Revelations of Divine Love — Julian of Norwich
| 1 more needier that we be, the more speedful it is to 3 us to touch him; and say we thus in our meaning; I know well that I have deserved pain, but our Lord is Almighty, and may punish me mightily; nd he is all wisdom, and can punish me wisely, and he is all goodness, and loveth me tenderly.' And in his beholding it is speedful to us to abide; for it s a full lovely meekness of a sinful soul wrought by mercy and grace of the Holy Ghost: when we will wilfully and gladly take the scourging and the chastising that our Lord himself will give us, and it | shall be full tender and full easie if we will only jJ hold us pleased with him, and with all his works. ‘ For that penance that man taketh upon himself, it Twas not shewed me; that is to say, it was not | shewed me specified ; but this was shewed specially, fand highly, and with full lovely chear, that we | should meekly and patiently bear and suffer that j penance that God himself giveth us, with mind of | his blessed passion; for when we have mind of his | blessed passion with pitty and love, then we suffer : 303 f A irs EO a ee
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with him, like as his friends did that saw it. And this was shewed in the xiiith. neer at the beginning, where it speaketh of pity; for he saith, * Accuse not thy self that thy tribulation and thy woe is all thy default: for I will not that thou be heavy, ne sorrowful undiscreetly ; for I tell thee, howsoever thou do thou shalt have moe. And therefore I will that thou wisely know thy penance which thou art in continually, and that thou meekly take it for thy penance, And then shalt thou truly see that all this living ts penance profitable. This place is prison; this life is penance, and in the remedy he will that we enjoy. The remedy is, that our Lord is with us, keeping us, and leading into fulhead of joy; for this is an endless joy to us in our Lords meaning ; that he that shall be our bliss when we are there, he is our Keeper while we are here; our way and our heaven, in true love and faithful trust. And of this he gave understanding in all, and namely, in shewing of his passion, where he made me mightily to choose him for my heaven. Flee we to our Lord, and we shall be comforted, touch we him, and we shall be made clean; cleave we to him, and we shall be sure and safe from all manner of perils; for our courteous Lord will that we be as homely with him, as heart may think, or soul may desire. But be we ware that we take not so retchesly this homely-head for to leave courtesie; for car Lord himself is sovereign homely-head, and 20 !
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, 8° homely as he is, as courteous he is; for he is H "an courteous. And the blessed creatures that shall be in heaven with him without end, he will ; have them like to himself in all thing; and to be 7 like to our Lord perfectly, it is our very salvation ; land our full bliss. And if we wote not how we 1 [shall do all this, desire we of our Lord, and he shall 4 [learn us; for it is his own liking and his worship:
,, blessed mote he be.
The Seventy-seventh Chapter
(Our Lord of his mercy sheweth us our sin and our ș feebleness by the sweet gracious sight of himself. ,lFor our sin is so foul and so horrible, that he of his „curtesie will not shew it us but by the light of his mercy. Of four things, it is his will that we have knowing: the first is, that he is the ground of whom {we have all our life and our being. The second is, ¿that he keepeth us mightily and mercifully in the ¿time that we are in our sin, among all our enemies jthat are full fell upon us. And somuch we are in „ithe more peril, for we give them occasion thereto, jand we know not our own need. The third is, how jcurteously he keepeth us, and maketh us to know that we go amiss. The fourth is, how stedfastly he ibideth us, and changeth no chear; for he will that 405
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we be turned and unied to him in love, as he is to}
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us. And thus by gracious knowing we may see our | sin profitable without despair: for soothly us needeth | to see it; and by the sight we should be made| ashamed of our self, and breaken down as against |
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| 1 more needier that we be, the more speedful it is to 3 us to touch him; and say we thus in our meaning; I know well that I have deserved pain, but our Lord is Almighty, and may punish me mightily; nd he is all wisdom, and can punish me wisely, and he is all goodness, and loves me tenderly.' And in his beholding it is speedful to us to abide; for it s a full lovely meekness of a sinful soul wrought by mercy and grace of the Holy Ghost: when we will wilfully and gladly take the scourging and the chastising that our Lord himself will give us, and it | shall be full tender and full easie if we will only jJ hold us pleased with him, and with all his works. ‘ For that penance that man takes upon himself, it Twas not showed me; that is to say, it was not | showed me specified ; but this was showed specially, fand highly, and with full lovely chear, that we | should meekly and patiently bear and suffer that j penance that God himself gives us, with mind of | his blessed passion; for when we have mind of his | blessed passion with pitty and love, then we suffer : 303 f A irs EO a ee
THE SIXTEENTH REVELATION,
with him, like as his friends did that saw it. And this was showed in the xiiith. neer at the beginning, where it speaks of pity; for he says, * Accuse not your self that your tribulation and your woe is all your default: for I will not that you be heavy, ne sorrowful undiscreetly ; for I tell you, howsoever you do you shall have moe. And therefore I will that you wisely know your penance which you are in continually, and that you meekly take it for your penance, And then shall you truly see that all this living ts penance profitable. This place is prison; this life is penance, and in the remedy he will that we enjoy. The remedy is, that our Lord is with us, keeping us, and leading into fulhead of joy; for this is an endless joy to us in our Lords meaning ; that he that shall be our bliss when we are there, he is our Keeper while we are here; our way and our heaven, in true love and faithful trust. And of this he gave understanding in all, and namely, in showing of his passion, where he made me mightily to choose him for my heaven. Flee we to our Lord, and we shall be comforted, touch we him, and we shall be made clean; cleave we to him, and we shall be sure and safe from all manner of perils; for our courteous Lord will that we be as homely with him, as heart may think, or soul may desire. But be we ware that we take not so retchesly this homely-head for to leave courtesie; for car Lord himself is sovereign homely-head, and 20 !
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, 8° homely as he is, as courteous he is; for he is H "an courteous. And the blessed creatures that shall be in heaven with him without end, he will ; have them like to himself in all thing; and to be 7 like to our Lord perfectly, it is our very salvation ; land our full bliss. And if we wote not how we 1 [shall do all this, desire we of our Lord, and he shall 4 [learn us; for it is his own liking and his worship:
,, blessed mote he be.
The Seventy-seventh Chapter
(Our Lord of his mercy shows us our sin and our ș feebleness by the sweet gracious sight of himself. ,lFor our sin is so foul and so horrible, that he of his „curtesie will not show it us but by the light of his mercy. Of four things, it is his will that we have knowing: the first is, that he is the ground of whom {we have all our life and our being. The second is, ¿that he keeps us mightily and mercifully in the ¿time that we are in our sin, among all our enemies jthat are full fell upon us. And somuch we are in „ithe more peril, for we give them occasion thereto, jand we know not our own need. The third is, how jcurteously he keeps us, and makes us to know that we go amiss. The fourth is, how stedfastly he ibids us, and changes no chear; for he will that 405
THE SIXTEENTH REVELATION, |
we be turned and unied to him in love, as he is to}
Ss =~
us. And thus by gracious knowing we may see our | sin profitable without despair: for soothly us needs | to see it; and by the sight we should be made| ashamed of our self, and breaken down as against |
SSSA ASAE EOE SAENGER E. pre
se. re
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