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IX. That Eleemosypary Acts of Charity consist in giving to the

Poor, and in relieving the Indigent, but with Prudence 425 45

X. That there are Duties of Charity, some Public, some Do-

mestic, and some Private.....

XI. That there are Convivial Recreations of Charity, consisting

in Dinners and Suppers, and in Social Intercourse.... 433 51

XII. That the first part of Charity consisteth in putting away

evils, and the second Part in doing Good Actions, that

are useful to our Neighbour......

XIII. That in performing the Exercises of Charity, Man doth

not ascribe Merit to Works, whilst he believeth that

all Good is from the Lord

XIV. That Moral Life, if it be at the same Time Spiritual, is

XV. That the Friendship of Love contracted with a Person,

without Regard to his Quality as to Spirit, is detrimen-

tal after Death.......

XVI. That there is Spurious Charity, Hypocritical Charity, and

Dead Charity .....

XVII. That Friendship of Love amongst the Wicked is intes-

tine Hatred towards each other ...

XVIII. On the Conjunction of Love to God, and Love towards

our Neighbour......

1. That the two Trees in the Garden of Eden, one of Life and

the other of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, signify

the Free-will which Man enjoyeth in Respect to Spi-

ritual Things......

II. That Man is not Life, but a Recipient of Life from God..... 470

III. That Man, during his Abode in the World, is held in the

Midst between Heaven and Hell, and thus in a Spiritual

Equilibrium, in which Free-will consists

IV. That it appears plainly, from the Permission of Evil, which

every one experiences in his Internal Man, that he hath

Free-will in Spiritual Things

V. That without Free-will in Spiritual Things, the Word would

be of no manner of Use, consequently the Church would

be a Nop-entity.....

VI. That without Free-will in Spiritual Things, Man would

bave nothing which could enable bim to con join bim-

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self by Reciprocation with the Lord; and consequently

there would be no Imputation, but mere Predestination,

which is shocking and detestable

VII. That without Free-will in Spiritual Things, God would be

chargeable as the Cause of Evil, and consequently there

would be no Imputation...

VIII. That every Spiritual Principle of the Church, when it is

admitted, and is received with Freedom, remains, but

IX. That the Will and the Understanding of Man enjoy this

Freedom of Determination but that the Commission

of Evil, both in the Spiritual and Natural World, is res-

trained by Laws, or else Society would perish in both.. 497

X. That if Man were destitute of Free-will in Spiritual Things,

it would be possible for all Men throughout the whole

World, in the Compass of one Day, to be induced to be-

lieve in the Lord; but the Reason why this is impossible

is, because Nothing remains with Man, but what is

received with Free-will

I. That Repentance is the first Constituent of the Church in Man 510

II. That Contrition, which at the present day is said to precede

Faith, and to be followed by Evangelical Consolation,

is not Repentance....

III. That the mere Lip-Confession of being a Sinner is not Re-

IV. That Man is born with a propensity to Evils of all kinds,

and that unless he remove them in part by Repentance,

he remains in them, and whosoever remains in them

cannot be saved

V. That the Knowledge of Sin, and the discovery of some par-

ticular Sin in a Man's Self, is the Beginning of Repen-

VI. That actual Repentance consists in a Man's examining him-

self, in knowing and acknowledging his Sins, supplicat-

ing the Lord, and in beginning a new Life....... 528

VII. That true Repentance consists in a Man's examining not

only the Actions of his Life, but also the Intentions of

VIII. That they also do the Work of Repentance, who though

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they do not examine themselves, abstain from Evils,

because they are Sins; and that this kind of Repent-

ance is done by those who perform Works of Charity

from a principle of [Religion

IX. That Confession ought to be made before the Lord God the

Saviour, and at the same Time Supplication for Help

and Power to resist Evils...

X. That actual Repentance is an easy Duty to those who

have occasionally practised it, bnt meets with violent

Opposition from those who have never practised it ...... 561 217

XI. That he who never did the Work of Repentance, and never

looked into and examined himself, comes at last not to

know the Nature of either Damnatory Evil, or of

OF REFORMATION AND REGENERATION........

1. That unless a Man be born again, and as it were created anew,

he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God.

II. That the New Birth or Creation is effected by the Lord

alone, through Charity and Faith, as two means, during

Man's Co-operation.....

