1229. And he said unto me, See [thou do it] not.- That this signifies the knowledge that he was not God, but an angel, is evident without explanation, for he said, "See [thou do it] not," that is, that he was not God, but an angel, before whom he was not to fall down, and who was not to be adored.
CONCERNING THE DIVINE LOVE AND THE DIVINE WISDOM.
We have treated of the Divine attributes, which are infinity, eternity, providence, omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience; it now remains for us to treat of the Divine Love and Divine Wisdom, from which the life of all things comes, and of which the above attributes are predicated. But in order that these two essentials of all things may be clearly comprehended, they shall be dealt with in the following order.
First concerning the Divine Love
I. It is little comprehended in the world what love is, although it is the very life of man.
II. The Lord alone is love itself, because He is life itself, and men and angels are only recipients.
III. Life, which is love, has no existence except in form, and that form is the form of uses in their whole extent.
IV. Man is such a form in general and in particular, and heaven is in such a form, and the world also.
V. There are genera and species of uses, and differences of species ad infinitum, and there are also degrees of uses.
VI. There are as many affections as there are uses, and consequently, there are genera and species of affections and differences of species ad infinitum; and there are degrees of affections.
VII. Every affection of use is in itself a man, according to its quality and quantity.
VIII. Every use derives its life from the common good, and enters by influx from it, and imparts the necessaries, utilities, and delights of life.
IX. In proportion as man is in the love of use, he is in the Lord, and loves the Lord and his neighbour, and is a man.
X. The active force of uses, according to their connection in their order, produces the vital heat, which is perceived in man as love.
XI. This is manifested by man's willing this or that thing, or by this or that being good to him, or not good, and at length by delight.
XII. All things in man are formed, and also grow and are maintained in connection by love and its heat from the Lord.
XIII. Man does not know what affection is, and still less that affections are as many and various as are the men who have been born and will be born in the world to eternity; in fact, that they are infinite.
XIV. Man has no other idea than that he is thought, although he is nevertheless affection.
XV. And neither does he know that he has eternal life according to affection for use.
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