AE 911 - the Lord's gift

AE 911 [17]

For it is to be known, that,
although the Lord works all things,
and man nothing from self,
yet He wills that man should work as if from self
in all that comes to his perception.
For without man's cooperation as if from self
there can be no reception of truth and good,
thus no implantation and regeneration.
For to will is the Lord's gift to man;
and because the appearance to man
is that this is from self,
He gives him to will as if from self.