16 Iohānis ruyſbroech quā accipit. Nō em̄ vult autor iſte dicere ꝙ ſpūs adherēs deo ꝑ amplexū vnitiuū ⁊ ſupra ſe raptꝰ virtute extatici amoris ꝙ fi at vnꝰ vel idē cū deo ſimpliciter ſubſtātie identitate qꝛ hͦ eſt impoſſibile ſꝫ ſit vnꝰ cū deo/ trāſformatōis ſil̓itudine gr̄eqꝫ ⁊ bea titudinis participatione feruidi amoris amplexū ⁊ inheſione Et hͦ ſatis innuit in his ꝟbis q̄ poſtea ſubiūgit vniuerſi deuo ti ſpūs vnū cū deo ꝓfundo amoris defluuio ſūt effecti nō quomodolibet qͥdē vnū ſꝫ idip̄m qd̓ eſt ip̄a in ſe eſſentia dei. eo mō quē deifica beatitudo reqͥrit. Et iſtud idē ml̓ti ſancti doctores dixerūt.ſ. beatꝰ dioniſiꝰ. Bernardꝰ. Hugo. ſic̄ patet ex ſupra allegatis. Sic̄ in ip̄a beatiſſima trinitate a patre filiꝰ egredit̉ ab vtroqꝫ ſpūſſanctuſ amor verꝰ ꝓcedens ꝯnectit patrē ⁊ filium ſic a fonte bonitatꝭ ſuꝑne ſapiētia vnitiua ꝓcedens mēti deuote illapſa tanta vnione ip̄am ꝯnectit ſpiritui ī tanto vt mereat̉ vt vnū dicat̉ eſſe cū ip̄o Hāc vnitatē pete bat xp̄s cū dicebat. Rogo pr̄ vt ip̄i vnum ſint ſic̄ ego ⁊ tu vnū ſumꝰ ¶ Proinde his verbis q̄ ſequunt̉. vidēt inſuꝑ ſentiūt ⁊ in ueniūt ꝑ hͦ deificū lumen ſe ẜm eſſe vitāqꝫ ſuā increatā eandē fore ſimplicē diuinitatis abyſſū ſatis mihi ꝯcordare videt̉ ſententia ſancti auguſtini in. vi. lib̓. ꝯfeſſionū vbi dicit. Inde āmonitꝰ redire ad meip̄m intraui in intima mea duce te ⁊ potui qm̄ factꝰ es adiutor meꝰ ⁊ intraui ⁊ vidi qͣlicū qꝫ oculo aīe mee ſupra eundē oculum aīe mee ſupra mentē meā lucē dn̄i incōmutabilē nec ita erat ſupra mentē meā ſic̄ oleuꝫ ſupra aquā. nec ſicut celū ſupra terrā ſꝫ ſu perior qꝛ ip̄e fecit me ⁊ ego īferior qꝛ factꝰ ſū ab ea. Qui nouit veritatē nouit eā. nouit et̓nitatē charitas nouit eā. ¶ Ad cuiꝰ euidentiā eſt ſciēdū ꝙ creature p̄exiſtūt in mēte diuina ſiue ī deo ſimpliciter ⁊ vnice ⁊ hͦ qͣꝫtum ad tria exēplaria ẜm rationē diſtincta. Primo p̄exiſtūt creature in diuīa eſſentia ẜm rōnes ſuas ꝑfectionales ⁊ qꝛ om̄es ꝑfectōes ſūt in deo vnitiſſime ideo ſic ſub om̄imoda diſtinctōe in eſſentia p̄exiſtūt diuina eſſentialit̓ potētialit̓ ⁊ cauſaliter. Scd̓o p̄exiſtūt in mēte pr̄na originaliter ẜm rōnes ſuas ydeales ⁊ iō ibi pu to apparet creaturaꝝ diſtinctio ẜm rōneꝫ intelligēdi. Tercio p̄exiſtūt in v̓bo eterno tanqͣꝫ in exēplari ꝓprio qͣꝫtū ad rōnes ſuas factiuas ⁊ exemplares. ⁊ ideo ibi appa rent