Heavenly Doctrine (Tafel) n. 224

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224. This Internal is with every man that is born: his External is that by which he does the things which belong to faith and love. The Internal is what is called the spirit, and the External what is called the body. The External which is called the body, is adapted to uses in the natural world; this is cast off when a man dies: but the Internal which is called the spirit, is adapted to uses in the spiritual world; this does not die. This Internal is then a good spirit and an angel, if the man had been good while in the world; but it is an evil spirit, if the man while in the world, had been evil.


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