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[^JULIAN OF NORWICH.
JULIAN OF NORWICH'S REVELATIONS
OF DIVINE LOVE. THE SHORTER VERSION
ED. FROM B.L. ADD. MS 37790.
MIDDLE ENGLISH TEXTS.
ED. F. BEER. 
HEIDELBERG: CARL WINTER
UNIVERSITAETSVERLAG, 1978. 
PP. 48.21 - 62.24^]

<P 48>
[} [\VII\] }]

   Alle this blyssede techynge of oure lorde god was schewyd to
me in thre partyes, that is be bodylye syght, and be worde
formede in myne vndyrstandynge, & be gastelye syght. Botte
the gastelye syght I maye nought ne can nought schewe it vnto
+gowe als oponlye & als fullye as I wolde. Botte I truste in
oure lorde god allemyghtty that he schalle, of his goodnes and
for +goure love, make +gowe to take it mare gastelye and mare
swetly than I can or maye telle it +gowe, and so motte it be,
for we are alle one in loove.
   And in alle this I was mekylle styrrede in charyte to myne
evyncrystene that thaye myght alle see and knawe +te same
that I sawe, for I walde that it ware comforthe to thame
<P 49>
alle as it es to me. For this syght was schewyd in
generalle & nathynge in specyalle. Of alle that [{I{] sawe,
this was the maste comforthe to me: that oure lorde es so       #
hamlye
& so curtayse. And this maste [{fil{]lyd me with lykynge &
syekernes in saule.
   Than sayde I to the folke that were with me, "Itt es todaye
domesdaye with me", & this I sayde for I wenede to hafe dyed.
For that daye that man or woman dyes ys he demyd as he schalle
be withowtyn eende. This I sayde for y walde thaye lovyd god
mare, & sette the lesse pryse be the vanite of the worlde, for
to make thame to hafe mynde that this lyfe es schorte, as thaye
myght se in ensampille be me. For in alle +tis tyme I wenede to
hafe dyed.

[} [\VIII\] }]

   And aftyr this I sawe with bodely syght the face of the      #
crucifixe
that hange before me, in whilke I behelde contynuely a
party of his passyon: despite, spittynge in, sowlynge of his
bodye, & buffetynge in his blysfulle face; & manye langoures
and paynes ma than I can telle, and ofte chaungynge of coloure,
and alle his blyssede face atyme closede in dry blode. This I
sawe bodylye & hevelye & derkelye, and I desyred mare bodelye
lyght to hafe sene more clerelye. And I was aunswerde in my
resone that +gyf god walde schewe me mare he schulde, botte me
nedyd na lyght botte hym.
   And aftyr this I sawe god in a poynte, that es in myne       #
vndyrstandynge,
by whilke syght I sawe that he es in alle thynge.
I behelde with vysemente, wittande and knawande in that syght
that he dose alle that es done. I merveylede in this syght
with a softe drede & thought, "Whate es synne?" For I sawe
trulye that god dothe alle thynge, be itt nevere so litille;
nor nathynge es done be happe ne be eventure, botte the endeles
forluke of the wysdome of god. Wharefore me behovede nedes
grawnte that alle thynge that es done es wele done, and I was
<P 50>
sekyr that god dose na synne. [{+Terfore it semed to me +tat
synne is nou+gt, for in alle thys synne{] was nou+gt schewyd    #
me.
And y walde no lengyr mervelle of this, botte behalde oure
lorde whate he wolde schewe me. & in anothyr tyme god schewyd
me whate syne es nakydlye be the selfe as y schalle telle
aftyrw[{a{]rde.
   And aftyr this I sawe behaldande the bodye plentevouslye     #
bledande,
hate & freschlye and lyfelye, ry+gt as I sawe before in
the heede. And this was schewyd me in the semes of
scowrgynge, and this ranne so plenteuouslye to my syght that
me thought +gyf itt hadde bene so in kynde for +tat tyme, itt
schulde hafe made the bedde alle on blode & hafe passede on
abowte. God has made waterse plenteuouse in erthe to oure
servyce and to owre bodylye eese, for tendyr love that he has
to vs; botte +git lykes hym bettyr that we take fullye his
blessede blode to wasche vs with of synne, for thare ys no
lykoure that es made that hym lykes so welle to gyffe vs, for
it is so plenteuouse and of oure kynde.
   And aftyr this, [{or{] god schewyd me any wo[{r{]des, he     #
suffyrde
me to behalde langere and alle that I hadde seene & alle that
was thereyn. And than was withowtyn voyce & withowte openynge
of lyppes formede in my sawlle this worde, "Herewith ys the
feende ouercomyn". This worde sayde oure lorde me[{n{]ande his
passyon, as he schewyd me before.
   In this oure lorde brought vnto my mynde & schewyd me a      #
perte
of the fendys malyce & fully his vnmyght, and for that he
schewyd me that the passyon of hym is ouercomynge of the fende.
God schewyd me that he hase nowe the same malyce that he had
before the incarnacyon, and als sare he travayles & als         #
contynuelye 
he sees that alle chosene saules eschapes hym worschipfullye,
<P 51>
and that es alle his sorowe. For alle that god
suffers hym do turnes [{thame{] to ioye & hym to payne & to
schame, and he has als mekylle sorowe when god gyffes hym leve
to wyrke as when he werkys nought, and that es for he maye
nevere do als ille as he wolde, for his myght es alle lokene
in goddys hande. Also I sawe oure lorde scorne his malyce
and nought hym, and he wille that we do the same. For this
syght I lugh+g myghttelye, and that made tham to laugh+g that
were abowte me, and thare laughynge was lykynge to me. I
thought y wolde myne evyncristene hadde sene as I sawe; than
schulde thaye alle hafe laughyn with me. Botte I sawe nou+gt
cryste laugh+g. Neuerthelesse hym lykes that we laugh+g in      #
comfortynge 
of vs, & er ioyande in god, for the feende ys ouercomyn.
   & aftyr this I felle into a saddehete & sayde, "I see thre
thynges: game, scorne, and arneste. I see game that the feende
ys ouercomen, and I see scorne that god scornes hym
and he schalle be scornede, and I see arneste that he es        #
ouercomen
be the passion of oure lorde Ihesu cryste & be his dede
that was done ful erneste & with sadde travayle". Aftyr this
oure lorde sayde, "I thanke the of thy servyce & of thy         #
trauayle, 
& namly in +ti +gough".

