Heavenly Doctrine (Tafel) n. 180

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180. What is meant by the rule of the internal man, and the subservience of the external man, and conversely, may be illustrated thus: If a man places his whole good in voluptuousness, gain, and pride, and if he feels a delight in hatred and revenge, and interiorly in himself seeks for confirmatory reasons; then his external man rules, and his internal man serves. But if a man finds his good and his delight in thinking and willing well, sincerely, and justly, and in speaking and acting outwardly in like manner, then the internal man rules and the external is subservient.


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