because the mind or spirit of every man is twofold, consisting of the two distinct principles of will and understanding; the will being created for the reception and enjoyment of the good of the DIVINE LOVE, and the understanding for the reception and enjoyment of the truth of the DIVINE WISDOM; and both for the conjunction of those two heavenly gifts in every human bosom. Each principle, therefore, requires its particular food for its nourishment, and has accordingly its spiritual appetite, called hunger and thirst, agreeable to the Divine declaration, “Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall he filled,” [Matt. v. 6.]. It is evident, therefore, not only that the mind or spirit of man has its food, which food, like that of the body, is of two distinct kinds, but that it likewise has its hunger and thirst; and thus, in regard to its nourishment, bears an exact resemblance to the body, or rather (if you will allow the remark) has imparted to the body that hunger and thirst, or that necessity of a twofold nourishment, by virtue of which the body bears a resemblance to its parent soul, and in so doing manifests its origin.
Behold here then the more remote end, to which, it is more than probable, every bodily act of eating and drinking points, and was originally designed to point!
