SD 11 - permission; AC 1,2 - the Lord's Word

Today I begin to read The Spiritual Diary also known as Spiritual Experiences. I am also going to be reading the Arcana Coelestia again - a few pages from each work. So some days, you may see a Title that says SD or AC, or both, depending, and that is why.

SD 11
There is no permission save for a good end.

AC 1, 2
From the mere letter of the Word of the Old Testament
no one would ever discern the fact
that this part of the Word contains deep secrets of heaven . . .

. . . that the Word is really of this character
might be known from the single consideration
that being the Lord's
and from the Lord
it must of necessity contain within it such things
as belong to heaven, to the church, and to religious belief,
and that unless it did so
it could not be called the Lord's Word,
nor could it be said to have any life in it.