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 is used in the Word in connection with temptation. The new Human put on from the uncreate substance of God is the "Son of God," which term is used in connection with states of victory and peace. This brings before us the true conception of the Trinity, which is, The Father from Eternity, the Son or the Divine Human of the Glorification, and the Holy Spirit, which came after the glorification. This is represented in man by the soul, the body, and his proceeding sphere. This conception of the Trinity, the Word everywhere teaches; and when it is clearly grasped, it reconciles the Word to itself. Love, wisdom, and their use is a corresponding trinity. The trinity in man is affection, thought, and act. Also soul, body, and outward influence constitute a trinity. The relation between Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit is illustrated by the relation between love, wisdom, and their use; also by the relations of affection, thought, and act, and by end, cause, and effect; also by soul, body, and the proceeding life. One is an illustration of the other in absolute perfection. The Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit are one just as the soul, the body, and the proceeding life are one; or just as affection, thought, and the proceeding act are one.