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 Lord, and the angels possess heaven in them, it is evident that the Divine of the Lord makes heaven, and not the angels by virtue of anything properly their own. Hence it is that heaven in the Word is called the habitation of the Lord and his throne; and that the dwellers there are said to be in the Lord.

The angels say that there is only one Fountain of life, and that the life of man is a stream thence issuing which would instantly cease to flow if it were not continually supplied from that Fountain. They say further, that from this one Fountain of life which is the Lord, nothing proceeds but divine good and truth; and that these affect every one according to his reception of them; that those who receive them in faith and life have heaven in themselves; but those who reject or suffocate them, turn them into hell; for they turn good into evil and the true into the false, thus life into death.

That the all of life is from the Lord, they also confirm by this consideration: that all things in the universe have reference to good and truth,—the life of man's will, which is the life of his love, to good, and the life of his understanding, which is the life of his faith, to truth. Therefore, since everything good and true comes from above, it follows that thence also comes the all of life.

Because the angels believe this, therefore they refuse all thanks on account of the good they do, and are displeased and withdraw themselves if any one attributes