[} [\IX\] }]

   God schewyd me thre degrees of blysse that ylke saule        #
schalle
hafe in hevene that wilfullye hase servyd god in any degree
heere in erthe. The fyrste is the wyrschipfulle thankkynge
of owre lorde god that he schalle resayfe when he es            #
delyuerede 
fro payne. This thanke is so hy+ge and so wyrschipfulle
that hym thynke it fylles hym +tow+g +tare ware no mare blys:   #
for
me thought that alle the payne & travayle that myght be         #
suffyrde
of alle lyffande men myght nought [{hafe{] deservede the
thanke that a man schalle hafe that wylfullye has servydde
<P 52>
god. For the seconde, that alle the blyssede creatures +tat
er in hevene schalle see that worschipfulle thankynge of oure
lorde god, & he makys his servyce to alle that er in heuen
knawen. And for the thyrde, that als new ande als lykande
as it es resayvede that tyme, ryght so schalle itt laste        #
withowten
ende: I sawe that goodelye and swetlye was this sayde
& schewyd to me, that +te age of euerylk [{man{] schalle be     #
knawen
in heuen and rewardyd for his wilfulle seruyce and for his
tyme, and namelye the age of thame +tat wilfullye and frelye
offers thare +gought vnto god es passande rewardede & wondyrlye
thankkyd.
   And aftyr this oure lorde schewyd me a souerayne gastelye    #
lykkynge
in my sawlle. In this lykynge I was fulfillyd of euerlastande
sekernesse, myghtlye festnede withowtyn any drede.
This felynge was so gladde to me and so goodly that [{I was{]   #
in
peez, in ese, and in ryste, so that +tere was nothynge in erthe
that schulde hafe grevyd me. This lastyd botte a while, and
I was turnede & lefte to myselfe in hevynes and werynesse of
myselfe and yrkesumnesse of my lyfe, that vnnethes I cowthe
hafe pacyence to lyeve. Thare was none ese ne na comforthe to
my felynge botte hope, faythe, and charyte, and this y hadde
in trowthe botte fulle lytille in felynge.
   And anone aftyr, god gafe me agayne the comforth and
the reste in saule, likynge and syekyrnesse so blysfulle & so
myghtty +tat no drede, no sorowe, no payne bodylye no gastelye
that myght be sufferde schulde have dissesede me. And than
the payne schewyd agayne to my felynge, and than the ioye and
the lykynge, & than the tane & nowe the tothere dyverse
tymes I suppose abowte twentye sythes. And in the tyme of
ioye I myght hafe sayde with Paule, Nathynge schalle departe
me fro the charyte of cryste. And in payne y myght hafe sayde
with saynte Petyr, Lorde save me, I perysche.
   +Tis vision was schewyd me to lere me atte my vndyrstandynge
<P 53>
+tat it es nedefulle to ylke man to feele on this wyse: sumtyme
to be in comforthe & sumtyme to fayle & be lefte to hymselfe.
God wille that we knowe that he kepes vs euerelyke syekyr in
wele and in woo, & als mykille loves vs in woo as in weele. &
sumtyme, for the profytte of his saule, a man es lefte to       #
hymselfe
& to whethere symme es nought the cause. For in this
tyme I synnede nought wherefore I schulde be lefte to myselfe,
ne also I deseruede nou+gt to hafe this blysfulle felynge.
Botte frelye god gyffez wele when hym lykes, and suffers [{vs{]
in wa sumtyme. And bothe es of love: for it is god ys wille
that we halde vs in comforthe with alle oure myght, for blys
es lastande withowtyn ende and payn es passande & schalle be
brought to nought. Therefore it es nought goddys wille that
we folowe the felynges of payne in sorowynge and in mournynge
for tha[{im{] , botte sodaynlye passe on & halde vs in          #
endelesse
lykynge that es god allemyghtty oure lovere & kepare.

