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The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 13: Of the Creating of Woman out of Adam. The fleshly, miserable, and dark Gate. (31)
But if it puts its Will forward into Meekness (viz. into the Obedience of God) then it is in the Source [or of the Quality and Property] of the Heart of God, and receives divine Virtue, and then all its rough Essences become angelical and joyful; and then its rough Essences are very serviceable to it, and are better and more profitable to it, than that it were altogether sweet in the Originality; in which [being sweet] there would be no Strength, nor such mighty Power as in the harsh, bitter, and fiery [Essences.]
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (128)
Just as the meek spirit of the heart goeth through the astringent and bitter quality, and overcometh it; and though it be indeed infected with the...
Chapter 1: Of Searching out the Divine Being in Nature: Of both the Qualities, the Good and the Evil. (29)
Now if the bitter quality dwelleth meekly and gently in any creature, then is it the heart or joy therein; for it dissipateth all other evil...
Chapter 8: Of the whole Corpus or Body of an Angelical Kingdom. The Great Mystery. (39)
For the astringent or harsh quality, in its stock or kernel, when it qualifieth or operateth in its own power, is a darkness: The sweet quality, in it...
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (29)
Understand this rightly.
Chapter 23: Of the Deep above the Earth. (38)
There each spirit tasteth of the others, and getteth mere new strength and power, for the astringent quality grows now very pliable and yielding,...
Chapter 15: Of the Third Species, Kind or Form and Manner of Sin's Beginning in Lucifer. (59)
But when the bitter flash, together with the astringent quality and the fire-spirit, tasteth this meekness, there is nothing else then but a mere long...
Chapter 8: Of the whole Corpus or Body of an Angelical Kingdom. The Great Mystery. (34)
Of this you have a similitude in an apple, which at first is astringent, harsh or chokey, but when the sweet quality forceth and overcometh it, then...
Chapter 8: Of the whole Corpus or Body of an Angelical Kingdom. The Great Mystery. (33)
For it is the overcoming of the astringent quality, and is the very source or fountain of the mercy of God, which overcometh the wrath, whereby the as...
Cloud of Unknowing
Chapter 49: The substance of all perfection is nought else but a good will; and how that all sounds and comforts and sweetness that may befall in this life be to it but as it were accidents (2)
Such a good will is the substance of all perfection. All sweetness and comforts, bodily or ghostly, be to this but as it were accidents, be they...
Chapter 15: Of the Third Species, Kind or Form and Manner of Sin's Beginning in Lucifer. (74)
But here thou must know that this quality penetrateth very gently and pleasantly with its touching or stirring, through all the spirits, in such a way...
Cloud of Unknowing
Chapter 50: Which is chaste love; and how in some creatures such sensible comforts be but seldom, and in some right oft (1)
And in all other sweetness and comforts, bodily or ghostly, be they never so liking nor so holy, if it be courteous and seemly to say, we should have ...
Chapter 23: Of the Deep above the Earth. (56)
Whereby now the earnest and austere birth or geniture is refreshed; and when it tasteth thereof it grows capable to be raised up, and rejoiceth, and...
Cloud of Unknowing
Chapter 13: What meekness is in itself, and when it is perfect and when it is imperfect (1)
NOW let see first of the virtue of meekness; how that it is imperfect when it is caused of any other thing mingled with God although He be the chief;...
Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (118)
But that the spirit conceiveth itself behind the astringent quality, and not in the astringent quality, and so awakeneth or rouseth it up, signifieth ...
Chapter 23: Of the Deep above the Earth. (61)
In this pressing through and turning about existeth the tone, according to the quality of each spirit; and always one power affecteth another, for...
Chapter 8: Of the whole Corpus or Body of an Angelical Kingdom. The Great Mystery. (124)
Art thou a rational man? then observe this: The spirit which moveth on high, aloft from the heat, taketh its exit, rising and shining in the sweet...