DP 180
If a person were to clearly see Divine providence,
he would inject himself into
the order and course of its progression,
and upset and destroy it.
DP 183
Divine providence never acts in harmony
with the will's love in a person,
but continually in opposition to it.
For in consequence of his hereditary evil
a person forever goes panting toward the lowest hell,
whereas the Lord by His providence
is constantly diverting him
and drawing him back from there,
first to a milder hell,
then out of hell,
and finally to Himself in heaven.
This operation of Divine providence is unceasing.
Consequently if a person were to clearly see or feel
this withdrawal or diverting,
it would anger him,
and he would regard God as an enemy,
and from the evil of his native character deny Him.
Therefore, lest a person become conscious of this,
he is kept in a state of freedom,
so that he does not know other
than that he is guiding himself.
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