35. Man has two inherent powers of will and understanding. When the understanding is governed by the will they then constitute one mind and so one life; for what a person in that case wills and does he also thinks and intends. But when the understanding is at variance with the will, as it is with people who claim to have faith and yet live otherwise, then a mind previously one is split in two. One half seeks to transport itself into heaven, while the other inclines towards hell. And because the will is what accomplishes everything, the whole man would rush straight into hell unless the Lord took pity on him.

7132. 'And the taskmasters were urgent' means that those in the nearest position to molest were insistent. This is clear from the meaning of 'the taskmasters' as those in the nearest position to molest, dealt with in 7111; and from the meaning of 'being urgent' as being insistent.