Thursday, February 12, 2009

AC 10775 & 10781- Divine Providence

AC 10775
Those who think about the Divine Providence from worldly things,
conclude from these that it is only universal,
and that the singulars belong to man.
But these persons are not acquainted with the arcana of heaven,
for they form their conclusions solely
from the loves of self and of the world and their pleasures;
and therefore when they see the evil exalted to honors,
and gaining wealth rather than the good;
and also that the evil succeed in accordance with their skill,
they say in their hearts that it would not be so
if the Divine Providence were in each and all things.
But these persons do not consider
that the Divine Providence does not look
to that which is fleeting and transitory,
and which comes to an end together with the life of man in the world;
but that it looks to that which remains to eternity, thus which has no end.
That which has no end is;
but that which has an end, relatively is not.

AC 10781
Be it known that there is providence and there is foresight.
Good is that which is provided by the Lord,
but evil is that which is foreseen by the Lord.
The one must be with the other,
for that which comes from man is nothing but evil;
but that which comes from the Lord is nothing but good.

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