Divine Wisdom III
While a person is in the womb
he is in a state of innocence;
therefore his first state after birth is a state of innocence;
and the Lord dwells in a person only in his innocence,
consequently He especially dwells in him
when he is as it were innocence.
Likewise, a person is then in a state of peace.
A person is then in a state of innocence and in a state of peace,
because the Divine love and the Divine wisdom
are innocence itself and peace itself . . ..
Divine Wisdom IV[2]
. . . the two higher degrees of a person's life are opened in him,
and these . . . were the dwelling-places of the Lord in his formation;
also the lowest degree is reformed . . ..
. . . the person who is being regenerated
is as it were conceived, formed, born, and educated anew,
and this to the end
that as to love he may become a likeness of the Lord,
and as to wisdom an image of the Lord,
and, if you are willing to believe it,
the person is thereby made a new person,
not alone in having a new will and a new understanding given him,
but even a new body for his spirit.
. . . new things are formed in the regenerate person as in a womb;
for such as the will and understanding of a person are,
such is the person in each and all things . . ..
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
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