Divine Providence #111 Chapter 5 section 3: The internal level cannot be purified of its lusts for evil as long as evils in the external self have not been put away, because they stand in the way
Topics covered:
- It’s an (evil) person’s internal will that’s caught up in LUSTS
- It’s his internal intellect that’s caught up in CUNNING & GUILE
- It’s his external will that’s caught up in the DELIGHTS of lust
- …and it’s his external intellect that’s caught up in the SCHEMES springing from cunning & guile
From Chapter 5: “It is a Law of Divine Providence That a Person Put Away as If of Himself Evils as Sins in His External Self, and That the Lord Be Able Only Then to Put Away Evils in His Internal Self and at the Same Time in His External One”
Angelic Wisdom regarding Divine Providence is a work of the Heavenly Doctrine penned by Emanuel Swedenborg. First published in the Latin language in 1764. Translated by N.B. Rogers for the General Church. Used with permission. Read by the Rev. Judah Synnestvedt.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
