Heavenly Doctrine (Chadwick) n. 145

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145. Since acting freely seems to a person to be following the dictates of one's own self, heavenly freedom can also be called the heavenly self; and hellish freedom can be called the hellish self. The hellish self is what one has by birth, and it is evil; but the heavenly self is what one acquires by being reformed, and it is good.


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