Let not this trouble thee. Doth thy Will go forth from the creatures?
Then the creatures are forsaken in thee. They are in the world, and thy
body, which is in the world, is with the creatures. But spiritually thou
walkest with God, and conversest in heaven; being in thy mind redeemed
from earth, and separated from creatures, to live the life of God. And
if thy Will thus leaveth the creatures, and goeth forth from them, even
as the spirit goeth forth from the body at death; then are the creatures
dead in it, and do live only in the body in the world. Since if thy Will
do not bring itself into them, they cannot bring themselves into it,
neither can they by any means touch the soul. And hence St Paul saith,
_Our conversation is in heaven; and also, Ye are the temple of God, and
the Spirit of God dwelleth in you_. So, then, true Christians are the
very temples of the Holy Ghost, who dwelleth in them; that is, the Holy
Ghost dwelleth in the Will, and the Creature dwelleth in the Body.