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The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage: First Book: Chapter XXII. Of Purity

Christian MysticismFlemish MysticismJan van Ruysbroeck

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From this temperance there springs purity both of soul and of body, for none can be perfectly pure in body and in soul save him who is temperate in body and in soul. Purity of spirit is this: that a man should not cleave to any creature with desirous affection, but to God alone; for we should use all creatures, but enjoy only God. Purity of spirit makes a man cleave to God, above all understanding, and above all feelings, and above all the gifts which God may pour into his soul: for all that a…

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