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On Precious Gems |
Excerpted from Revelationes 1.4.124 |
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"Come, daughter, and put on the crown made from seven precious stones. What, truly, is a crown, but a test of patience, which is produced from tribulations and which is adorned with crowns by God?" "Therefore, the first stone of your crown is jasper; which he has added who abusively said to you that he didn't know with what inspiration you were speaking, and it was more useful for you to carefully sew in the custom of women than to argue about scriptures. Therefore, just as jasper sharpens the sight and kindles the joy of the soul, thus God kindles joy in your heart from tribulation, illuminates the intellect toward spiritual things, and mortifies (i.e, strongly discourages) the soul from disordered impulses. "Secundus lapis est saphirus, et hunc apposuit tibi ille qui favorabilia loquebatur in facie tua et in dorso detrahebat de te. "Tercius lapis est smaragdus. Hunc apposuit tibi ille qui dixit te dixisse ea que nec cogitabas nec loquebaris. "Quartus lapis est margarita. Hunc apposuit tibi ille qui amicum Dei te presente vituperavit; ex cuius vituperio plus quam de tuo turbabaris. "Quintus lapis est topazius. Hunc apposuit tibi ille qui amara loquebatur tibi, cui tu e contrario benedixisti. Sextus lapis est adamas. Hunc apposuit tibi ille qui fecit tibi corporale dampnum, quem patienter tolerasti et noluisti eum dehonestare. "Septimus lapis est carbunculus. Hunc apposuit tibi ille qui falsa annuntiavit tibi, scilicet filium tuum Karolum esse mortuum, et patienter tulisti committens voluntatem tuam Deo. "Ideo, filia, sta stabilis, quia pro amplianda corona tua adhuc aliqui lapides sunt necessarii. Nam Abraham et Iob meliores et magis noti seu famosiores facti sunt ex probatione, et Iohannes sanctior ex testimonio veritatis." |