130. '[And thy works,] and the last more than the first' signifies the increments of those things out of the affection of spiritual truth, which is charity. By 'the last works more than the first' are understood all the things of their charity and faith, for these are the interior things out of which the works [are done] (n. 72, 76, 94). These get their increments when charity is in the first place and faith in the second; for charity is the spiritual affection of doing good, and derived from that is the spiritual affection of knowing truth, for good loves truth as food does drink, for it wants to be nourished, and it is nourished by means of truths. As a result of this, those who are in genuine charity have continuous increments of truth. These, therefore, are the things signified by 'I know thy works the last more than the first'.