Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 5526

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5526. In the other life, they do not care whether a man has lived well according to the civil laws and on their account, but whether he has lived according to the Divine laws and for their sake; for this latter life affects a man's interiors and sets up a communication with heaven: the former, however, a man's exteriors only; consequently, [it is a life] for the sake of self and the world. These refrain from doing evil from fear of punishment; but the former from aversion to evil on account of its being evil, and from affection for good.


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