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Again, here we are not able to exercise our selves in the works of God without some difficulty: there is ¹difficulty in raising our hearts unto any thing that is good, and to keep our hearts up; but hereafter there shall be that communication of God unto his people, that they shall be exercised about the highest things, in the highest manner, without any difficulty, but as freely, and readily, and fully as the Sun shines: the Sun does shine without any difficulty, and the fish draws in water without difficulty; so there shall be that perfect working of the soul about the highest object, without any difficulty or labour.

Again, here we are not able to exercise our selves in the works of God without some difficulty: there is ¹difficulty in raising our hearts unto any thing that is good, and to keep our hearts up; but hereafter there shall be that communication of God unto his people, that they shall be exercised about the highest things, in the highest maner, without any difficulty, but as freely, and readily, and fully as the Sun shines: the Sun does shine without any difficulty, and the fish draws in water without difficulty; so there shall be that perfect working of the soul about the highest object, without any difficulty or labor.

1. 17.

Again, here in this world there cannot be an intention in one faculty, but it does hinder the intention ¹in another; as if man speak to me, and I be intent ⟨p. 506⟩in looking upon an object, I do not hear him that speaketh: and so in all faculties, the intention of one faculty does hinder the intention of another; but in Heaven, all the faculties of the soul shall be intens'd to the highest intention, and the intention of the one shall not hinder the intention of the other.