Revelations of Divine Love — Julian of Norwich
our pride and our presumption: for us behooveth| verily to see that of our self we are right naught but| sin and wretchedness. And thus by the sight of the! | less (part of sin) that our Lord sheweth us, the more | is wasted [? guessed], which we see not: for he of his | , courtesie measureth the sight to us: for it is so foul} : s] and so horrible, that we should not endure to see it} as it is. And thus by this meek knowing through | contrition and grace we shall be broken from all thing | that is not our Lord. And then shall our blessed | Saviour perfectly cure us, and one us to him. This | ; breaking, and this curing our Lord meaneth by the l general man; for he that is highest and nearest with | y see. Ww [zl
And I that am the least and the lowest of those that | shall be saved; I may be comforted with him that | is highest: so hath our Lord oned us in charity, | when he shewed me that I should sin. And for joy | y that I had in beholding him, I entended not readily | to that shewing. And our courteous Lord rested | there, and would no further teach me, till when that | he gave me grace and will to entend. And hereof!
was I learned, though that we be highly lifted into |, 9(M)
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contemplation by the special. gift of our Lord, yet us behooveth needs therewith to have sight and knowing of our sin, and of our feebleness. For without this knowing we may not have true meekness; and without this we may not be safe. And also I saw we may not have this knowing of our self, nor of none of all our ghostly enemies ; for they will not us so much good: for if it were by their will, we should never see it till our ending day. Then are we much bound to God that he will himself for love shew it us in time of mercy and grace.
Lhe Seventy-eighth Chapter
Atso I had in this more understanding, in that he i| shewed me that I should sin. I took it nakedly to my own singular person for I was no otherwise stirred in that time: but by the high gracious comwf fort that followed after I saw, that his meaning was for the general man; that is to say, all man which i) is sinful, and shall be into the last day: of which man I am a member as I hope by the mercy of God ; for the blessed comfort that I saw, it is large enough for us all. And there was I learned that I should
| see mine own sin, and not other mens, but if it may be for comfort or help of my even Christen. And also in the same shewing, there I saw that I should 9t)?
THE SIXTEENTH REVELATION.
sin: there was I learned to be dreadful for unsikerness of my self. For I wot not how I shall fall, ne I know not the measure, ne the greatness of my sin: for that would I a wist, dreadful; and thereto I had none answer. Also our courteous Lord in that same time, he shewed full sweetly and full mightily the endless-head, and the unchangeability of his love: and also his great goodness, and his gracious inwardly keeping, that the love of him and of our souls shall never be departed into without end. And thus in the dread I have matter of meekness, that saveth me fro presumption. And in the blessed shewing of love I have matter of true comfort and of joy, that saveth me from despair. All this homely shewing of our courteous Lord it is a lovely lesson, and a sweet gracious teaching of himself in comforting of our soul: for he will that we know by the sweetness of the homely love of him, that all that we see or feel within or without which is contrarious to this, that it is of the enemy, and not of God; as thus, if that we be stirred to be the more retchlesser of our living, or of the keeping of our heart, because that we have knowing of this plentuous love; than needeth us greatly to beware of this stirring, if it come. It is untrue, and greatly we owe to hate it, for it hath no likeness of Gods will. And when [we] be fallen by frailty or blindness, then our courteous Lord touching us, stirreth us and keepeth. And 208
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our pride and our presumption: for us behoovs| verily to see that of our self we are right naught but| sin and wretchedness. And thus by the sight of the! | less (part of sin) that our Lord shows us, the more | is wasted [? guessed], which we see not: for he of his | , courtesie measures the sight to us: for it is so foul} : s] and so horrible, that we should not endure to see it} as it is. And thus by this meek knowing through | contrition and grace we shall be broken from all thing | that is not our Lord. And then shall our blessed | Saviour perfectly cure us, and one us to him. This | ; breaking, and this curing our Lord means by the l general man; for he that is highest and nearest with | y see. Ww [zl
And I that am the least and the lowest of those that | shall be saved; I may be comforted with him that | is highest: so has our Lord oned us in charity, | when he showed me that I should sin. And for joy | y that I had in beholding him, I entended not readily | to that showing. And our courteous Lord rested | there, and would no further teach me, till when that | he gave me grace and will to entend. And hereof!
was I learned, though that we be highly lifted into |, 9(M)
THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH CHAPTER
contemplation by the special. gift of our Lord, yet us behoovs needs therewith to have sight and knowing of our sin, and of our feebleness. For without this knowing we may not have true meekness; and without this we may not be safe. And also I saw we may not have this knowing of our self, nor of none of all our ghostly enemies ; for they will not us so much good: for if it were by their will, we should never see it till our ending day. Then are we much bound to God that he will himself for love show it us in time of mercy and grace.
Lhe Seventy-eighth Chapter
Atso I had in this more understanding, in that he i| showed me that I should sin. I took it nakedly to my own singular person for I was no otherwise stirred in that time: but by the high gracious comwf fort that followed after I saw, that his meaning was for the general man; that is to say, all man which i) is sinful, and shall be into the last day: of which man I am a member as I hope by the mercy of God ; for the blessed comfort that I saw, it is large enough for us all. And there was I learned that I should
| see mine own sin, and not other mens, but if it may be for comfort or help of my even Christen. And also in the same showing, there I saw that I should 9t)?
THE SIXTEENTH REVELATION.
sin: there was I learned to be dreadful for unsikerness of my self. For I wot not how I shall fall, ne I know not the measure, ne the greatness of my sin: for that would I a wist, dreadful; and thereto I had none answer. Also our courteous Lord in that same time, he showed full sweetly and full mightily the endless-head, and the unchangeability of his love: and also his great goodness, and his gracious inwardly keeping, that the love of him and of our souls shall never be departed into without end. And thus in the dread I have matter of meekness, that saves me fro presumption. And in the blessed showing of love I have matter of true comfort and of joy, that saves me from despair. All this homely showing of our courteous Lord it is a lovely lesson, and a sweet gracious teaching of himself in comforting of our soul: for he will that we know by the sweetness of the homely love of him, that all that we see or feel within or without which is contrarious to this, that it is of the enemy, and not of God; as thus, if that we be stirred to be the more retchlesser of our living, or of the keeping of our heart, because that we have knowing of this plentuous love; than needs us greatly to beware of this stirring, if it come. It is untrue, and greatly we owe to hate it, for it has no likeness of Gods will. And when [we] be fallen by frailty or blindness, then our courteous Lord touching us, stirs us and keeps. And 208
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