NJHD 86, 89 - The Neighbor

NJHD 86, 89

The distinctions of neighbor,
which the man of the church ought altogether to know,
are according to the good which is with everyone;
and because all good proceeds from the Lord,
therefore the Lord is the neighbor
in the highest sense and in a supereminent degree,
and the origin is from Him.
Hence it follows
that so far as anyone has the Lord with himself,
so far he is the neighbor . . ..

. . . every one is the neighbor
according to the good which he possesses from the Lord,
thus good itself is the neighbor.