All freedom belongs to the love or affection; for what a man loves, he does freely, nos. 2870, 3158, 8987, 8990, 9585, 9591. Since freedom belongs to the love, it is the life of every one, no. 2873. There is heavenly freedom and there is infernal freedom, nos. 2870, 2873, 2874, 9589, 9590. Heavenly freedom belongs to the love of good and truth, nos. 1947, 2870, 2872. And since the love of good and truth is from the Lord, freedom itself consists in being led by the Lord, nos. 892, 905, 2872, 2886, 2890-2892, 9096, 9586-9591. Through regeneration a man is introduced by the Lord into heavenly freedom, nos. 2874, 2875, 2882, 2892. A man ought to be in freedom, in order that he may be regenerated, nos. 1937, 1947, 2876, 2881, 3145, 3158, 4031, 8700. Otherwise the love of good and truth cannot be implanted in a man, and appropriated to him, so as to appear his own, nos. 2877, 2879, 2880, 2888, 8700. Nothing is conjoined to a man which is done under compulsion, nos. 2875, 8700. If a man could be reformed by compulsion, all would be saved, no. 2881. Compulsion is hurtful in reformation, no. 4031. Worship from freedom is worship, but not worship from compulsion, nos. 1947, 2880, 7349, 10097. Repentance ought to be practised in a free state; what is done in a state of coercion is of no avail, no. 8392. What states of coercion are, no. 8392. A man is permitted to act from the freedom of reason, that good may be provided for him; and on that account he is in the freedom of thinking and willing, and even of doing evil, so far as the laws do not forbid it, no. 10777. A man is kept by the Lord between heaven and hell, and thus in a state of equilibrium, that he may be in freedom for the sake of his reformation, nos. 5982, 6477, 8209, 8987. What is inseminated in freedom remains, but not what is inseminated under compulsion, nos. 9588, 10777. Wherefore freedom is never taken away from any one, nos. 2876, 2881. No one is compelled by the Lord, nos. 1937, 1948. How the Lord through freedom leads a man into good; namely, through freedom he turns the man away from evil, and inclines him to good, so gently and quietly that he does not know otherwise than that all proceeds from himself, no. 9587. Compelling one's self comes from freedom, but not being compelled, nos. 1937, 1947. A man ought to compel himself to resist evil, nos. 1937, 1947, 7914. He ought also to compel himself to do good as of himself, but still to acknowledge that it is from the Lord, nos. 2883, 2891, 2892, 7914. A man is in greater freedom in the temptation combats in which he conquers, because he then compels himself interiorly to resist evils, although it appears otherwise, nos. 1937, 1947, 2881. In every temptation there is freedom, but this freedom is with the man interiorly from the Lord; and therefore he struggles and desires to conquer, and not to be conquered, which he would not do unless he had freedom, nos. 1937, 1947, 2881. The Lord does this through the affection of truth and good, which is impressed on the internal man, the man himself being ignorant of it, no. 5044. Infernal liberty consists in being led by the loves of self and of the world, and by their lusts, nos. 2870, 2873. Those who are in hell do not know any other freedom, no. 2871. Heavenly freedom is as far removed from infernal liberty as heaven is removed from hell, nos. 2873, 2874. Infernal liberty in itself is bondage, nos. 2884, 2890. Because being led by hell is bondage, nos. 9586, 9589-9591. All freedom is like a man's Self (proprium), and according to it, no. 2880. Through regeneration a man receives from the Lord a heavenly Self (proprium), nos. 1937, 1947, 2882, 2883, 2891. The quality of the heavenly Self (proprium), nos. 164, 5660, 8480. This Self (proprium) appears to the man as his own Self (proprium); but it is not his, but the Lord's with him, no. 8497. Those who are in this Self (proprium), are in true freedom, because true freedom consists in being led by the Lord and by His Self (proprium), nos. 892, 905, 2872, 2886, 2890-2892, 4096, 9586, 9587-9591.