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The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage: First Book: Chapter XXIII. Of Three Enemies to be Overcome by Righteousness

Christian MysticismFlemish MysticismJan van Ruysbroeck

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Now, if we wish to possess these virtues, and to cast out their opposites, we must possess righteousness, and we must practise and preserve it in purity of heart unto death; for we have three powerful adversaries, who tempt us and make war on us at all times, in all places, and in many ways. If we make peace with one of these three, and become subject to him, we are vanquished; for the three of them agree together in all iniquity. These three adversaries are the devil, the world and our own…

The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage: First Book: Chapter XXIII. Of Three Enemies to be Overcome by Righteousness

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