Know then, my beloved son, that if thou wilt keep the Light of Nature
within its own proper bounds, and make use thereof in just subordination
to the Light of God, thou must consider that there are in thy soul two
_Wills_, an _inferior_ Will, which is for driving thee to Things without
and below; and a _superior_ Will, which is for drawing thee to Things
within and above. These two Wills are now set together, as it were back
to back, and in a direct contrariety to each other; but in the beginning
it was not so. For this contraposition of the soul in these two is no
more than the effect of the Fallen State; since before that they were
placed one under the other, that is, the _superior_ Will _above_, as the
Lord, and the inferior _below_, as the subject. And thus it ought to
have continued. Thou must also further consider that, answering to these
two Wills, there are likewise two Eyes in the soul, whereby they are
severally directed, forasmuch as these Eyes are not united in one single
view, but look quite contrary ways at once. They are in a like manner
set one against the other, without a common medium to join them. And
hence, so long as this double-sightedness doth remain, it is impossible
there should be any agreement in the determination of this or that Will.
This is very plain. And it showeth the necessity that this malady,
arising from the disunion of the rays of vision, be some way remedied
and redressed, in order to a true discernment in the mind. Both these
eyes therefore must be made to unite by a concentration of rays, there
being nothing more dangerous than for the mind to abide thus in the
Duplicity and not to seek to arrive at the Unity. Thou perceivest, I
know, that thou hast two Wills in thee, one set against the other, the
superior and the inferior, and that thou hast always two Eyes within,
one against the other, whereof the one Eye may be called the Right Eye,
and the other the Left Eye. Thou perceivest too, doubtless, that it is
according to the Right Eye that the wheel of the superior Will is moved;
and that it is according to the motion of the Left Eye that the contrary
wheel in the lower is turned about.