AC 7166, 7167 - Divine Law

AC 7166
For the law from the Divine
is the law of order,
and the law of order
concerning those who are
in a state of infestations from falsities
is that they must be infested even to despair,
and unless they are infested to despair,
the uttermost of the use of the infestation is lacking.
That temptation is increased even to despair
is very evident from the Lord's temptation in Gethsemane,
and also afterward upon the cross,
in that it was carried even to a state of despair;
and the temptation of the Lord
is a pattern of the temptation of the faithful;
wherefore the Lord says
that whosoever would follow Him must take up his cross;
for the glorification of the Lord
is a pattern of the regeneration of man,
and regeneration is effected chiefly by means of temptation.

AC 7167
For the law Divine
is truth Divine proceeding from the Lord,
and that which proceeds from the Lord
is Divine good and truth;
and Divine good is love and charity,
and Divine truth is faith.