Revelations of Divine Love — Julian of Norwich
Tuis book is begun by Gods gift and his grace; but it is not yet performed as to my sight. For charity pray we all together, with Gods working, thanking, trusting, enjoying. For this will our good Lord be praid, by the understanding that I took in all his own meaning, and in the sweet words where he saith full merrily, *I am ground of thy beseeching.’ For truly, 1 saw and understood in our Lords meaning, that he shewed it; for he will have it known more then it is. In which knowing he will give us grace to love him, and cleave to him. For he beholds his heavenly treasure and solace in heavenly joy, in drawing of our hearts from sorrow and darkness, which we are in. And fro the time that it was shewed, I desired oftentimes to wit in what was our Lords meaning: and fifteen year after and more, I was answered in ghostly understanding, saying thus; ‘ What? wouldest thou wit thy Lords meaning in this thing? Wit it. well: love was his meaning. Who sheweth it thee? Love. Wherefore sheweth he it thee ? For love. Hold thee therein, thou shalt nit more in the same. But thou shalt never wit therein other without end’? Thus was I learned that love is our Lords meaning. And I saw full surely in this and in all, that our God made us, he love] us; which love was never slacked, 218
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ne never shall And in this love he hath done all his works: and in this love he hath made all thing profitable to us: and in this love our life is everlasting; in our making we had beginning: but the love wherein he made us was in him fro without beginning. In which love we have our beginning. And all this shall we see in God without end.
: . Deo Gratias.
Explicit liber Revelationum Juliane Anachorite Norwic. cujus anime propicietur Deus.
OS Oe ee ee
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NOTE
| Tue present issue of Mother Juliana’s AVI Revelations | of Divine Love is based upon the earliest printed edi- | tion of it, the one undertaken by Serenus de Cressy, | a Benedictine, and published in 1670. That edition | has been followed faithfully, except in a few cases | where obvious misprints, or the spelling, seemed likely to lead to confusion for the reader. Inconsistencies of spelling, characteristic of the time of | its publication, have been retained, and a few explanations which seemed of immediate importance, or | suggested additional words, which might make the meaning more clear, have been inserted in square | brackets. Following this note will be found a list | of words, which may be referred to in case of | need: the list includes also a few queried words | which may be misreadings of the original The | punctuation of Serenus de Cressy’s edition has been altered wherever it seemed needful. Perhaps | a general note may be made that the words * where- | fore,’ and ‘ therefore,’ * where’ and ‘there,’ are often given a sense easily missed. ! Mother Juliana’s werk exists in two MSS. (siateenth Du
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and seventeenth centuries) one in the British Museum | and the other in the Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris.
The former was edited ina modernised form by Henry 1
Collins in 1877, and, later, in 1901 by Grace Warrack.
The latter was the basis of Cressy's edition, a reprint | of which, now very scarce, was issued in 1843. The title-page of this last edition reads as follows:
XVI | REVELATIONS | or | Divine Love, | Shewed to a Devout Servant | of our Lord, called| MOTHER JULIANA, | an | Anchorete of NORIVICH : | Who lived in the Dayes. of KING | EDWARD the Third. | Published by R. F. S. Cressy. | Accedite ad Deum et Illuminamini. Psal 33. v. 5. | Printed. in the. Year,
MDCLXX. | Permissu Superiorum.
Hugh Paulinus Cressy was born in Yorkshire, in.1605. He was educated at Oxford, and, after taking Holy Orders, became chaplain to the unfortunate Strafford, He held further clerical appointments in England and Ireland, and in 1646 was received. into the Roman Catholic Church at Rome. After spending some time in Paris he joined the Benedictines.at Douay, and was thenceforward called Serenus de Cressy. After some years he returned to his native land, and died in
1674 at East Grinstead in Sussex. Of Mother Juliana herself little is known, and wae
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NOTE
; | that little is indicated in the address * To the Reader.’ ; | She was an anchoret of Norwich, and is said to have x| been born in 1342, She seems to have been a ; | Benedictine nun belonging to Carrow, Norwich, and
" | the anchorage of the churchyard of St. Julian, Norwich, was her chief home. She was ‘yet in life,'
. ] in 1442.
The scribe of the British Museum MS. ends with | the following words, and they may, perhaps, be | reproduced here :—
Thus endeth the Revelation of Love of the blissid Trinite shewid by our Savior Christ Jesu for our | endles comfort and solace, and also to enjoyen in | him in this passand journey of this life.
