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B20816	XVI revelations of divine love shewed to a devout servant of our Lord called Mother Juliana, an anchorete of Norwich, who lived in the dayes of King Edward the Third / published by R.F.S. Cressy.; Revelations of divine love	Julian, of Norwich, b. 1343.; Cressy, Serenus, 1605-1674.	1670 (1670)	Wing C6902A; ESTC R29742	111,030	230

understand that the best deed is well done and so well as the best deed that is done and the highest so well is the least deed done And all in the Property and in the Order that our Lord hath it ordeined tofore without beginning For there is no Door but he I saw full truly that he changed never his purpose in no manner of thing ne never shall without end For there was nothing unknown to him in his rightful Ordinance fro without beginning And therefore all thing were set in order ere any thing was made as it should stand without end and no manner of thing shall fail of that Point for he hath made all thing in fulhead of Goodness And therefore the blessed Trinity is ever full pleased in all his Works And all this shewed he full blessedly meaning thus See I am God See I am in all things See I do all things See I never left my hands of my Works ne never shall without end See I lead all thing to the end that I ordaine it to for without beginning by the same Might Wisdom and Love that I made it with How should any thing be amiss Thus mightily wisely and lovingly was the Soul examined in this Vision Then saw I verily that me behoveth needs to assent with great Reverence and Joy in God The Fourth Revelation The xij Chapter ANd after this I saw beholding the body plentuously bleeding in seeming of the scourging as thus The fair Skin was broken full deep into the tender flesh with sharp smitings all about the sweet Body The hot blood ran out so plenteously that there was neither seen Skin ne Wound but as it were all blood And when it came where it should have fallen down there it vanished Notwithstanding the bleeding continued a while till it might be seen with advisement And this was so plentuous to my sight that me thought if it had been so in kind and in substance for that time it should have made the Bed all on blood and have passed over all about Then came to my mind that God hath made Waters plentuous in Earth to our service and to our bodily ease for tender Love that he hath to us But yet liketh him better that we take full holsomely his blessed Blood to wash us from sin for there is no Liquor that is made that liketh him so well to give us For it is most plentuous as it is most precious and that by the vertue of the blessed Godhead and it is our own kind and blessedfully overfloweth us by the vertue of his precious Love The dear worthy blood of our Lord Jesu Christ also verily as it is most precious as verily it is most plentuous Behold and see the vertue of this precious plenty of his dear worthy Blood It descended down into Hell and brake her Bonds and delivered them all that were there which belongeth to the Court of Heaven The precious plenty of his dear worthy Blood overfloweth all Earth and is ready to wash all Creatures of sin which be of Good-will have been or shall be The precious plenty of his dear worthy Blood ascendeth up into Heaven in the blessed Body of our Lord Jesu Christ And there is in him Bleeding Praying for us to the Father and is and shall be as long as us needeth And evermore it floweth in all Heaven enjoying the Salvation of all Mankind that be there and shall be fulfilling the number that faileth The Fifth Revelation The xiij Chapter ANd after or that God shewed any words he suffered me to behold him a conveniable time And all that I had seen and all the understanding that was therein as the simpleness of the Soul might take it Then he without voyce and opening of Lips formed in my Soul these Words Herewith is the fiend overcome This Word said our Lord meaning his blessed Passion as he shewed before In this our Lord shewed a part of the fiends malice and fully his unmight for he shewed that the Passion of him is the overcoming of the fiend God shewed that the fiend hath now the same malice that he had before the Incarnation and also sore he travelleth And as continually he seeth that all Souls of Salvation escape him Worshipfully by the vertue of his precious Passion and that is his sorrow and full evil is he ashamed For all that God suffereth him to do turneth us to joy and him to shame and pain And he hath as much sorrow when God giveth him leave to Work as when he worketh not And that is for he may never do as ill as he would for his might is all locked in God's hand but in God may be no wrath as to my fight For our good Lord endlesly having regard to his own Worship and to the profit of