ſil̓itudines reꝝ ſub diſtinctōe ꝑfecta Eſt autē intelligendū ꝙ cū creatura dicit̉ in deo p̄exiſtere ẜm ſil̓itudinē ſuā exēplarē nō eſt intelligendū ꝙ illa ſil̓itudo ſit ali qd̓ additū eſſentie. qꝛ ſic aliqd̓ accidēs caderet in deū. Sꝫ illa ſil̓itudo eſt realit̓ ipſa diuina eſſentia ⁊ ip̄m verbū intellectuꝫ tn̄ cū habitudine ꝓut eſt imitabile ⁊ ꝑtici pabile a creatura. Uult ergo autor in ver bis p̄tactis dicere ꝙ qn̄ mēs rōnalis rapi tur ī diuīe lucis abyſſū ⁊ ſupra ſe eleuatur ſtatim deū ſentit ⁊ inuenit ⁊ experimētali ſuauitate deguſtat. ꝙ ip̄a creatura non eſt aliud in deo ẜm ſuū ydiale qͣꝫ ip̄a creatrix eſſentia ꝓut dicit Anẜ. ¶ Porro illud vl timū dictū ꝙ ſepedictꝰ mgr̄ cenſet calūni andū ⁊ reprobandū videlicet. Illic ſpūs eſt ſupra ſemetip̄m trāſlatꝰ ⁊ deo viuifica tus guſtās vadēſqꝫ in vnitate viuide abiſ ſus in qͣ ſeſe ẜm eſſe ſuū increatū poſſidet immēſas diuitias q̄ ip̄emet eſt iuxta eum modū qͦ eas deꝰ guſtat ⁊ videt. non diſcre pata veritate ſi recte intelligat̉ ⁊ pie inter p̄tet̉. Intellectꝰ em̄ hoꝝ verboꝝ talis eſt. ꝙ qn̄ ſpōſus celeſtis introducit ſpōſā ſuā in cellā vinariā id eſt abyſſū ſue dulcedīs ei ꝯcedit deguſtare tūc plenū gaudiū ⁊ ꝑ fecta delectatio ſpōſe id eſt mēti deuote ꝓpinant̉ ex qͥbꝰ totū deſideriū eiꝰ ꝑfecte qͥtat̉. qꝛ tūc introducit̉ in gaudiū dn̄i ſui. et in cubiculū genitricꝭ ſue qd̓ nihil aliud eſt qͣꝫ ipſa diuina eſſentia ſub rōne obiecti be atifici ⁊ vt exēplar ⁊ ydea rōnalis creature. qꝛ vt ſic habꝫ mentē rōnaleꝫ ꝓprie qui etare ⁊ tūc aſſequit̉ vbertatē ⁊ affluētiā di uine gr̄e a qͣ oīs ſatietas ⁊ gr̄e fecūditas in aīam diriuat̉. qꝛ in claritatē verbi diuini tranſformata deificat̉. vbi guſtat īmenſas diuitias q̄ ip̄emet eſt. qm̄ quidē aīa infinitatē illiꝰ gaudij nō comp̄hendit. ſꝫ tn̄ bea tificā eius identitatē raptim app̄hendit. iuxta modū ſupra expoſitū. Iſtud maxīe ſit in raptu. ¶ Pro declaratōe aūt illiꝰ di cti qd̓ ſubiungit̉ guſtās ⁊ vidēs immēſas diuitias iuxta eū modū quo eas deus gu ſtat ⁊ videt eſt diligēter aduertendū ꝙ ver bū eternum eſt quedā refectio mentalis ⁊ qd̓dam gaudiū intellectuale ipſoꝝ angelorum ⁊ omniū beatoꝝ qͥ pari voto ⁊ con cordia plene poſſidēt omnē theſauꝝ celeſtis ſapiētie ⁊ bonitatis diuīe. qͥ d̓ torrēte diuīe voluptatꝭ ꝯtinue potant̉. ⁊ ab vbertate ſuauitatis in ea deguſtant puritate cc. 2
