178. These, and many other things, belong to faith, and ought to be known by the man who is to be regenerated; for he who is acquainted with these things, can think of them, afterwards will them, and finally do them; and thus he can have a new life. Even as he, on the other hand, who does not know that the Lord is the Saviour of the human race, cannot have any faith in Him, nor love Him, and, therefore, cannot do good for His sake; and as he who does not know that all good is from the Lord, cannot think that his salvation is from Him, and still less can will that such shall be the case, and thus cannot live from the Lord; and as he who does not know that there is a hell, and that there is a heaven, and that there is eternal life, cannot even think of a life of heaven, nor apply himself so as to receive it. So it is in all other cases.