The will is that which has all power it makes heaven and it makes hell for there is no hell but where the will of the creature is turned from God, nor any heaven but where the will of the creature worketh with God. (William Law)

The will is that which has all power it makes heaven and it makes hell for there is no hell but where the will of the creature is turned from God, nor any heaven but where the will of the creature worketh with God.

William Law

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