Revelations of Divine Love · 48 of 127 · tr. Grace Warrack

Chapter XXXVI-b

And that this is our Lord's working in us, I am sure the soul that hath understanding therein by grace shall see it and feel it.

And though it be so that this deed be truly taken for the general Man, yet it excludeth not the special.

For what our good Lord will do by His poor creatures, it is now unknown to me.

But this deed and that other aforesaid, they are not both one but two sundry.

This deed shall be done sooner (and that [time] shall be as we come to Heaven), and to whom our Lord giveth it, it may be known here in part.

But that Great Deed aforesaid shall neither be known in Heaven nor earth till it is done.

And moreover He gave special understanding and teaching of working of miracles, as thus:— It is known that I have done miracles here afore, many and diverse, high and marvellous, worshipful and great.

And so as I have done, I do now continually, and shall do in coming of time .

It is known that afore miracles come sorrow and anguish and tribulation ; and that is for that we should know our own feebleness and our mischiefs that we are fallen in by sin, to meeken us and make us to dread God and cry for help and grace.

Miracles come after that, and they come of the high Might, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, shewing His virtue and the joys of Heaven so far at it may be in this passing life: and that to strengthen our faith and to increase our hope, in charity.

Wherefore it pleaseth Him to be known and worshipped in miracles.

Then signifieth He thus: He willeth that we be not borne over low for sorrow and tempests that fall to us: for it hath ever so been afore miracle-coming.

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Themes

Divine Hiddennesstheology

The supreme God's radical concealment beyond ordinary knowledge or perception; the Hidden Father.

The author notes that certain divine deeds are 'unknown' and will remain unknown in Heaven or earth until they are done, highlighting a limit to human knowledge of God's full plan.

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Divine Providencetheology

Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.

The text explicitly describes God's ordering of events, where sorrow and tribulation are intentionally sent to humble humans before miracles occur to strengthen faith.

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Emotional Epistemologysoteriology

The doctrine that emotions constitute a valid and necessary mode of knowing reality, complementing or surpassing intellectual cognition.

The text asserts that understanding divine working involves 'feeling' it and links the knowledge of human feebleness to the emotional states of meekness and dread.

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Gnosis Direct Knowledgesoteriology

Salvation through direct experiential knowledge of the divine nature, not through faith, ritual, or moral works alone.

The passage states that the soul with 'understanding therein by grace' shall 'see it and feel it,' indicating a direct experiential knowledge of God's working beyond mere intellectual assent.

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Living Godtheology

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

The passage consistently portrays God as an active agent who works in souls, performs miracles, and responds to human sorrow, emphasizing a dynamic personal relationship.

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Prayerpraxis

Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.

The passage mentions that tribulation is designed to make humans 'cry for help and grace,' referencing the practice of prayer as a response to divine discipline.

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Contrasts · where traditions diverge

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