[} [\X\] }]

   Aftyr this cryste schewyd me a partye of his passyone nere   #
his
dyinge. I sawe that swete faace as yt ware drye and             #
bludyelesse 
with pale dyinge, sithen mare de[{de{] pale langourande;
and than turnede more dede to the blewe, & sithene mare blewe
as the flesche turnede mare deepe dede. For alle the paynes
that cryste sufferde in his bodye schewyd to me in the blyssede
faace als farfurthe as I sawe it, and namelye in the lyppes.
Thare I sawe this foure colourse, thaye that I sawe             #
beforehande,
freschlye & rud[{dy{] , lyflye & lykande to my syght.
   This was a hevy chaunge to see this deepe dyinge, and
also the nese c[{l{]aungede and dryed to my sight. This lange   #
pynnynge
semede to me as he hadde bene a seuen nyght dede, allewaye
sufferande payne. & me thought the dryinge of crystes
flesche was the maste payne of his passion, and the laste. And
in this dryhede was brou+gt to my mynde this worde that cryste
<P 54>
sayde, "I thryste". For I sawe in criste a doubille thyrste,
ane bodylye, ane othere gastelye. This worde was schewyd to
me for the bodylye thirste, and for the gastelye thyrste was
schewyd to me als I schalle saye eftyrwarde. And I vndyrstode
of bodelye thyrste that the bodye hadde of faylynge of          #
moystere,
for the blessede flesche & banes ware lefte allane withowtyn
blode & moystere. The blyssyd bodye dryede alle ane
lange tyme with wryngynge of the nayles and paysynge of the
h[{ede{] and weyght of the bodye, with blawynge of wynde fra
withoutyn that dryed mare and pyned hym with calde mare than
myn herte can thynke, & alle othere paynes.
   Swilke paynes I sawe that alle es to litelle +tat y can      #
telle
or saye, for itt maye nou+gt be tolde. Botte ylke saule aftere
the sayinge of saynte Pawle schulde feele in hym +tat in criste
Ihesu. This schewynge of criste paynes fillyd me fulle of
paynes, for I wate weele he suffrede nou+gt botte ane+g, botte
as he walde schewe yt me and fylle me with mynde as I hadde
desyrede before.
   My modere that stode emangys othere and behelde me lyftyd    #
vppe
hir hande before me face to lokke myn eyen, for sche wenyd I
had bene dede or els I hadde dyede. And this encresyd mekille
my sorowe, for nou+gtwithstandynge alle my paynes, I wolde      #
nou+gt
hafe been lettyd for loove that I hadde in hym. And to whethere
in alle this tyme of crystes presence I felyd no payne
botte for cristes paynes, +tan thou+gt me I knewe [{ful         #
lytylle{]
whate payne it was that I askyd. For me thought that my paynes
passede any bodylye dede; I thou+gt, "Es any payne in helle
lyke this payne?" And I was aunswerde in my resone that         #
dyspayre
ys mare for that es gastelye payne. Bot bodilye payne
es nane mare than this: howe myght my payne [{be more{] than to
see hym that es alle my lyfe, alle my blys, & alle mye
ioye suffy[{r? Here{] felyd I sothfastlye that y lovede criste
so mekille abouen myselfe that me thought it hadde beene a
<P 55>
grete eese to me to hafe dyede bodylye.
   Hereyn I sawe in partye the compassyon of oure ladye saynte
Marye, for criste & scho ware so anede in loove that +te        #
gretnesse
of hir loove was the cause of the mykillehede of hir
payne. For so mykille as scho lovyd hym mare than alle othere,
