The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage

...running, and into the ends of the earth his words and works [reach],
so that there is no one who may hide himself from his heat. Accordingly, the
veil of excuse has been taken away from all: from the moment the voice
of the evangelical thunder in the wheel original: "euuangelici tonitrui i rota," a mystical reference to the preaching of the Gospel as a cosmic force, often associated with the "wheels" in the vision of the prophet Ezekiel. was heard saying: come to
me all you who labor with the difficulty of doing good works, and are
burdened with the loads of sins. I will refresh you with the wine of
penance, healing the wounds of free will free will: the human capacity to choose, which Ruusbroec views as "wounded" or weakened by sin and requiring the "medicine" of repentance, and with the milk of the
beauty of grace, comforting the tender infancy of your faith:
until CHRIST be formed in you.
Come therefore, buy without silver and without any exchange
wine and milk: offering only the will of a believing obedience
to all. The church of CHRIST stands open: the
grace of the washing at the baptismal font original: "batismi luter," referring to the stone basin or vessel used for the ritual of baptism. stands waiting before the doors
for those who hope. The lamps of graces are not under a bushel basket: but
are set out for all upon the lampstand. The table of the
sacraments is set before all. Let each one ask in faith
for what he desires, hesitating not at all. For God is no
respecter of persons: he who wishes every person
to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth;
who makes his sun rise over the good and the bad: and
rains over the just and the unjust. It must be noted, however,
that although the sun commonly casts the rays of its light
over all trees, and the rain equally waters them
all: yet some bear no fruit, and some bear wild and
useless fruit for human use. For this reason,
wise farmers of old, pruning the branches of wild and
sterile trees, graft in shoots of good
fruit, so that in their own time they might bear useful fruit.
Indeed, the fertile and fruit-bearing shoot arisen from the heavenly
paradise is the light of sanctifying grace sanctifying grace: the Latin "gratia gratum faciens" refers to the specific gift of God that makes the soul "pleasing" or "holy" and capable of spiritual life,
without which any work born is tasteless and useless...