AE 794 - from the Lord

AE 794 [3]
He who does good for the sake of good does good from good;
and he who speaks truth for the sake of truth speaks truth from truth,
thus from the Lord, who is Truth itself and from whom is all truth.
The like is true of him who acts sincerely for the sake of sincerity,
and does what is just for the sake of justice;
for sincerity is moral good and truth,
and justice is civil good and truth;
and all good and truth are from the Lord and not from man,
because they are done from the internal through the external.