37. [36.] After Luther had been informed by angels that no one has any faith unless he possesses goodness of life, moreover that faith exists only in the measure of one's goodness of life, and not the least bit one in greater measure than the other, and having been convinced many times, he repented and labored with all his might to free himself from falsities, because he could not enter heaven until he did. I perceived several times that he had repented and that he was struggling against his principles, but as yet without success. He also prayed to the Lord to be able to retreat from his falsities, and received the reply that the ability would be granted if he could accept it. For that reason he was sent from one society to another in which there were people in whom life was joined to faith, but he was nevertheless unable to stay long, because it conflicted with his life's delight. Luther was told that truths of doctrine cannot be accepted in life before falsities have been rejected, because truths cannot enter where falsities fill the thoughts of the intellect, nor can these be easily removed. That is because while a person is living in the world, he joins himself to societies according to principles of his religion, religion for which he has had an affection. Everyone continues to be governed by these principles after death, and everyone's life lies with those societies, so that it is impossible for him to remove himself and detach himself from them and then introduce himself into new ones. It is indeed possible for him to do so in respect to his thoughts, but not possible in respect to his affections, and yet these must be united. A person enters new societies, therefore, but nevertheless withdraws whenever he feels in the new ones elements undelightful to him. In short, Luther sometimes renounces faith alone and sometimes defends it. He renounces it when he is in a state of fear, defends it when he is prompted by his love.