The Form of Perfect Living And Other Prose Treatises
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For I will not that thoushouldest ween that all are holy that have the habit of holiness, andare not occupied with the world. Nor that all are ill who discourse ofearthly business. But they only are holy, what state or degree they bein, the which despise all earthly things, that is to say, love it not;and burn in the love of JESUS Christ; and all their desires are set tothe joy of heaven, and hate all sin, and cease not from good works, andfeel a sweetness in their heart of the love without end...: andnevertheless, they think themselves vilest of all, and hold themselveswretchedest, least and lowest. This is holy men's life; follow it and beholy. And if thou wilt be in the Apostles' reward, think not what thouforsookest, but what thou despisest. For they who follow JESUS Christ inwilling poverty, and in meekness, and in charity, and in patience, forsake as much as they can covet who follow Him not. And consider withhow great and how good will thou presentest thy vows before Him: for onthat He has set His eyes, and if thou with great desire offerest thyprayers, with great fervour desirest to see Him, and seekest no earthlycomfort, but the savour of Heaven, and in contemplation thereof hast thydelight.
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