AE 774 - from ourselves

AE 774 [4, 5]

. . . no man has or can have
a freedom to do good from himself,
since man is merely a recipient;
consequently the good that man receives is not man's
but is the Lord's with him.
Nor do angels even have any good
except from the Lord;
and the more they acknowledge and perceive this
the more they are angels,
that is, higher and wiser than the others.

. . . to love what is good, sincere, and just,
and from love to will it,
is from the Lord alone.