792. Who is able to make war with him? That this signifies that it cannot be assaulted by any means is evident without explanation. For when by the dragon and his beast is signified the heretical dogma concerning faith alone; by not being able to fight with the beast is signified that it cannot be assaulted. That the persuasion of those who believe that dogma is so strong that they believe nothing can be truer, is clear from its reception in the Christian churches. For they say, "Who is able to do good of himself?" and so they leave it out. But what man is there who at the first sight, or, as it is said, at the first glance of the eye, cannot see that man's quality is according to his life? Who can doubt or deny this, especially when every one is confirmed therein from the Word, where it is said, that he is a wise man who hears and does, and that all shall be judged according to their works? I do not see how any one, who has not a twist in his intellectual faculty, and thence talks wildly, can possibly think that to live well is of no account; when, nevertheless, a man remains after death such as his life was in the world. It has been granted me to speak with some who lived in former ages, and it was found that their life was similar to that which is written about them in history. It has also been granted me to speak with some who believed that they had faith, but who had not lived the life of faith, which is charity; and it was discovered that they were shut out from heaven. And, moreover, it has been often told me from heaven, that the life of man remains, and that faith separate from life is nothing.