her payne passed alle othere, and so alle his disciples & alle
his trewe lovers suffyrde paynes mare than thare awne bodelye
dying. For I am sekyr be myn awne felynge that the leste of
thame luffed [{hym{] mare than thaye dyd thamselfe.
   Here I sawe [{a{] grete anynge betwyx criste and vs, for     #
when
he was in payne, we ware in payne, and alle creatures that
myght suffyr payne soffyrde with hym. And thaye that knewe
hym nou+gt, this was thare payne, that alle creatures, sonne &
the mone, withdrewe thare seruyce, and so ware thaye alle
lefte in sorowe for the tyme. And thus thaye that lovyd hym
sufferde payne for luffe, & thay that luffyd hym nought         #
sufferde
payne for faylynge of comforthe [{of alle{] creatures.
   In this tyme I walde hafe lokyd besyde the crosse botte I
durste nou+gt, for I wyste wele whilys I lukyd vppon the crosse
I was sekyr and safe. Therfore I walde nought assente to
putte my sawle in perille, for besyde the crosse was na         #
syekernesse,
botte vglynesse of feendes. Than hadde I a profyr
in my resone as +gyf it hadde beene frendelye. I[{t{] sayde to
me, "Luke vppe to heven to his fadere". Than sawe I wele,
with the faythe that y felyd, that thare ware nathynge betwyx
the crosse & heuen that myght hafe desesyd me, and othere me
behovyd loke vppe or els aunswere. I answerde & sayde, "Naye,
I may nought, for thowe erte myne heuen". This I sayde for I
walde nou+gt, for I hadde levyr hafe bene in that payne to
domysdaye than hafe comen to hevene otherewyse that be hym.
For I wyste wele he that bought me so sare schulde vnbynde me
when he walde.
<P 56>
   Thus chese I Ihesu for my heuen wham I [{saw{] onlye in      #
payne
at that tyme. Me lykede no nothere hevene than Ihesu
whilke schalle be my blysse when I am thare. And this has
euer beene a comforthe to me, that I chesyd Ihesu to my hevene
in alle [{this{] tyme of passyon and of sorowe; and that has
beene a lernynge to me, that I schulde euermare do so and chese
anly hym to my heuen, in wele and in wa. And thus sawe I my
lorde Ihesu langoure lange tyme, for the anynge of the godhede
for love gafe strenght to the manhede to suffyr mare than alle
men myght. I mene nought anly mare payne anly than alle men
myght suffyr, bot a[{lso{] that he suffyrde mare payne than     #
alle
men that euer was fra the fyrste begynnynge to the laste daye.
   No tonge maye telle, ne [{herte fully{] thynke, the paynes   #
that
oure savyoure sufferde for vs, haffande rewarde to the          #
worthynes
of the hyest worschipfulle kynge and to the schamefulle,
dyspyttous & paynfulle dede. For he that was hieste & worthyest
was fullyest noghthede & witterlyest dyspyside. Botte the
loue that made hym to suffere alle this, itt passes als fare
alle his payns as heuen es abouen erthe. For the paynes was
a dede done in a tyme be the wyrkynge of love, botte luffe
was withowtyn begynnynge, & es and evere schalle be withowtyn
any ende.
   And sodaynlye, me behaldande in the same crosse, he          #
chaunchede
into blysfulle chere: the chawngynge of his chere chaungyd
myne, and I was alle gladde & mery as yt was possybille. Than
brought oure lorde merelye to my mynde, "Whate es any poynte
of thy payne or of +ty grefe?" And I was fulle merye.

