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 ness, which delight appears to those who are in it as good. . ..

"In the other life especially it is discovered whether the things of a man's will have been terminated or not. With those in whom they have been terminated, there is a zeal for spiritual good and truth, or for what is just and right; for they had done good for the sake of good and truth, and had acted justly for the sake of what is just and right, not for the sake of gain, honor, and the like. All those with whom the interiors of the will have been terminated, are elevated to heaven, for the influent Divine can lead them; but all those with whom the interiors of the will have not been terminated, betake themselves to hell, for the Divine flows through and is turned into what is infernal, as in the case of the sun's heat, which falling upon filthy excrements, produces a foul stench." (Arcana Cœlestia 5145.)

"With things relating to spiritual birth, the case is such that reception must be altogether in the natural principle. This is why, during man's regeneration, the natural principle is first prepared to receive and so far as this principle is rendered capable of receiving, so far interior goods and truths can be brought forth and multiplied. For this reason also, if the natural man be not prepared to receive the truths and goods of faith in the life of the body, he cannot receive them in the other life, and therefore cannot be saved. This is what is meant by the expression so often used, that, as the tree