AC 803 - persuasions aren't so simple

AC 803
The persuasions of the people before the Flood are described fully here,
that is to say, they had within them affections for falsity,
evil desires, pleasures, and bodily and earthly interests.
All of these things are present in persuasions,
though a person is not directly conscious of this,
for he imagines that a false assumption, or persuasion of falsity,
is some uncomplicated or quite general entity.
He is much mistaken however,
for the situation is altogether different.
Every one of a person's affections
derives its existence and character from the things of his understanding
and at the same time from those of his will.

[2] . . . If anyone knew how much one false assumption
or one persuasion of falsity contained
he would be horrified.
It is in a way an image of hell.
But if they are the product of innocence or of ignorance,
those falsities in him are easily dispersed.