4652. CONCERNING THE FORESIGHT AND PROVIDENCE OF THE LORD. It was perceived, and I said to angels, that every most minute moment of man's life has a series of consequences to eternity, and, unless all of them were over-ruled by the Lord, in the smallest moments, man would never have any salvation; and that, hence, it may be evident, that the Lord's eternity, or foresight and Providence to eternity, is from the Lord; and so, that man is over-ruled in every one of his smallest moments. Without such Providence, in the minutest particulars of all things, no one could have any salvation - for, of himself, man rushes to hell, every moment - nor [would there be] any foretelling of the future, nor general civil love of country, nor state of the Church, nor Kingdom of the Lord. Hence, also, it may be evident, that man is led of the Lord by continuous constraints to foreseen ends; and, yet, by means of his freedom.)