Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7180

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7180. A person is not allowed to divide his mind and tear those two mental powers away from each other, that is, to understand and utter truth yet will and practise evil. For if that were to happen one mental power would be looking upwards or towards heaven, and the other downwards or towards hell, so that the person would be left suspended between the two. But let it be known to him that the will carries a person along, with the understanding in support. From this one may see what the situation is with faith and love and what a person's condition is if they are separated.


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