Doc. of Life (Dick) n. 58

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58. On the other table, which is for man, it is not said that man must do this or that good but it is said that he must not do this or that evil as, Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness; Thou shalt not covet. The reason is, that man cannot do any good from himself; but when he does not do evils, then he does good, not from himself, but from the Lord. That man is able to shun evils as from himself, by the Lord's power, if he implores it, will be seen in what follows.


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