all them that shall be saved with Might and Right he withstandeth the reproved the which of malice and of shrewdness busie them to contrary and do against God's will Also I saw our Lord scorning his malice and naughting his unmight And he will that we do so For this fight I laught mightly and that made them to laugh that were about me and their laughing was a liking to me I thought that I would that all my even Christen had seen as I saw then should all they have laughed with me but I saw not Christ laughing But well I wot that sight that he shewed me made me to laugh For I understood that we may laugh in comforting of our self and joying in God for the fiend is overcome And there I saw him scorn his malice it was beholding to my understanding into our Lord that is to say an inward shewing of * i. e. truth sooth fastness without changing of cheere For as to my sight it is a worshipful property that is in God which is durable And after this I fell into a sadness and said I see three things Game Scorn and Earnest I see Game that the fiend is overcome And I see Scorne that God scorneth him and he shall be scorned And I see Earnest that he is overcome by the blessedful Passion and Death of our Lord Jesu Christ that was done in full great earnest and with sad Travel And there I said that he is scorned I meant that God scorneth him that is to say for he seeth him now as he shall do without end for in this God shewed that the fiend is damned And this meant I there I said he should be scorned For I saw he shall be scorned at Doomes-day generally of all that shall be saved to whose Salvation he hath had great envy for then he shall see that all the Woe and Tribulation that he hath done them shall be turned into encrease of their joy without end And all the Pain and the Sorrow that he would have brought them to shall for ever go with him to Hell The Sixth Revelation The xiv Chapter ANd after this our Lord said I thank thee of thy Service

please him and solace him to whom he giveth it And if the Receiver take the Gift gladly and thankfully than the courteous Giver setteth at naught all his Cost and all his Travel for joy and delight he hath for he hath pleased and solaced him that he loved Plentuously and fully was this shewed Think as Wisely of the greatness of this Word Ever For in that was shewed an high knowing of Love that he hath in our Salvation with manifold joys that followen of the Passion of Christ One is that he joyeth that he hath done it in deed and he shall no more suffer That other is that he hath therewith bought us from endless Pains of Hell An other is that he brought us up into Heaven and made us for to be his Crown and his endless Bliss The Tenth Revelation The xxjv Chapter WIth a good chear our good Lord looked into his side and beheld with joy and with his sweet looking he led forth the understanding of his Creature by the same Wound into his side within And there he shewed a fair and delectable place and large enough for all Mankind that shall be saved and rest in Peace and in Love And therewith he brought to mind his dear Worthy Blood and his precious Water which he let pour out for Love And with the sweet beholding he shewed his blessed Heart cloven in two and with his enjoying he shewed to my understanding in part the blessedful Godhead as far forth as he would at that time strengthen the poor Soul for to understand as it may be said that is to mean the endless Love that was without beginning and is and shall be ever And with this our good Lord said well blessedfully Low how I love thee as if he had said My Darling behold and see thy Lord thy God that is thy Maker and thy endless joy See thine own Brother thy Saviour my Child behold and see what liking and bliss I have in thy Salvation And for my love | i e. rejoyce enjoy with me And also to more understanding this blessed Word was said Loe how I love thee as if he had said Behold and see that I loved thee so much or that I died for thee that I would die for thee And now I have died for thee and suffered willingfully that I may And now is all my bitter Pain and all my hard Travel turned to everlasting joy and bliss to me and to thee How should it now be that thou shouldest any thing pray me that liked me but if I should full gladly grant it thee for my liking is thy Holiness and the endless joy and bliss with me This is the understanding simply as I can say of this blessed Word Loe how I loved thee This shewed our good Lord to make us glad and merry The Eleventh Revelation And the xxv Chapter ANd with this chear of mirth and joy our good Lord looked down on the right side and brought to my mind where our Lady stood in the time of his passion and said Wilt thou see her And in this sweet Word as if he had said I wot well that thou wilt