Heavenly Doctrine (Tafel) n. 29

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29. As everything in the universe, which is according to Divine order, has relation to good and truth, so everything with man has relation to the will and the understanding; because good with man belongs to his will, and truth with him belongs to his understanding. For these two faculties, that is, those two lives of man are their receptacles and subjects; the will being the receptacle and subject of all things pertaining to good, and the understanding the receptacle and subject of all things pertaining to truth. Goods and truths with man are nowhere else. And since goods and truths with man are nowhere else, so neither are love and faith; for love belongs to good, and good to love; and faith belongs to truth, and truth to faith.


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