Heavenly Doctrine (Tafel) n. 74

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74. From this it is now known who are in the love of self. Still it does not depend upon their appearance in outward form, whether they are haughty or meek; for the qualities mentioned are in the interior man, and by most persons the interior man is concealed, and the exterior man is trained to counterfeit the things belonging to love of the common weal and the neighbour; and thus to put on the opposite things. This also they do for the sake of self; for they are aware that loving the common weal and the neighbour interiorly affects all, and that they are loved and esteemed in the same proportion; the reason why it affects is that heaven flows into such love.


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