Chapter 12
‘I and the Father are one.’
The fourth Revelation etc.; how it likith God rather and better to wash us in His blode from synne than in water, for His blode is most pretius. Twelfth chapter.
After this I saw that sweet body,
scourged, and bleeding in gashes,
all its fair skin broken
deep in the tender flesh;
deep all about from sharp lashes.
The hot blood ran so plentifully
I saw neither skin nor wound,
as though it were all blood,
but where it should have dropped,
it vanished.
Yet the bleeding continued awhile
until it might be clearly seen,
so plentifull that I thought,
if it had been truly flowing,
the bed would have been awash,
blood flowing everywhere.
Then it came to my mind,
God in His tender love,
made waters plentiful on earth
for our service and comfort;
Yet He prefers we take His blessed blood,
a full, homely gift, to wash us of sin.
There is no liquor made
that He likes so well to give,
most plentiful as it is most precious,
by the virtue of His blest godhead.
Blood of the nature of our own blood,
blissfully flowing over us
by virtue of His precious love;
The dear, worthy blood
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
as true as it is most precious,
as true as it is most plenteous.
Behold and see:
The precious plenty of His dear, worthy blood
descends into Hell, bursts her bonds
and delivers all belonging to Heaven’s court.
The precious plenty of His dear, worthy blood
overflows all the Earth,
washing all creatures of sin
which are, have been, and shall be, of good will,.
The precious plenty of His dear, worthy blood
ascended into Hevyn
to our Lord Jesus Christ’s blessed body,
and is there in Him,
bleeding and praying for us to the Father,
and is and shall be as long as it needs.
It flows evermore in all Heaven’s delight
in the salvation of all mankind
that are, and shall be there,
fulfilling their numbers.
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