And in that I said; _It is higher than the highest and greater than the
greatest_; thou mayst hereby perceive as in a glimpse the supreme height
and greatness of _Omnipotent Love_ which infinitely transcends all that
human sense and reason can reach to. The highest Archangel and greatest
Powers of Heaven, are in comparison of it, but as dwarfs. Nothing can be
conceived higher and greater in God himself, by the very highest and
greatest of his creatures. There is such infinity in it as comprehends
and surpasses all the divine attributes.
But in that it was also said, _Its greatness is greater than God_; that
likewise is very true in the sense wherein it was spoken. For Love can
there enter where God dwelleth not, since the most high God dwelleth not
in darkness, but in the Light, the hellish darkness being put under his
feet. Thus, for instance, when our beloved Lord Jesus Christ was in
Hell, Hell was not the mansion of God or of Christ, Hell sees not God,
neither was it with God, nor could it be at all with him; Hell stood in
the darkness and anxiety of Nature, and no light of the Divine Majesty
did there enter; God was not there, for he is not in the darkness nor in
the anguish; but Love was there; and Love destroyed Death and conquered
Hell. So also when thou art in anguish or trouble, which is _hell
within_, God is not the anguish or trouble, neither is he in the anguish
or trouble; but his Love is there, and brings thee out of the anguish
and trouble into God, leading thee into the light and joy of his
presence. When God hides himself in thee, Love is still there, and makes
him manifest in thee. Such is the inconceivable greatness and largeness
of Love, which will hence appear to thee as great as God _above Nature_
and greater than God _in Nature_, or as considered in his manifestative
glory.
Lastly, whereas I said, _Whosoever finds it finds Nothing and all
Things_; that is also certain and true. But how finds he _Nothing_? Why,
I will tell thee how. He that findeth it findeth a supernatural,
supersensual Abyss, which hath no ground or Byss to stand on, and where
there is no place to dwell in; and he findeth also nothing is like unto
it and therefore it may fitly be compared to _Nothing_, for it is deeper
than any _Thing_, and is as Nothing with respect to All Things,
forasmuch as it is not comprehensible by any of them. And because it is
Nothing respectively, it is therefore free from All Things, and is that
only Good, which a man cannot express or utter what it is, there being
Nothing to which it may be compared, to express it by.
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