III. That since all are redeemed, all have a Capacity to be re-

generated, every one according to his State...... ... 579

IV. That the several Stages of Regeneration of man answer to

his Natural Conception, Gestation in the Womb, Birth,

V. That the first act of the New Birth is called Reformation,

which is an act of the Understanding ; and the second

act is called Regeneration, which is an act of the Will,

and thence of the Understanding...

VI. That the Internal Man is first to be reformed, and by it the

External, and that thus Man is regenerated........... 591

VII. That when this takes place there arises a Combat between

the Internal and External Man, and then whichsoever

conquers, hath dominion over the other...

VIII. That the Regenerate Man has a new Will, and a new

IX. That a regenerate Man is in Communion with the Angels of

Heaven, and an Unregenerate Man is in Communion with

Spirits of Hell.......

X. That in Proportion as a Man is Regenerated, his Sins are re-

moved, and that this removal is what is meant by the

Remission of Sins...

XI. That regeneration cannot be effected without Free-will in

Spiritual Concerns

XII. That Regeneration is not attainable without Truths, by

which Faith is formed, and with which Charity con-

ON IMPUTATION ......

I. That Imputation, and the Faith of the present Church, which

alone is said to justify, are one thing...

II. That the Imputation, which belongs to the Faith of the pre-

sent time, is two-fold, the one part relating to the Merit

of Christ, and the other to Salvation as its consequence. 628

III. That the Faith which is imputative of the Merit and Righ-

teousness of Christ the Redeemer, first took its rise from

the Decrees in the Council of Nice, concerning Three

Divine Persons from Eternity, which Faith, from that

time to the present, bas been received by the whole

Christian World......

IV. That Faith imputative of the Merit of Christ was not known

in the Apostolic Church, wbich preceded the Council

of Nice, neither is it declared or signified in any part of

V. That an Imputation of the Merit and Righteousness of Christ

is impossible.....

VI. That there is such a thing as Imputation, but then it is an Iin- .

putation of Good and of Evil, and at the same time of

VII. That the Faith and Imputation of the New Church cannot

be together with the Faith and Imputation of the former

Church; and that in case they were together, such a

Collision and Conflict would ensue, as to prove fatal to

every principle of the Church in Man...

VIII. That the Lord imputeth Good to every Man, and that Hell

imputeth Evil to every Man...

IX. That Faith, with whatsoever principle it conjoins itself, pas-

ses sentence accordingly; if a True Faith conjoineth it-

self with Goodness, the sentence is for Eternal Life, but

if Faith conjoineth itself with Evil, the Sentence is for

Eternal Death .....

X. That Thought is imputed to no one, but Will..

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OF BAPTISM........

I. That without a Knowledge of the Spiritual Sense of the Word,

no one can know what the two Sacraments, Baptism,

and the Holy Supper, involve and effect......

II. That by Washing, which is called Baptism, Spiritual Washing

is meant, which is a Purification from Evils and Falses,

and thus Regeneration...

III. That as Circumcision of the Heart was represented by the

Circumcision of the Foreskin, Baptism was instituted in

lieu of it, to the End that an Internal Church might suc-

ceed the External, in which all and every thing was a

re of the Internal Church.......

IV. That the first Use of Baptism is Introduction into the

Christian Church, and Insertion at the same time among

Christians in the Spiritual World

V. That the second use of Baptism is, that the Christian may

know and acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ the Re-

deemer and Saviour, and may follow Him.......

VI. That the third and final Use of Baptism is, that Man may be

VII. That by the Baptism of John, a way was prepared that Je-

hovah the Lord might come down into the World, and

accomplish the Work of Redemption ...

ib,

OF THE HOLY SUPPER...

I. That it is impossible for any one, without an acquaintance with

the Correspondences of Natural Things with Spiritual,

to know the Uses and Benefits of the Holy Supper...... ib.

II. That an acquaintance with Correspondences serves to discover

what is meant by the Flesh and Blood of the Lord, and

that the same is signified by the Bread and Wine; viz.

that by the Flesh of the Lord and by the Bread, is under-

stood the Divine Good of His Love, and likewise all the

Good of Charity; and that by the Blood of the Lord and

by the Wine is understood the Divine Truth of His Wis-

dom, and likewise all the Truth of Faith ; and that by

eating is signified appropriation....

III. That by understanding what has been said above, it may be

clearly comprehended, that the Holy Supper contains,

both universally and singularly, all things of the Church,

and all things of Heaven...

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