No verily. Men seek and find not, because they seek it not in the naked
Ground where it lieth; but in something or other where it never will be,
nor can be. They seek it in their _own Will_, and they find it not. They
seek it in their _Self-Desire_, and they meet not with it. They look for
it in an _Image_, or in an _Opinion_, or in _Affection_, or a natural
_Devotion_ and _Fervour_, and they lose the substance by thus hunting
after a shadow. They search for it in something sensible or imaginary,
in somewhat which they may have a more peculiar natural inclination for,
and adhesion to; and so they miss of what they seek, for want of diving
into the Supernatural and Supersensual Ground, where the Treasure is
hid. Now, should the Love graciously condescend to proffer itself to
such as these, and even to present itself evidently before the Eye of
their Spirit, yet could it find no place at all in them, neither could
it be held by them, or remain with them.