Heavenly Doctrine (Tafel) n. 270

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270. Whoever considers rightly may know, that rank and wealth in the world are not real Divine blessings, although a man from pleasure in them calls them so - for they pass away, and also seduce many, and turn them away from heaven - but, that eternal life, and its felicity are real blessings which are from the Divine. This the Lord also teaches in Luke: "Provide for yourselves treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also" (xii 33, 34).


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