4589. IN WHAT MANNER THE TRUTHS OF FAITH ENTER TO THE LOVE, AND LOVE INFILLS THEM. There is, for example. loving any king or prince: That love exists and grows according to the virtues which one esteems and reverences in him. So that, if he is merciful, just, magnanimous, etc., then the love of mercy, regarded in itself, enters that love; also the love of justice, and of magnanimity. Every such thing, namely, mercy, justice, magnanimity, carries with itself reverence and love: all these loves enter the common love, and so confirm it.