Divine Wisdom XI [13][[3]] (3)
The spiritual is in the moral and the civil.
This follows from what has been said above
that the Lord conjoins Himself with a person in the love of uses,
or in charity towards the neighbor.
The spiritual is from conjunction with the Lord;
the moral is from charity,
and the civil is from the practice of charity.
The spiritual must be in a person that he may be saved;
and this is from the Lord,
not above or outside of a person but within him;
it cannot be in a person's knowledge alone
or from that in his thought and speech,
it must be in his life,
and his life is willing and doing;
consequently when knowing and thinking
are also willing and doing
the spiritual is in the moral and in the civil.
If it be asked, "How can I will and do?"
the answer is,
Fight against evils, which are from hell,
and you will both will and do,
not from yourself but from the Lord,
for when evils are put away
the Lord does all things.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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