Seeking Him

In simplicitate cordis quaerite illum; quoniam invenitur ab his qui non tentant illum, apparet autem eis qui fidem habent in illum. Et bene dixi : In simplicitate etc. quoniam invenitur, per gratiam in praesenti, secundum illus Canticorum tertio: Invenit quem diligit anima mea. Ab his qui non tentant illum... Aliud exterius praetendendo, aliud interius intendendo, sicut Scribae et Pharisaei Chrisum tentantes; et hoc dicit contra hypocrisim et duplicitatem; Matthaei vigesimo secundo, Quid me tentatis hypocritae? Apparet autem... Scilicet in futuro per gloriam; primae Ioannis tertio: Cum apparuerit, similes ei erimus; et ad Colossenes tertio: Cum autem Christus apparuerit, vita vestra, tunc et vos apparebitis cum ipso in gloria. His qui fidem habent in illum. hoc dicit contra haeresi et infidelitatem. Et nota, quod dicit: In illum, quid non sufficit credere illi vel illum, sed credere in illum, quod est actus fidei formatae, secundum Augustinum. Vel: invenitur propter devotionem affectus; apparet, per contemplationem intellectus; Psalmus: Gustate, affectu; videte, intellectu. Sanctus Bonaventura, Commentarius In Librum Sapientiae, Caput I Source: Here, 360d-e

Seek Him in simplicity of heart, for He is found by those who do not test Him, and He appears to those who have faith in Him. 1 Well it is said 'In simplicity' because He is found through grace in the present, according to the third chapter of the Song of Songs, 'My soul found him whom it loves.' 2 'By those who do not test Him...' Pretending one thing outwardly while intending another inwardly, as the Scribes and the Pharisees tested Christ, and this is said against hypocrisy and duplicity. In the twenty second chapter of Matthew, 'Why do you test me, hypocrites?' 3 'And He appears...' That is, in the future, in glory. In the third chapter of the first letter of John, 'When He appears we shall be like Him.' And in the third chapter of Colossians, 'When Christ shall appear, your life, then even you will appear with Him in glory.' 4 'To those who have faith in Him.' This is said against heresy and disbelief. Note that it says 'in Him,' because it is not enough to believe Him but to believe in Him, which is the act of mature faith, according to Augustine. 5 Otherwise we could say He is found according to the devotion of love, and He appears in the contemplation of the mind. In the Psalm, 'Taste,' with love, 'see,' with the understanding. 6 Saint Bonaventura, Commentary On Wisdom, Chapter 1 1 Wisdom 1.2-3 2 Song 3.4 3 Mt 22.18 4 1 Jn 3.2, Col 3.4 5 Aug, Tractate 29 On John, 6 6 Ps 33.9