NJHD 86
The distinctions of neighbor,
which the people of the church ought altogether to know,
are according to the good which is with everyone;
and because all good proceeds from the Lord,
therefore the Lord is the neighbor
in the highest sense and in a supereminent degree,
and the origin is from Him.
NJHD 89-90
. . . they who do not love themselves more than others,
as is the case with all who belong to the kingdom of the Lord,
will derive the origin of neighbor from Him
whom they ought to love above all things,
consequently, from the Lord;
and they will esteem everyone as the neighbor
according to the quality of his love to Him and from Him.
. . . when good is loved
the Lord is loved,
for it is the Lord
from whom good is,
who is in good,
and who is good itself.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
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