When Augustine breaks the law and steals pears, how can we see that the freedom he feels is only an illusion?
We can see it as a counterfeit freedom rather than the real thing. His freedom of being able to take whatever he wishes isn't real freedom because he is still bound by the law, and is then bound by guilt for what he has done, but with God, we can live without that guilt, and be free, not because we are prohibited by God's law, but because we are saved by that law.
