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A03936 Scala perfectionis; Scale of perfection. English Hilton, Walter, d. 1396. 1507 (1507) STC 14043; ESTC S122296 217,436 310

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lyghtnynge_n from_o the_o heavenly_a iherusalem_n that_o be_v ihesu_n caplm_n twenty-five_o how_o a_o man_n shall_v know_v false_a illuminacyon_n feign_v by_o y_z e_z fiend_n fro_o y_o e_o true_a light_n of_o know_v y_o e_o comyth_n out_o of_o ihesu_n &_o by_o what_o token_n caplm_n xxvi_o how_o great_a profit_n it_o be_v to_o the_o soul_n to_o be_v bring_v thoroughe_o grace_n in_o to_o lygtsome_a derkenesse_n &_o how_o a_o man_n shall_v dyspose_v he_o if_o he_o will_v come_v thereto_o capm_n xxvii_o that_o in_o refourm_v of_o a_o soul_n the_o werk_n of_o our_o lord_n ihesu_n be_v depart_v in_o to_o four_o time_n y_fw-es ●_o be_v call_n ryght_a magnyfyeng_a &_o gloryfyenge_a caplm_fw-ge xxviii_o how_o it_o fallyth_v sontyme_o y_fw-mi e_z soul_n beginning_a &_o perfyte_v in_o grace_n seem_v to_o have_v more_o love_n as_o by_o outward_a token_n than_o some_o have_v that_o be_v perfyte_n &_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o so_o in_o sooth_n within_o caplm_n xxix_o on_o what_o manner_n a_o man_n shall_v have_v know_v of_o his_o own_o soul_n &_o how_o a_o man_n shall_v set_v his_o love_n in_o ihesu_n god_n &_o man_n one_o person_n caplm_fw-ge thirty_o how_o this_o manere_n of_o speak_v of_o refourm_v in_o feel_v of_o a_o soul_n shall_v be_v take_v &_o on_o what_o wise_n it_o be_v reform_v &_o how_o it_o be_v find_v in_o saint_n paul_n word_n caplm_fw-ge xxxi_o how_o god_n openyth_v y_z e_o inner_a eye_n of_o y_fw-fr e_o soul_n to_o see_v he_o not_o all_o at_o one_o but_o by_o dyvers_a time_n &_o of_o three_o manner_n of_o refourm_v of_o a_o soul_n by_o ensample_n caplm_fw-ge xxxii_o how_o ihun_n be_v heaven_n to_o y_z e_z soul_n and_o why_o he_o be_v call_v fire_n capitulum_n xxxiii_o of_o two_o manner_n of_o love_n form_n &_o unfourm_v what_o it_o mean_v &_o how_o we_o ben_fw-mi behold_v to_o love_n ihun_v moche_n for_o our_o make_v but_o more_o for_o our_o ayenbyenge_a but_o alther_o most_o for_o our_o save_n through_o y_z e_z yefte_n of_o his_o love_n xxxiii_o how_o y_fw-es 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unto_o her_o last_o end_n and_o so_o they_o ben_fw-mi not_o refonrm_v to_o the_o lyckenesse_n of_o god_n but_o goon_o to_o the_o pain_n of_o hell_n endeles_o as_o jew_n and_o sarasyn_n do_v and_o in_o to_o moche_v more_o gretter_n pain_n than_o they_o in_o as_o moche_v as_o they_o have_v y_z e_o truth_n and_o keep_v it_o not_o for_o that_o be_v more_o trespaa_n than_o that_o they_o have_v never_o have_v it_o thenne_fw-fr if_o thou_o wolte_z wit_v which_o soul_n arne_v reform_v here_o in_o this_o life_n to_o the_o image_n of_o god_n thoroughe_o the_o virtue_n of_o his_o passion_n sooth_o oon_o those_o that_o trowen_v in_o he_o and_o loven_v he_o in_o which_o soul_n the_o image_n of_o god_n that_o be_v through_o sin_n forshapen_a \_o as_o it_o be_v in_o to_o a_o foul_a bests_n lyckenes_n be_v restore_v &_o reform_v to_o y_z e_z first_o shape_v and_z to_o the_o worthiness_n and_o worship_n that_o it_o have_v in_o the_o begin_n without_o which_o restore_v and_o refourm_v shall_v never_o 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bonum_fw-la hoc_fw-la ago_o sed_fw-la malum_fw-la quod_fw-la odi_fw-la hoc_fw-la facere_fw-la si_fw-mi auten_fw-mi malum_fw-la quod_fw-la odi_fw-la hoc_fw-la facere_fw-la non_fw-la ego_fw-la operor_fw-la illud_fw-la sed_fw-la quod_fw-la habitat_fw-la in_o i_o peccatum_fw-la i_o do_v not_o that_o good_a y_fw-fr t_o i_o will_v do_v that_o be_v i_o will_v feel_v no_o flesshly_a styre_a &_o that_o do_v i_o not_o but_o i_o do_v that_o evil_a y_fw-mi t_o i_o hate_v that_o be_v the_o synful_a styre_n of_o my_o flesh_n i_o hate_v and_o yet_o i_o feel_v hem_o nevertheless_o since_o it_o be_v so_o y_z t_z i_o have_v y_fw-fr e_o wicked_a styrynge_n of_o my_o flesh_n &_o yet_o i_o feel_v hem_n and_o oft_o delyte_n in_o hem_n against_o my_o will_n they_o shall_v not_o be_v reherce_v ayenste_n i_o fro_o dampnacyon_n as_o if_o i_o have_v do_v hem_o and_o why_o for_o the_o corrupcyon_n of_o this_o image_n of_o sin_n do_v they_o &_o not_o 1_n 'loo_o saint_n paul_n in_o his_o person_n god_n and_o if_o 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