see my blessed Mother for after my self she is the highest Joy that I might shew thee and most liking and worship to me and most she is desired to be seen of all my blessed Creatures And for the marvellous high and singular Love that he hath to this sweet Maiden His blessed Mother our Lady Saint Mary he sheweth her bliss and joy as by the meaning of this sweet Word as if he said Wilt thou see how that I love her that thou might joy with me in the Love that I have in her and she in me And also to more understanding this sweet Word our good Lord speaketh in Love to all Mankind that shall be saved as it were all to one Person as if he said Wilt thou see in her how thou art loved for thy Love I have made her so High so Noble so Worthy And this liketh me And so will I that it do thee For after himself she is the most blessedful sight But hereof am I not learned to long to see her bodily Presence while I am here but the vertues of her blessedful Soul her Truth her Wisdom her Charity whereby I am learned to know my self and reverently dread my God And when our good Lord had shewed this and said this Word Wilt thou see her I answered and said Yea good Lord grant Mercy Yea good Lord if it be thy Will Oftentimes I Prayed this and I * i e. thought went to have seen her in bodily liking but I saw her not so And Jesu in that Word shewed me a Ghostly sight of her right as I had seen her before litle and simple right so he shewed her then High and Noble and Glorious and pleasing to him above all Creatures And so he will that it be known that all those that like in him should also like in her And to more understanding he shewed this example as if a man love a Creature singularly above all Creatures he will make all other Creatures to love and to like that Creature that he loveth so much And in this Word that Jesu said Wilt thou see her methought it it was the most liking Word that he might give me of her with the Ghostly shewing that he gave me of her For our Lord shewed me nothing in special but our Lady Saint Mary and her shewed three times The first was as she conceived The second as she was in her Sorrow under the Cross And the third was as she is now in Liking Worship and Joy The Twelfth Revelation The xxvj Chapter ANd after this our Lord shewed him more glorified as to my sight than I saw him before wherein I was learned that our Soul shall never have rest till it come into him knowing that he is full of joy homely and courteous and blessedful and very Life Oftentimes our Lord Jesu said I it am I it am I it am That is highest I it am that thou lovest I it am that thou likest I it am that thou servest I it am that thou longest I it am that thou desirest I it am that thou meanest I it am that is all I it am that Holy Church Preacheth thee and Teacheth thee I it am that shewed me before to thee The Number of thy Words passeth my Wits and understanding and all my Mights for they were in the highest as to my sight For therein is comprehended I cannot tell what but the joy that I saw in the shewing of them passeth all that Heart can think or Soul may desire And therefore these Words be not declared here but every man after the Grace that God giveth him in understanding and longing receive them in our Lords meaning The Thirteenth Revelation The xxvij Chapter ANd after this our Lord brought to my mind the longing that I had to him before and I saw nothing

his eternal Love nor we were never the less of price in his sight And by the assey of this falling we shall have an high and a marvellous knowing of Love in God without end For hard and marvellous is that Love which may not nor will not be broken for trespass And this was one understanding of profit An other is the lowness and meekness that we shall get by the sight of our falling for thereby we shall highly be raised in Heaven To which rising we might never have come without that meekness And therefore it needed us to see it and if we see it not though we feel it it should not profit us And commonly first we fall and sithen we see it and both is of the mercy of God The Mother may suffer the Child to fall some time and be diseased in diverse manners for the own profit but she may never suffer that any manner of peril come to her Child for Love And though our earthly Mother may suffer her Child to perish our Heavenly Mother Jesu may never suffer us that be his Children to perish for he is all Mighty all Wisdom and all Love And so is none but he blessed mote he be But oft-times when our Falling and our Wretchedness is shewed us we be sore adread and so greatly ashamed of our self that unneths we wit where that we may hold us But then will not our courteous Mother that we flee away For him were nothing * i e. more unwilling lother But he will then that we use the condition