Heaven and Hell (Harley) n. 50

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50. It was said above that, in the heavens, there are larger and smaller societies. The larger ones consist of myriads of angels, the smaller of some thousands, and the least of some hundreds. There are also some who dwell alone, house by house, as it were, and family by family. Although these live in this scattered way, they are arranged in order like those who live in societies, namely, the wiser in the middle and the more simple in the boundaries. Such are more nearly under the Divine oversight of the Lord, and are the best of the angels.


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