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 and external will and thought. Man leaves his external and retains his internal when he dies; for externals are properly of his body, and internals are properly of his spirit.

Now, because man is his own love, and love resides in his spirit, it follows that the love of the sex remains with him after death, such as it was interiorly. As for example, if that love was interiorly conjugial and chaste, it remains such after death; but if it was interiorly scortatory, it remains such also after death. It is, however, to be known that the love of the sex is not the same with one as with another. Its differences are infinite. But such as it is in the spirit of any one, such also it remains.

CONJUGIAL LOVE ALSO REMAINS SUCH AS IT WAS INTERIORLY.

C. Since the love of the sex is one thing, and conjugial love another, therefore each is mentioned; and it is said that the latter also remains after death such as it was internally with man while he lived in the world. But as few know the distinction between the love of the sex and conjugial love, therefore I will here premise something concerning it. The love of the sex is love for many and with many of the sex ; whereas conjugial love is love for only one