of a Child For when it is diseased and afraid it runneth hastily to the Mother and if it may do no more it crieth on the Mother for help with all the might so will he that we done as the meek Child saying thus My kind Mother my gracious Mother my dear worthy Mother have mercy upon me I have made my self foul and unlike to thee and I may not nor can amend it but with thine Help and Grace And if we feel us not than eased assoon be we sure that he useth the condition of a wise Mother For if he see that it be for profit to us to mourn and to weep he suffereth with ruth and pity into the best time for Love And he will then that we use the property of a Child that evermore kindly trusteth to the Love of the Mother in Weal and in Woe And he will that we take us mightily to the Faith of Holy Church and find there our dear worthy Mother in solace and true understanding with all the blessed * i e. community of Christians Common For one singular person may oftentimes be broken as it seemeth to the self but the whole body of Holy Church was never broken ne never shall be without end And therefore a sure thing it is a good and a gracious to will meekly and mightily be fastened and oned to our Mother Holy Church that is Christ Jesu For the flood of Mercy that is his dear worthy Blood and and precious Water is plentuous to make us fair and clean The blessed Wounds of our Saviour be open and * i e. rejoyce enjoy to heal us The sweet gracious Hands of our Mother be ready and diligent about us for he in all this Working useth the very Office of a kind Nurse that hath naught else to done but to entend to the Salvation of her Child It is his Office to save us It is his Worship to do it and it is his Will we know it For he will we love him sweetly and trust in him meekly and mightily And this shewed he in these gracious words I keep thee full surely The Lxij Chapter FOr in that time he shewed our frailty and our Fallings our Breakin gs and our Naughtings our Despites and our Chargings and all our Woe as far forth as me thought that it might fall in this Life And therewith he shewed his blessed Might his blessed Wisdom his blessed Love that he keepeth us in this time as tenderly and as sweetly to his Worship and as surely to our Salvation as he doth when we be in most solace and comfort And thereto raiseth us Ghostly and Highly in Heaven and turneth all to his Worship and to our Joy without end For his precious Love he suffereth us never to loose time Since all things turn to our greater good And all this is of the kind goodness of God by the working of Grace God is * i e. nature kind in his being that is to say that goodness that is kind it is God He is the ground he is the substance he is the same thing that is kindness And he is very Father and very Mother of kinds And all kinds that he hath made to flow out of him to work his Will it should be restored and brought again into him by Salvation of man through the working of Grace For of all kinds that he hath set in divers Creatures by party in man is all the whole in ful head and in vertue in fair-head and in good-head in Rialty and in Noblety in all manner of Solemnity of Preciousness and Worship Here may we see that we be all bound to God for kind and we be bound to God for Grace Here may we see that us needeth not greatly to seek far out to know sundry kinds but to Holy Church into our Mothers breast that is to say into our own Soul where our Lord dwelleth And there should we find all now in Faith and in Understanding and after verily in himself clearly in bliss But no Man ne Woman take this singularity to himself for it is not so it is general For it is our precious Mother Christ and to him was this fair kind * i e. appropriated dight for the Worship and the Nobly of mans making and for the joy and the bliss of mans Salvation right as he saw wist and knew from without beginning The Lxiij Chapter HEre may we see that we have verily of * i e. nature kind to hate sin And we have verily of grace to hate sin for kind is all good and fair in it self And grace was sent out to save kind and keep kind and destroy sin and bring again fair kind into the blessed Point fro thence it came that is God with more Nobleness and Worship by the vertuous working of grace for it shall be seen before God of all his Holy in joy without end that kind hath been assaid in the fire of Tribulation and therein found no lack nor no default Thus is kind and grace of one accord for Grace is God as unmade kind is God He is two in manner working and one in Love And neither of them worketh without other ne none be departed And when we by the mercy of God and with his help accord us to kind and to grace we shall see verily that sin is worse viler and painfuller than Hell without any likeness For it