2827. the greatest justice would be an injustice.* Humanity deserves it, and that is their nature, therefore eternity is preached, but the intercession of the Lord or the redemption of the Lord intervenes, and He frees or exempts the soul from hell. For if it is to eternity, there is no one who is not liable for eternal damnation, because in everyone there is nothing but evil, so everyone is damned [to hell], but is taken out by the Lord. This spirit who had been taken out of that black swamp is with me, and I sense that something false is clinging to him, from which he is nevertheless being freed by Divine means. For the societies of heaven have this characteristic from the Lord, that they do not want to lose anyone. For they reject no one, but he rejects himself, and his fantasy is as described. 1748, 14 Aug. * E.g., ". . . though justice be thy plea, remember this, that in the course of justice, none of us should see salvation." (Shakespeare).