104. Whoever believes that of himself he is a form of charity is deceived. Either he believes that he is God, or that the Divine is transfused into him. Thus he denies God. Or, if he does not think so, he places merit in works of charity; so that his external becomes charity and not his internal; and then the Lord cannot abide in him. The Lord abides not in those things which are of a man's proprium, but in His own. He must abide in what is Divine, and so make the man a recipient of the Divine proceeding, that is, of charity.