Chapter 54

And because of this great, endless love that God hath to all Mankind, He maketh no disparting in love between the blessed Soul of Christ and the least soul that shall be saved. For it is full easy to believe and to trust that the dwelling of the blessed Soul of Christ is full high in the glorious Godhead, and verily, as I understand in our Lord's signifying, where the blessed Soul of Christ is, there is the Substance of all the souls that shall be saved by Christ.

Because of his great, endless love for all humanity, God makes no distinction in love between Christ’s blessed soul and the least soul that will be saved. For it is very easy to believe and trust that Christ’s blessed soul dwells high in the glorious Godhead. And truly, as I understand what our Lord revealed, the substance of all souls that Christ will save is there too, wherever Christ’s blessed soul is.

Highly ought we to rejoice that God dwelleth in our soul, and much more highly ought we to rejoice that our soul dwelleth in God. Our soul is made to be God's dwelling-place; and the dwelling-place of the soul is God, Which is unmade. And high understanding it is, inwardly to see and know that God, which is our Maker, dwelleth in our soul; and an higher understanding it is, inwardly to see and to know that our soul, that is made, dwelleth in God's Substance: of which Substance, God, we are that we are.

We should rejoice greatly that God lives in our soul. We should rejoice even more that our soul lives in God. Our soul is made to be God’s dwelling place. And God, who is unmade, is the dwelling place of our soul. It is a deep understanding to see and know inwardly that God, our maker, lives in our soul. It is an even deeper understanding to see and know inwardly that our soul, which is made, lives in God’s substance. From that substance, God, we are what we are.

And I saw no difference between God and our Substance: but as it were all God; and yet mine understanding took that our Substance is in God: that is to say, that God is God, and our Substance is a creature in God. For the Almighty Truth of the Trinity is our Father: for He made us and keepeth us in Him; and the deep Wisdom of the Trinity is our Mother, in Whom we are all enclosed; the high Goodness of the Trinity is our Lord, and in Him we are enclosed, and He in us. We are enclosed in the Father, and we are enclosed in the Son, and we are enclosed in the Holy Ghost. And the Father is enclosed in us, and the Son is enclosed in us, and the Holy Ghost is enclosed in us: Almightiness, All-Wisdom, All-Goodness: one God, one Lord.

And I saw no difference between God and our substance. It was as if all were God. Yet I understood that our substance is in God. God is God, and our substance is something he created in him. For the almighty truth of the Trinity is our Father, because he made us and keeps us in him. The deep wisdom of the Trinity is our Mother, in whom we are all enclosed. The great goodness of the Trinity is our Lord. We are enclosed in him, and he in us. We are enclosed in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are enclosed in us. They are almighty, all wise, and all good: one God, one Lord.

And our faith is a Virtue that cometh of our Nature-Substance into our Sense-soul by the Holy Ghost; in which all our virtues come to us: for without that, no man may receive virtue. For it is nought else but a right understanding, with true belief, and sure trust, of our Being: that we are in God, and God in us, Whom we see not. And this virtue, with all other that God hath ordained to us coming therein, worketh in us great things. For Christ's merciful working is in us, and we graciously accord to Him through the gifts and the virtues of the Holy Ghost. This working maketh that we are Christ's children, and Christian in living.

Our faith is a virtue that comes from our nature-substance into our sense-soul through the Holy Ghost. Through the Holy Ghost, all our virtues come to us. Without the Holy Ghost, no one can receive virtue. Faith is simply a right understanding of our being, with true belief and sure trust. It is the understanding that we are in God, and God, whom we cannot see, is in us. Faith, together with all the other virtues God has ordained to come to us through it, does great things in us. For Christ works mercifully in us, and we graciously cooperate with him through the gifts and virtues of the Holy Ghost. This work makes us Christ's children and makes us Christian in the way we live.