[} [\XII\] }]

   Than sayde oure lorde, askande, "Arte thou wele payde that I
suffyrde for the?" "+Ga, goode lorde", quod I. "Gramercy
goode lorde, blissyd mut thowe be". "+Gyf thowe be payede",
<P 57>
guod oure lorde, "I am payede. It es a ioye and a blysse and
ane endlesse, lykynge to me that euer y suffyrde passyon for
the, for +gyf I myght suffyr mare, I walde suffyr".
   In this felynge myne vndyrstandynge was lyftyd vppe into     #
heuen,
and thare I sawe thre hevens of the whilke syght I was gretlye
merveylede, and thought, "I sawe thre hevens, and alle
of the blessyd manhede of cryste; and nane is mare, nane is
lesse, nane is hiare, nane is lawere, botte evene like in 
blysse".
   For the fyrste heuen schewed criste me his fadere, bot in na
bodelye lyknesse, botte in his properte and in his lykynge.
The wyrkynge of the fadere it is this: that he gyffes mede
tille his sone Ihesu criste. This gyfte and this mede is so
blysfulle to Ihesu that [{his{] fadere myght haffe gyffene na
mede that myght hafe likede hym bettere. For the first heuen,
that is blissynge of the fadere, schewed to me as a heuen, and
itt was fulle blysfulle. For he is fulle blyssede with alle
the dedes that he has done abow+gte oure saluacyon, wharefore
we ere nought anely his thurgh byingge, botte also be the       #
curtayse
gyfte of his fadere. We ere his blysse, we er his mede,
we er his wyrschippe, we er his crowne.
   This that I saye is soo grete blysse to Ihesu that he settys
atte nought his travayle, and his harde passion, and cruelle
and schamefulle dede. And in this wordes: +gyf I myght suffyr
mare, I walde suffyr mare, I sawe sothly that +gif he myght dye
als ofte als fore euerilke man anes that schalle be safe as he
dyed anes for alle, love schulde neuer late hym hafe reste to
he hadde done it. And when he hadde done it, he walde sette
it atte nought for luff, for alle thynge hym botte litylle
in regarde of his love. And that schewed he me wele             #
[{sobarly{] ,
sayande this worde: +gyffe I myght suffere mare. He sayde
nought, +gif it ware nedfulle to suffyr mare, botte +gif I      #
myght
suffyr mare. For thow+g it be nought nedefulle and he myght
suffyr mare, mare he walde. This dede and this werke abowte
oure saluacyon was als wele as he myght ordayne it, it was
<P 58>
done als wyrschipfullye as cryste myght do it. And in this I
sawe a fulle blysse in cryste, botte this blysse schulde nought
hafe bene done fulle +gyf it myght any bettere hafe bene done
+tan it was done.
   And in this thre wordes, It is a ioye, a blysse, and ane     #
endeles
likynge to me, ware schewed to me thre hevens as thus: for
the ioye I vndyrstode the plesaunce of the fadere; for the
blysse, the wirschippe of the sone; and for the endeles         #
lykynge,
the haly gaste. The fadere is plesed, the sone ys worschippyd,
the haly gaste lykes. Ihesu wille that we take heede to this
blysse that is in the blyssedfulle trinite of oure saluacion,
and that we lyke als mekylle with his grace whyles we
er here. And this was schewyd me in +tis worde: Erte +tow wele
payed?
   Be the tothere worde that cryste sayde, +gyf +tou be payed   #
I am
payd, he schewed me the vndyrstandynge as +gyf he had sayde:
It is ioye and lykynge enough to me, and I aske nought els
for my travayle botte that I myght paye the. Plentyuoslye and
fully was this schewyd to me. Thynke also wyselye of the        #
gretnesse
of this worde: That euer I suffred passion for the, for
in that worde was a hye knawynge of luffe and of lykynge that
he hadde in oure saluacion.

