AE 969 [2] - evil and good

AE 969 [2-3]

. . . evils are infernal and goods are heavenly,
and everything infernal burns with hatred
against everything heavenly.

. . . before the Lord can flow in with heaven out of heaven
and form man to the image of heaven,
those evils that lie heaped up in the natural mind
must needs be removed.
Moreover, as the removal of evils must come first
before man can be taught and led by the Lord,
the reason is evident
why in eight commandments of the Decalogue
the evil works that must not be done are recounted,
but not the goods that must be done.
Good does not exist together with evil,
nor does it exist before evils have been removed;
for until then
there is no way possible from heaven into man.