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.For the Father is other in person, andother is the Son in person, and other is the Holy Spirit in person; but one in nature.Therefore three colors are shown to you both separated and joined together; separated fordistinction of persons, and joined together for union of nature.And as in each color you see the other colors, and you might not see one withoutanother, and there was nothing in the colors before nor after, more nor less, right so in theTrinity is nothing before nor after, more nor less, separated nor joined; but one will, oneeternity, one power and one glory.And though the Son is of the Father, and the Holy Spiritof both, yet the Father was never without the Son and the Holy Spirit, nor the Son and theHoly Spirit without the Father'.Also the Word spoke to me and said: 'The Book that you see in the pulpit means thatin the Godhead is endless justice and wisdom, to which nothing may be added orlessened.And this is the Book of Life, that is not written as the scripture, that is and wasnot; but the scripture of this Book is forever.For in the Godhead is endless being andunderstanding of al things present, past and to come, without any variation or changing.And nothing is invisible to it, for it sees all things.That the Word spoke itself means that God is the endless Word, from whom are allwords, and in whom things have life and being.And this same Word spoke then visiblywhen the Word was made man and was conversant among men.So, this goodly visionhas the Mother of God made to be shown to you; and this is the mercy called to thekingdom of Sweden, that men dwel ing there should hear the words that proceed out of themouth of God.But because few receive and believe these heavenly words given you fromGod, that is not God's fault, but men's.For they will not leave the cold of their own souls.Nevertheless, the words of the Gospel were not fulfil ed with the first kings of our time; butthe times shall yet come when they shall be fulfilled' ”.How the Father of Heaven showed to Saint Bridget a severe judgement upon a king whowas unkind and disobedient to the counsels of God.And how they who are in Heaven, onearth, in Purgatory, and in Hel ask wrath upon kings and princes and how our Ladyprayed for them.Chapter 56God the Father spoke to the spouse, Saint Bridget, and said: ”Listen to the thingsthat I say, and speak of the things that I order you; not for your power, nor for yourreproach.But singly and evenly hold in your heart the praiser and the reprover, so that youmay never be moved to ire for reproof, nor raised to pride for praising.For he is worthy ofpraise who is and was endless in himself, who has made angels and men only to that end,that many should be partners in his glory.I am now he, and the same in power and in willthat I was when the Son took man's nature; in which Son I am and was, and he in me, andthe Holy Spirit in both.And though it were secret to the world that he was the Son of God, yet it was knownto some, though it were few.And know that the Justice of God which had no beginning norend, no more than God himself, was first shown to angels as light before they see God; forthey fel not from ignorance of the law of the Justice of God, but because they would nothold it or keep it.For they understand that all who love God should see him and abide withhim for ever, and they who hated God should be punished endlessly and never see him inhis glory.And yet in their ambition and desire for praise they chose rather to hate God and tohave the place where they shall be punished, than to love him that they might rejoiceendlessly.And of like justice is that of a man as of angels.For man ought first to love Godand afterward see him, that he should more be seen in manhood; for he might not be seenin his Godhead.And free choice is given also to man as to angels, that they should desireheavenly things and despise earthly.Therefore I, God, visit many in many ways, although my Godhead is not seen.And inmany parts of the world I have shown to many persons how the sin of each land mighthave been amended, and how mercy might have been obtained, before ever I did justiceand my righteousness in those places.But men take no heed of these things, nor consider them [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]