[} [\XIII\] }]

   Fulle merelye and gladlye oure lorde lokyd into his syde and
behelde and sayde this worde, "Loo, how I lovyd the", as +gyf
he hadde sayde: My childe, +gyf thow kan nought loke in my      #
godhede, 
see heere howe I lette opyn my syde, and my herte be clovene
in twa, and lette oute blude and watere alle +tat was thareyn.
And this lykes me, and so wille I that it do the. This
schewed oure lorde me to make vs gladde and mery.
   And with the same chere and myrthe he loked downe on the     #
ryght
syde and brought to my mynde whare oure ladye stode in the
tyme of his passion, and sayde, "Wille thowe see hir?" And
<P 59>
I aunswerde and sayde, "+Ga goode lorde, gramercy, +gyf it be
thy wille". Ofte tymes I prayed it, and wened to haffe sene
here in bodely lykenes, botte I sawe hir nought soo. And
Ihesu in +tat worde schewed me a gastelye syght of hire. Ryght
as I hadde before sene hire litille and sympille, ryght so he
schewed here than, hye and nobille and gloriouse and plesaunte
to hym abouen alle creatures.
   And so he wille that it be knawyn that alle tha that lykes   #
in
hym schulde lyke in hire, and in the lykynge that he hase in
hire, and scho in hym. And in that worde that Ihesu sayde:
Wille +tou see hire? me thought I hadde the maste lykynge that
he myght hafe gyffen me, with the gastelye schewynge that he
gafe me of hire; for oure lorde schewed me nothynge in          #
specyalle
botte oure lady saynte Marye, and here he schewyd me in
thre tymes. The fyrste was as sche consayved, the seconde was
as scho were in hire sorowes vndere the crosse, and the thryd
as scho is nowe: in lykynge, wirschippe, and ioye.
   And eftyr this oure lorde schewyd hym to me mare gloryfyed   #
as
to my syght than I sawe hym before, and in this was I lered
that ilke saule contemplatyfe to whilke es gyffen to luke and
seke god schalle se hire and passe vnto god by contemplacion.
And eftyr this techynge, hamelye, curtayse, and blysfulle and
verray lyfe, ofte tymes oure lorde Ihesu sayde to me, "I it am
that is hiaste. I it am that +tou luffes. I it am that thowe
lykes. I it am that +towe serves. I it am +tat +tou langes. I   #
it
am that +towe desyres. I it am that thowe menes. I it am +tat
is alle. I it am that haly kyrke preches the and teches the.
I it am that schewed me are to the". Thies wordes I declare
nought botte for ilke man, eftyr the grace that god gyffes hym
in vndyrstandynge and lovynge, resayfe tham in oure lordes
menynge.
   And eftyr, oure lorde brought vnto my mynde the langynge     #
that
I hadde to hym before. And I sawe that nathynge letted me
bot syn; and so I behelde generallye in vs alle, and me         #
thought,
"+Gyf syn hadde nought bene, we schulde alle hafe bene clene    #
and
lyke to oure lorde, as he made vs". And thus in my folye,       #
before
this tyme, ofte I wondrede why, be the grete forseande
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wysdome of god, syn was nought lettede, for than thought me
that alle schulde hafe bene wele. This styrrynge was mekylle
to forsayke, and mournynge and sorowe I made therfore withoutyn
resone and dyscrecion, of fulle grete pryde.
   Neuerthelesse Ihesu in this vision enfourmede me of alle     #
that
me neded. I saye nought that me nedes na mare techynge, for
oure lorde, with the schewynge of this, hase lefte me to haly
kyrke; and I am hungery and thyrstye and nedy and synfulle
and freele, & wilfully submyttes me to the techynge of haly
kyrke, with alle myne euencrysten, into the ende of my lyfe.
He aunswerde be this worde and sayde, "Synne is behouelye".
In this worde, Synne, oure lorde brought to my mynde            #
generallye 
alle that is nought goode: the schamefulle dyspyte and
the vtter noghtynge that he bare for vs in this lyfe and in
his dyinge, and alle the paynes and passyons of alle his        #
creatures,
gastelye and bodelye. For we ere alle in party noghted,
and we schulde be noghted folowande oure maister Ihesu to we
be fulle purgede, that is to say to we be fully noghted
of oure awne dedely flesche, and of alle oure inwarde           #
affeccion[{s{]
whilke ere nought goode.
   And the behaldynge of this, with alle the paynes that euer
ware or euer schalle be, a[{lle{] this was schewed me in a toch
and redely passed ouere into comforth, for oure goode lorde
god walde noght that the saule ware afferdede of this vglye
syght. Bott I sawe noght synne, fore I lefe it has na manere
of substaunce, na partye of beynge, na it myght nought be       #
knawen
bot be the paynes that it is cause of. And this payne, it
is sumthynge as to my syght, for a tyme: for it purges vs and
makes vs to knawe oureselfe and aske mercy.
   For the passion of oure lorde is comforth to vs agaynes alle
this, and so is his blyssyd wille. To alle that schalle be
saffe, he comfortes redely and swetlye be his wordes, and says,
"Botte alle schalle be wele, and alle maner of thynge schalle
be wele". Thyes wordes ware schewed wele tenderlye, schewande
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na ma[{ne{]re of blame to me, na to nane that schalle be safe.
Than were it a grete vnkyndenesse of me to blame or wondyr of
god for my synnes, syn he blames not me for synne. Thus I
sawe howe cryste has compassyon of vs for the cause of synne,
and ryght as I was before with the passyon of cryste fulfilled
with payne and compassion, [{lyke in +tis I was in party fyllyd
with compassion{] of alle myn euencristene; and than sawe I
that ylke kynde compassyone that man hase of his evencristene
with chartye, +tat it is criste in hym.

