Monday, August 14, 2006

AE 730a - the Lord flows into our will

AE 730a [2]
... the Lord never flows immediately into truths with man,
but mediately through his good;
for good is of the will,
and the will is the man himself;
from the will the understanding is produced and formed;
for the understanding is adjoined to the will
so that what the will loves the understanding sees,
and also brings forth into light;
consequently if the will is not in good, but is in evil,
then the influx of truth from the Lord into the understanding
has no effect, for it is dissipated, because it is not loved,
yea, it is perverted, and the truth is falsified.

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