pu by
E.
MS
fas C Gu c5 da Ze Bm t D i
The Fifteenth Webelation
The Sixty-fourth Chapter
FORE this time I had great longing and desire aN of Gods gift to be delivered of this world, and of this life; for oft-times I beheld the woe that is here, and the weal and the blessed being that is there. And if there had no pain been in this life, but the absence of our Lord, methought sometime that it was more than I might bear. And this made me to mourn and busily to long.
And also of my own wretchedness, slouth and weariness, that me liked not to live and to travel as
‘me fell to do. And to all this our courteous Lord Rien De contor and pd SE E ei these
CMT CCN LT REVELATION,
should it then grieve you to suffer a while, sithen it is n will and my worship?’ And in this word (suddenly you shall be taken) I saw that God rewarded man of the patience that he has in abiding of Gods will, and of his time; and that man lengs his patience over the time of his living ; for unknowing the time of his passing. This is a great profit; for if a man knew his time, he should not have patience over that time. And also God will that while the soul is in the body, it seem to it self that it is ever at the point to be taken, for all this life and this longing that we have here is but a point. And when we be taken suddenly out of pain into bliss, then pain shall be nought. And in this time I saw a body lying on the earth: which body showed heavy and fearful, and without shape and form, as it were a swilge stinking myre. And suddenly out of this body sprung a full fair creature, a little child full shapen and formed, swift and lively, and whiter than the lilly, which sharply glided up into heaven. The swilge of the body betokens great wretchedness of our deadly flesh: and the littleness of the child betokens the cleanness and the pureness of our soul. And I thought with this body blivs no fairness of this child, ne of this child dwells no foulness of this body. It is full bliss-ful (for) man to be taken from pain, more than pain to be taken from man; for if pain be taken from us, it may come again. It uj j a — ——————— Bsa MMÉnÉ DDR —
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THE SIXTY-FOURTH CHAPTER,
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