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Bot in this +ge schalle studye: behaldande generallye,          #
dredelye,
& mournande, sayande thus to oure lorde in my menynge
with fulle grete drede, "A, goode lorde, howe myght alle be
wele for the grete harme that is comon by synne to thy          #
creatures?"
And I desired as I durste to hafe sum mare open declarynge
wharewith I myght be hesyd in this. And to this oure
blyssede lorde aunswerde fulle mekelye and with fulle lovelye
chere, and schewed me that Adames synne was the maste harme
that euer was done or ever schalle to the warldes ende, and
also he schewed me that this is opynly [{knawyn{] in alle haly
kyrke in erthe. Forthermare he lered me that I schulde behalde
the gloriouse asethe, for this aseth-makynge is mare
plesande to the blissede godhede and mare wyrschipfulle to
mannes saluacion withowtene comparyson than euer was the
synne of Adam harmfulle.
   +Tanne menes oure lorde blyssede thus in this techynge,
that we schulde take hede to this: "For sen I hafe made
wele the maste harme, it is my wille that +towe knawe +terby
that I schalle make wele alle that is the lesse". He gaffe
me vndyrstandynge of twa partyes. The ta party is oure saviour
and oure saluacion. This blyssed party is opyn and
clere and fayre and lyght and plentious, for alle mankynde
that is of goode wille or +tat schalle be es comprehendyd in
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this partye. Hereto ere we byddyn of god and drawen and         #
consayled
and lered inwardlye be the haly gaste & outwarde by
haly kyrke by the same grace. In this wille oure lorde that
we be occupyed, enioyande in hym, for he enioyes in vs. And
+te mare plentyuouslye that we take of this with reuerence and
mekenesse, the mare we deserve thanke of hym and the mare spede
to oureselfe. And thus maye we saye, enioyande, Oure parte
is oure lorde.
   The tother parte is spared fro vs and hidde, that is to      #
saye,
alle that is besyde oure saluacion. For this is oure lordys
prive consayles [{& it langes to +te ryalle lordeschyp of god
for to haue his prive consayles{] in pees, and it langes to his
seruauntys for obedyence and reuerence nought to wille witte
his councelle. Oure lorde has pite and compassyon of vs for
that sum creatures makes tham so besy +teryn, and I am sekyr
+gyf we wyste howe mekille we schulde plese hym and ese         #
oureselfe
for to lefe it, we walde. The sayntes in heuen wille
nathynge witte bot that oure lorde wille schewe thame, and
also there charyte and +ter desyre is rewlyd eftyr the wille
of oure lorde. And +tus awe we to wille ne to be lyke to hym,
and than schalle we nathynge wille ne desyre botte the wille
of oure lorde, as he does, for we er alle ane in goddys         #
menynge.
And here was I lered that we schalle anely enioye in
oure blissid sauiour Ihesu & trist in hym for alle thynge. 



