Of another excellent dede that our Lord shal don, which be grace may be known a party here, and how we shul enjoyen in the same, and how God yet doith myracles. Thirty-sixth chapter.

Our Lord God shewid that a dede shall be done, and Hymselfe shal don it. And I shal do nothyng but synne, and my synne shal not lettyn His goodnes werkyng. And I saw that the beholdyng of this is an heyly joy in a dredful soule, which evermore kyndly be grace desirith Godds wille. This dede shal be begonne here, and it shal be worshipful to God and plentously profitable to His lovers in erth. And ever as we come to Hevyn we shalle sen it in mervelous joye. And it shal lestyn thus in werkyng on to the last day; and the worship and the bliss of it shal lestyn in Hevyn aforn God and al His holy without end. Thus was this dede sene and understond in our Lords menyng, and the cause why He shewid it, is to maken us enjoyen in Hym and in al His werks. Whan I saw His shewing continuid, I understod that it was shewid for a grete thyng that was for to come, which thyng God shewid that Hymselfe should don it, which dede hath these properties afornseid.

And this shewid He wel blisfully, menand that I should take it wysely, feithfully, and trostily.

But what this dede shuld be, it was kepid privy to me. And in this I saw that He wil not we dredyn to know the thyngs that He shewith. He shewith hem for He will we know hem, be which knowing He will we love Hym and lekyn and endlesly enjoyen in Hym. And for the grete love that He hat to us, He shewith us al that is worshipfull and profitable for the tyme. And the thyngs that He will now hav privy, yet of His grete goodness He shewith hem close, in which shewyng He will we leven and understonden that we shal sen it verily in His endles bliss.

Than owe we to enjoyen in Hym for al that He shewith and al that He hidyth. And if we wilfully and mekely doe thus, we shal fynd therin gret ese, and endles thanks we shall have of Hym therfore. And thus is the understondyng of this word, that it shal be don by me, that is the general man, that is to sey, al that shal be save. It shalle be worshipful and mervelous and plenteuous; and God Hymself shal don it. And this shal be the heyest joye that may ben, to beholden the dede that God Hymselfe shal don. And man shal do ryte nowte but synne. Than menyth our Lord God thus, as if He seid, "Behold and se: here hast thou matter of mekenes, here hast thou matter of love, here hast thou matter to nowten thyself, her hast thou matter to enjoyen in me, and for my love enjoye in me, for of al thyngs, therwith myte thou most plese me."

And as long as we arn in this lif, what tyme that we be our folly turne us to the beholdyng of the reprovyd, tenderly our Lord God toucht us, and blisfully clepyth us seyand in our soule: Lete be al thi love, my dereworthy child. Entend to me. I am enow to the, and enjoye in thi Savior and in thi salvation. And that this is our Lordys werkyng in us, I am sekir. The soule that is aperceyvid therein be grace shal sen it and felen it. And thow it be so that this dede be truly taken for the general man, yet it excludith not the special; for what our good Lord will do be His pore creatures, it is now onknowen to me.

But this dede and the tother afornseid, they arn not both on, but two sundry. But this dede shal be don sooner, and that shal be as we come to Hevyn. And to whom our Lord gevyth it, it may be knowen her in party. But the gret dede afornseid shal nether be knowen in Hevyn ner erth till it is don.

And moreover, He gave special understondyng and techyng of werkyng of miracles. As thus: It is knowen that I have done miracles her aforn, many and fele, heygh and mervelous, worshipful and grete, and so as I have don, I do now continualy, and shal don in coming of tyme. It is know that afor miracles comen sorow and anguish and tribulation. And that is that we showld know our owne febilnes and our myschevis that we arn fallen in by synne to meken us and maken us to dreden God, cryen for helpe and grace. Myracles commen after that, and that of the hey myte, wisdam, and goodnes of God shewand His vertue and the joyes of Hevyn so as it may be in this passand life; and that for to strength our feith, and to encresyn our hope in charite; wherfor it plesyth Hym to be knowen and worshippid in miracles. Than menyth He thus: He wil that we be not born overlow for sorrow and tempests that fallen to us, for it hath ever so ben aforn myracle comyng.