¶Of the twyn̄ing of the iii. part of contēplacōn. fro the ii. part of the praysing therof / Caplm ix (Book 9)
THe other part may be callid bren̄yng loue in deuocōn / & this brēnyng loue in contēplacion. yt is lower. this is ye hier. that is swetter to the bodily feling / this inwardly felyng better to the ghostly felyng. For it is more inwarde. more wo¦thy: more ghostly: more wondful / For this is verely a tasting so lityl as is & a ernest of the sight of heuēly ioy: not clerli. but half in derkenes. the whiche shal be fulfylled & opēly clered in the blisse of heuen: as saynt poul saith / Videm{us} nūc {per} spclm ī enigmate.* 1.1 tūc autē videbim{us} facie ad faciē / we see now god by a myrrour as it were in a derknes / but in heuē shal we see opēly face to face. This is the illumynacōn of vndstondyng in delites of louyng as dauid saith in the sawter.* 1.2 Et nox illūi narō mea in deliciis meis / 〈◊〉〈◊〉 nyght is my light in my delyt•• Thother part is milke for children / this is hole mete for {per}fy¦te men: the whiche haue wittes assayd to knowe good fro e∣uyll: as saynt poul saith / Pfecto{rum} ē solid{us} ribus.* 1.3 q hēnt sēsus exercitatos ad discre••ōem boni & mali / The werkynge of the ful vse of this yefte may no man haue but he be fyrst refour¦med to ye lyknes of Ihū bi fulhede of vertues / Ne there maye no man liuyng in dedely flesshe haue it cōtynuelly in his ful∣hede & in the ouerpassyng: but by tymes whan he 〈…〉〈…〉 iiii