Amen Jesu Amen
Tuis book is begun by Gods gift and his grace; but it is not yet performed as to my sight. For charity pray we all together, with Gods working, thanking, trusting, enjoying. For this will our good Lord be praid, by the understanding that I took in all his own meaning, and in the sweet words where he says full merrily, *I am ground of your beseeching.’ For truly, 1 saw and understood in our Lords meaning, that he showed it; for he will have it known more then it is. In which knowing he will give us grace to love him, and cleave to him. For he beholds his heavenly treasure and solace in heavenly joy, in drawing of our hearts from sorrow and darkness, which we are in. And fro the time that it was showed, I desired oftentimes to wit in what was our Lords meaning: and fifteen year after and more, I was answered in ghostly understanding, saying thus; ‘ What? wouldest you wit your Lords meaning in this thing? Wit it. well: love was his meaning. Who shows it you? Love. Wherefore shows he it you ? For love. Hold you therein, you shall nit more in the same. But you shall never wit therein other without end’? Thus was I learned that love is our Lords meaning. And I saw full surely in this and in all, that our God made us, he love] us; which love was never slacked, 218
THE EIGHTY-FIFTH CHAPTER
ne never shall And in this love he has done all his works: and in this love he has made all thing profitable to us: and in this love our life is everlasting; in our making we had beginning: but the love wherein he made us was in him fro without beginning. In which love we have our beginning. And all this shall we see in God without end.
: . Deo Gratias.
Explicit liber Revelationum Juliane Anachorite Norwic. cujus anime propicietur Deus.
OS Oe ee ee
s ; = w, " ^ eu d E 7 i PL "i y ; i Y Iu 4g r 34.7 > - A ee ay s ox. ‘ > f : ; "el EN E = , a g pd » >
Qi zc ok RS p - TE - - pao Daci stem ei x
2 us
NOTE
| Tue present issue of Mother Juliana’s AVI Revelations | of Divine Love is based upon the earliest printed edi- | tion of it, the one undertaken by Serenus de Cressy, | a Benedictine, and published in 1670. That edition | has been followed faithfully, except in a few cases | where obvious misprints, or the spelling, seemed likely to lead to confusion for the reader. Inconsistencies of spelling, characteristic of the time of | its publication, have been retained, and a few explanations which seemed of immediate importance, or | suggested additional words, which might make the meaning more clear, have been inserted in square | brackets. Following this note will be found a list | of words, which may be referred to in case of | need: the list includes also a few queried words | which may be misreadings of the original The | punctuation of Serenus de Cressy’s edition has been altered wherever it seemed needful. Perhaps | a general note may be made that the words * where- | fore,’ and ‘ therefore,’ * where’ and ‘there,’ are often given a sense easily missed. ! Mother Juliana’s werk exists in two MSS. (siateenth Du
NOTE
and seventeenth centuries) one in the British Museum | and the other in the Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris.
The former was edited ina modernised form by Henry 1
Collins in 1877, and, later, in 1901 by Grace Warrack.
The latter was the basis of Cressy's edition, a reprint | of which, now very scarce, was issued in 1843. The title-page of this last edition reads as follows:
XVI | REVELATIONS | or | Divine Love, | Showed to a Devout Servant | of our Lord, called| MOTHER JULIANA, | an | Anchorete of NORIVICH : | Who lived in the Dayes. of KING | EDWARD the Third. | Published by R. F. S. Cressy. | Accedite ad Deum et Illuminamini. Psal 33. v. 5. | Printed. in the. Year,
MDCLXX. | Permissu Superiorum.
Hugh Paulinus Cressy was born in Yorkshire, in.1605. He was educated at Oxford, and, after taking Holy Orders, became chaplain to the unfortunate Strafford, He held further clerical appointments in England and Ireland, and in 1646 was received. into the Roman Catholic Church at Rome. After spending some time in Paris he joined the Benedictines.at Douay, and was thenceforward called Serenus de Cressy. After some years he returned to his native land, and died in
1674 at East Grinstead in Sussex. Of Mother Juliana herself little is known, and wae
PLE LELR LLL EERE E RES
Gee Ee PE 0 09^ we «ede Pet od
NOTE
; | that little is indicated in the address * To the Reader.’ ; | She was an anchoret of Norwich, and is said to have x| been born in 1342, She seems to have been a ; | Benedictine nun belonging to Carrow, Norwich, and
" | the anchorage of the churchyard of St. Julian, Norwich, was her chief home. She was ‘yet in life,'
. ] in 1442.
The scribe of the British Museum MS. ends with | the following words, and they may, perhaps, be | reproduced here :—
Thus ends the Revelation of Love of the blissid Trinite shewid by our Savior Christ Jesu for our | endles comfort and solace, and also to enjoyen in | him in this passand journey of this life.
Amen Jesu Amen
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