AC 8662 - AC 8678: Several Short Quotes

AC 8662

. . . application precedes conjunction . . .

AC 8665

For in the supreme sense "peace" signifies the Lord,
and from this the state of the inmost heaven,
where they are who are in love to the Lord,
and from this in innocence.

AC 8670

. . . "trouble" denotes labor
because it is predicated of temptations,
for in these
those who are tempted have labor
against falsities and evils,
and the angels also have labor with them
to keep them in the faith,
and thus in the power of conquering . . ..

AC 8672

. . . the state of the Divine
when good is done to heaven and the angels there,
and also to the church and the person there,
is expressed in the Word by "joy,"
but the quality of this joy is beyond comprehension,
because it belongs to the Infinite.

AC 8678 [1, 2]

The love of self, which is pride,
is of such a quality that so far as the rein is given it,
it rushes on, growing step by step
to the utmost of the ability that is granted to it,
until at last it lifts itself to the very throne of God
with the desire to be in His stead.
Such are all who are in hell.

So far as a person can humble himself before the Lord,
and so far as he can love his neighbor as himself,
and, as in heaven, above himself,
so far he receives the Divine,
and consequently is so far in heaven.