Spiritual Experiences Minor (Buss) n. 4711

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4711. CONCERNING THE GRAND MAN: HOW THE CASE IS WITH THE VOLUNTARY PART. It was shown me how the case is, in general, with the voluntary and intellectual [parts]. The celestial angels, or the celestial heaven, wherein are the men of the Most Ancient Church, had a voluntary wherein was some good; wherefore, also, they were able to be regenerated in reference to that, likewise. But the spiritual angels, or the spiritual heaven, wherein are the men of the Ancient and modern church, have the voluntary completely destroyed, and are not able to be regenerated except only as regards the intellectual, in which a new will is formed by the Lord, and from which the will of the proprium is entirely separated.


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