Divine Love and Wisdom (Harleys) n. 265

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265. That the origin of evil arises from the abuse of these capacities will be declared in this order:

(i) A bad man equally with a good man enjoys these two capacities. (ii) A bad man abuses them to confirm evils and falsities, while a good man uses them to confirm goods and truths. (iii) Confirmed evils and falsities with man are permanent, and come to be of his love, and consequently of his life. (iv) Such things as have come to be of the love and life are engendered in offspring. (v) All evils, both engendered and acquired, have their seat in the natural mind.


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