A PLEASANT and EXCELLENT DIALOGUE Betwixt a Learned DIVINE And a BEGGAR.  
Wherein it is holden forth, That 〈…〉 uld make a full Resignation 〈…〉 Selves, to the Will and 〈…〉 e of God, with all due Re〈…〉 e and Profound Humility.  
London Printed, and Re-printed at Glasgow by Robert Sanders.  
One of His Majesties printers. Anno Dom. 1698.   

A short Dialogue, betwixt a Learned DIVINE, and a BEGGAR.  
A Certain Divine, who( if we may believe the Ancient Copies) was John Taulerus himself, who meeting with a Beggar, had this Discourse, Containing a most excellent Example of a perfect man; Whence we may be taught, how in all things we ought to be of the same mind, resigned to the will and appointment of God.  
There was in time past 〈…〉 in Famous Divine, who by 〈…〉 of eight Years, had continue 〈…〉portuned the Lord by pray 〈…〉ceiving he wanted the rig 〈…〉ledge of the Truth; Notwithstanding of all his Learning, and spent whole Nights therein, begging of GOD to let him know him, and to let him know himself; And to show him any Man, that might show him the way of truth.  
And when upon a time he was inflamed with a most Vehement desire thereof, a Voice from Heaven, thus spake unto him. Go forth to the Church Doors, and there thou shall find a Man, that can teach thee the way of truth, and going forth, he found there a certain Beggar with patched and Torn Apparel, and filthy dirty feet, all whose Apparel was scarce worth three half pence: to whom by way of Salutation, he thu● spake unto.  Divine said, 
God give thee a good Morning.  Beggar Ans: 
I do not remember that ever I had an evil one.  Divine said, 
God make thee Fortunate and prosperous, why dost thou speak in this manner?  Beggar Ans: 
Neither was I ever Unfortunate or Unprosperous.  Divine said, 
Be happy, what mean these words of thine?  Beggar Ans: 
Nor was I ever unhappy.  Divine said, 
God save thee, now at last speak more plainly.  Beggar Ans: 
truly I will do i●… willingly, thou didst wish me a prosperous and good Morning, and I Answered, I never had an unprosperous or evil one; For when I am Pinched with Hunger, I praise God if I Suffer could; if it hail, if it Snow, if it Rain, if the weather B● Fair or foul, I praise God, if I be wretched and despised, I likewise praise God: Therefore there never happened any evil or sad Morning to me.  
Thou didst likewise wish that might be Fortunate, and I answered that I had never been Unfortunate because whatever God gave me, I suffered, or whatever otherwise happened to me, were it sweet or bitter, whether it were aggreeable or not, I gladly received it at his hand, as the best; And therefore I was never un●… ortunate. Thou saidst moreover ●… hat God would be pleased to make me happy, whereunto I likewise answered that I never had been unhap●… y: For I am fully resolved through His Grace, to adhere and only cleave ●… o the will of God, as the best,( as ●… bandoning mine own will,) into ●… hich I have so wholly poured out mine own will, that whatever he ●… ills, that I will also, and for this Cause, as I said, I was never unhap●… y, seeing that I will cleave to his ●… ill only, and have wholly resigned ●… ine own proper Will.  Divine said again, 
This is very ●… range, but I pray thee wouldst thou say, if the Lord of M●jest●… would drown thee in the Botto●…less Pit, couldst thou be contente●… with His Will.  beggar A●s: 
Drown me in the bo●…tomless Pit, why? Certainly if 〈…〉 should, I have two Arms, by whi●… I would still embrace him; A●… clasp fast about him, one is, tr●… Humility, and that I lay under hi●… and by him I am united to his mo●… Sacred Humanity. The other, A●… that is the Right Arm, which is Lo●… and is united to his Divinity, and 〈…〉 h●s Love given to me by himself, hold him so fast, that he would forced to go down to Hell with m●… and it were much more to be wish●… for by me, to be in hell with Go●… then to be in Heaven without hi●… By this, that Divine learned, that t●… most compendious way to God, i●… true Resignation with profou●… Humility.  
Hereupon, the Divine spake a●… ain to the Beggar, and asked him, ●… ood Lord! whence comest thou.  Beggar Ans. 
From God.  D. said, 
Where foundest thou God?  Beggar Ans. 
Even there where 〈…〉 left all the Creatures.  Divine said, 
But where didst thou ●… eave them?  Beggar Ans. 
In humble and clean Hearts, & in Men of Good will, which 〈…〉 his Temple and dwelling-Place.  Divine said, 
I pray thee Friend who art thou?  Beggar Ans. 
truly I am a King, ●… nd Jesus himself hath crwoned me ●… ith Peace, Power and Rest.  Divine said, 
Art thou a King, ●… ut where is thy Kingdom.  Beggar Ans. 
The Kingdom of Heaven is within me, in my Soul, ●… nd I can now, and do by his Power ●… n me, so govern and command my inward and outward senses that al●… the affections, and powers of the ol●… Man are conquered, and are in Subjection to the Newman in me: whic●… Kingdom no man can doubt, but i●… better than all the Kingdoms, Scepter●… Crowns, and Glories of this World  Divine said again, 
Lord! Wha●… brought thee to this Perfection.  Beggar Ans. 
My silence, and sublime Meditation, And above all, my Union with the everlasting GO●… of Peace and Rest, which is my Kingdom; And to say the Truth I could rest in nothing, which wa●… less than GOD. And now having found my God, I have forsaken th●… unquiet World, and in him I hav●… found Everlasting Peace and rest.  
FINIS.