Scala perfecc[i]onis

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Title: Scala perfecc[i]onis
Author: Hilton, Walter, d. 1396.
Publication: [Westminster :: Printed by Wynkyn de Worde,; 1494]
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Subject terms: Spiritual life -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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¶Of the fyre of loue / Caplm xxvi. (Book 26)

A•• men y^t spekē of the fire of loue knowē not wel what it is / for what it is I can not telle y^e. saue this I may tel¦le y^•: that it is neyther bodily. ne bodily felyd / A soule maye fe¦le it in prayer or in deuocōn. whiche soule is in y^e body / but he felith it not wyth noo bodily wytte / For though it be so y^• it werke in a soule· y^e body may torne in to an hete / & as it were chauffyd for likyng traueyle of y^• spiryte / Netheles y^• fyre of loue is not bodily. for it is on̄ly in y^e ghostly desire of y^e soule

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This is noo dowte to noo man or woman that felith deuo¦cōn / But some bē symple & wene by cause it is called fyre y^t it shold be hote as bodely fyre is / & for thy I say y^t I haue said

Scala perfecc[i]onis

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¶Of the fyre of loue / Caplm xxvi. (Book 26)

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