A heavenly conference between Christ and Mary after His resurrection. Wherein the intimate familiarity,…

But thou art in such a place of the ⟨p. 192⟩Church, teachest others, so did Judas. Are these evidences to try whether we be Gods, or no? what then is the peculiar gift, and love-token that God bestows upon his favourites? they be the graces of his spirit, especially in regard of God, an humble broken heart, and a believing heart, and a lowly heart, that goeth out of it self, that goeth unto God by faith, and towards man full of love, which argueth a great deal of self-denial, when a man can love others with denial of his own profit and ease. He that hath a humble, believing, lowly ¹heart, hath more then all the world besides; for he hath Gods peculiar gift. Many poor souls complain, as if God had no regard to them, and yet in the mean time, they have humble, broken hearts, which is more then if they had all the wealth and worth that the world hath, which have proud hearts never broken. The return of these favours will be comfort in death, and glory in Heaven. What will the fruit of a believing heart be? he hath God and Christ, if he hath a lowly large heart to do ⟨p. 193⟩good, he doth that which in the issue, shall further his account at the day of judgement, and there is the love of God showed in his special favour.

But thou art in such a place of the ⟨p. 192⟩Church, teachest others, so did Judas. Are these evidences to try whether we be Gods, or no? what then is the peculiar gift, and love-token that God bestowes upon his favorites? they be the graces of his spirit, especially in regard of God, an humble broken heart, and a believing heart, and a lowly heart, that goeth out of it self, that goeth unto God by faith, and towards man full of love, which argueth a great deal of self-denyal, when a man can love others with denyal of his own profit and ease. He that hath a humble, believing, lowly ¹heart, hath more then all the world besides; for he hath Gods peculiar gift. Many poor souls complain, as if God had no regard to them, and yet in the mean time, they have humble, broken hearts, which is more then if they had all the wealth and worh that the world hath, which have proud hearts never broken. The return of these favours will be comfort in death, and glory in Heaven. What will the fruit of a believing heart be? he hath God and Christ, if he hath a lowly large heart to do