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.

But in that I lastly said; _Whosoever finds it finds All Things_; there
is nothing can be more true than this assertion. It hath been the
Beginning of All Things; and it ruleth All Things. It is also the End of
All Things; and will thence comprehend All Things within its circle. All
Things are from it, and in it, and by it. If thou findest it thou comest
into that ground from whence All Things are proceeded, and wherein they
subsist; and thou art in it a King over all the works of God.

Here the Disciple was exceedingly ravished with what his Master had so
wonderfully and surprisingly declared, and returned his most hearty and
humble thanks for that light which he had been an instrument of
conveying to him. But being desirous to hear further concerning these
high matters, and to know somewhat more particularly, he requested him
that he would give him leave to wait on him the next day again; and that
he would then be pleased to show him _how_ and _where_ he might find
this which was so