AE 439
... temptations occur for the sake of regeneration....
...since every temptation is a combat between the spiritual man and the natural; for the spiritual man loves and wills the things that are of heaven, while the natural man loves and wills the things that are of the world, since it is in the world, consequently the desires of the two are opposite, which gives rise to collision and combat, and this is called temptation.
[2] ...the state after temptation, which state is full of joy from affection, that the spiritual and the natural, and good and truth, have been conjoined, for these are conjoined by temptations....
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