Thou shalt do nothing at all but forsake thy own Will, viz., that which
thou callest _I_, or _thyself_. By which means all thy evil properties
will grow weak, faint, and ready to die; and then thou wilt sink down
again into that One Thing from which thou art originally sprung. For now
thou liest captive in the Creatures; but if thy Will forsaketh them,
they will die in thee, with their evil inclinations, which at present
stay and hinder thee that thou canst not come to God. But if thou takest
this course, thy God will meet thee with his infinite Love, which he
hath manifested in Christ Jesus in the Humanity, or human Nature. And
that will impart sap, life and vigour to thee, whereby thou mayst bud,
spring, flourish again, and rejoice in the Living God, as a branch
growing on his true Vine. And so thou wilt at length recover the Image
of God, and be delivered from that of the Serpent. Then shalt thou come
to be my brother and have fellowship with the Angels.