868. 'And the dead were judged out of the things written in the books according to their works' signifies that they were all judged in accordance with their internal life in external things. By 'the dead' are signified all who died from on earth and were then in the world of spirits, as above (n. 866). 'Out of the things written in the books' signifies out of the interior things of every one's mind then laid open, as just above (n. 867). 'According to their works' signifies in accordance with every one's internal life in external things. That this is signified by 'works' in the Word may be seen above (n. 72, 76, 94, 141, 641); to which I will add this, that there are works of the mind and works of the body, both of them at once internal and external. The works of the mind are intentions and endeavours, and the works of the body are utterances and actions. Both of these (haec et illa) proceed out of a man's internal life, which is of his will or love. Whatever does not terminate in works, whether it be internal things that are of the mind or external things that are of the body, these are not in the man's life, for they inflow out of the world of spirits but are not being received. Therefore they are like images that strike the eyes and like odours that impinge on the nostrils, from which the man turns away his face. But more things concerning these matters may be seen in the places cited above, where also some passages have been quoted out of the Word confirming that a man is judged in accordance with his works. Besides them there are also these [words] from Paul:-