AC 4031 - freedom & self-compulsion

AC 4031 [4]
It is a person's freedom into which the Lord operates,
and by means of which He turns him in a different direction.
For all freedom involves that which is present
 in his love or affection, and so in his will.
If he does not receive good and truth in freedom
it cannot be made or become his own,
since that which is for him compulsory is not his own
but belongs to whoever compels it.
For he is not acting of himself
even though the action is done by him.
It does sometimes seem as though
a person is drawn under compulsion towards good,
as in temptations and spiritual conflicts.
But within these experiences
he is in greater freedom than when he is outside them.
It also seems as though a person
is acting under compulsion
when he compels himself to do good;
but self-compulsion is one thing,
being compelled is another.
Self-compulsion with anyone
is a product of the freedom within him,
but being compelled is a product of non-freedom.
This shows what dim misconceptions
and then what errors people end up with
who reason about the Lord's Providence,
about human salvation,
and about the eternal damnation of many,
yet who are unaware of the fact
that it is freedom through which the Lord operates
and by no means through compulsion.
For compulsion in things of a holy nature
if not freely accepted is dangerous.