Charity (Coulson) n. 21

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21. Every good that in itself is good proceeds from the interior will. From this will, evil is removed by repentance.

*The evil into which a man is born resides there also. Unless, therefore, he repents, evil remains in the interior will, and the good proceeds from the. exterior will, and so his condition is a perverted one. The interior qualifies the exterior, and not the exterior the interior. The Lord says : "Cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter."** * In the margin: "N.B." ** Matt. xxiii. 26.


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