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The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage: Second Book: Chapter V. Of a Three-Fold Coming of Our Lord in the Inward Man

Christian MysticismFlemish MysticismJan van Ruysbroeck

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Even though the eye be clear and the sight keen, if there were no loveworthy and desirable object, clearness of sight would neither please nor profit a man. And this is why Christ shows to the enlightened eyes of the understanding what they shall see, to wit, the inward coming of Christ their Bridegroom. Three ways of this special inward coming of God are found in those men who exercise themselves with devotion in the inward life; and each of these three comings raises a man to a higher degree…

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