IV. That the Lord is entirely present with the whole of his Re-

demption in the Holy Supper...

.......

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446

V. That the Lord is present, and opens Heaven to those who

approach the Holy Supper worthily; and that He is also

present with those who approach unworthily, but that

does not open Heaven to them; consequently, that as

Baptism is an Introduction into the Church, so is the

Holy Supper an Introduction into Heaven

VI. That they approach the Holy Supper worthily, who are under

the Influence of Faith towards the Lord, and of Charity

towards their Neighbour, thus who are Regenerate.... 722

VII. That they who approach the Holy Supper worthily, are in

the Lord, and the Lord in them; consequently, that con-

junction with the Lord is effected by the Holy Supper.. 725

VIII. That the Holy Supper is, to the worthy Receivers, as a

Signature and Seal that they are the Sons of God...... 728

CHAP. XIV.

OF THE CONSUMMATION OF THE AGE; OF THE COMING

OF THE LORD; AND OF THE NEW HEAVEN AND

NEW CHURCH....

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453

456

I. That the Consummation of the Age is the last time, or End of

the Church....

II. That the present Day is the last Time of the Christian Church,

which is foretold and described by the Lord in the Gos-

pels, and in the Revelation......

757

507

III. That the last Time of the Christian Church is the very

Night in which former Churches have set....

IV. That after this Night, Morning succeeds, and that the Com-

ing of the Lord is this Morning.....

...

V. That the Coming of the Lord is not a Coming to destroy the

visible Heaven and the habitable Earth, and to create a

New Heaven and a New Earth, according to the opi-

nions which many, from not understanding the Spiritual

Sense of the Word, have hitherto entertained.......... 768

VI. That this, which is the Second Coming of the Lord,exists for

the sake of separating the Evil from the Good, and that

they who have believed and who do believe in Him may

be saved, and that there may be formed of them a New

Angelic Heaven, and a New Church on Earth; and that

without this Coming no Flesh could be saved, Matt.

xxiv. 22....

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VII. That this Second Coming of the Lord is not a Coming in Per-

son, but in the Word, which is from Him, and is Himself. 776

VIII. That this Second Coming of the Lord is effected by the in-

strumentality of a Man, before whom He hath manifested

Himself in Person, and whom He hath filled with His

Spirit, to teach from Him the Doctrines of the New

Church by means of the Word........

IX. That this is meant by the New Heaven and New Earth, and

the New Jerusalem descending out of Heaven, spoken of

in the Revelation...

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532

781

534

X. That this New Church is the Crown of all the Churches,

which have been until this time on the Terrestrial Globe- 786

541

SUPPLEMENT.....

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548

Of LUTHER, MELANCTHON, and CALVIN in the Spiritnal

World....... . .

Of the AFRICANS in the Spiritual World, with some Observa-

MEMORABLE RELATIONS.

The true Nature and Meaning of Charity, discussed in a Gymna-

sium, in the Spiritual World.....

A Disputation between certain Spirits on Faith and Charity se-
parated....

....

A Conversation in the Southern Quarter of the Spiritual World,
concerning Man as an Organ receptive of Life, and of
Good and Evil, by Influx....
Corresponding Representations in the Spiritual World of those
who separate Charity from Faith; and a Discourse with
those Spirits

A Council of the Learned convened in the Spiritual World, to

deliberate on Man's Free-will in Spiritual Things, and

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165

their false Notions thereon refuted....
The Sentiments of an Evil Spirit and a Good Spirit on Free-will. 504
Concerning two Spirits collecting Proofs from the Word in fa-

vour of Justification by Faith...

505

169

No.

A Representation of a Herd of Goats, and a Flock of Sheep, in
the Spiritual World, with the Sentiments of those who
separate, and of those who unite, Faith and Charity.. 506
A Conversation with Angels on the Concupiscence of Evil, which
is in every Man by Birth.......

A visible Representation of the New Church, and its correspond-

ing Particulars, explained.............

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171

507

178

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508

181

The great City, called Sodom and Egypt, (Rev. xi. 8,) destroyed;

and the Nature of Repentance and Remission, explained. 567

The Condition of Life after Death, according to the Life of the

Spirit in the Body, exemplified.......

225

568

230

Of the Spheres of the Inhabitants of Heaven and Hell, when
made sensible as Odours.......

Concerning the Delights of Hell, which shew their Nature and

.....

Quality, exemplified.............

.....

570

235

On Faith and Charity, on Repentance, on the Immortality of
the Soul, on Regeneration, on Baptism, and on the Holy
Supper, as explained by three Angels, who were sent
by the Lord to a Company of Spirits, who had prayed
earnestly to God to be instructed in Divine Truths.... 621

Of the Reception of Spirits in Heaven, after their final Prepa-

ration in the World of Spirits for their respective States;

and of the Rejection of Heaven by those who are in

Evils and Falses......

293

Of the Reception of certain Spirits in Heaven, who believed it

consisted in a mere external Admission, without inter-

nal Preparation; with the corresponding Representation

of their Ascent and Descent, explained......

The Marriage of Goodness and Truth explained by an Angel.. 624

The Glorification of the Lord for His Advent, by the Angels of

Heaven ....

Concerning the Places of Instruction in the Spiritual World for

Novitiate Spirits; with an Inquiry into the general Pro-

perties of Heaven and Hell, and their three Universals,

exemplified .......

On Concupiscence, Phantasy, and Intelligence, explained by

Angels, and exemplified......

A Discourse among Angels on Intelligence and Wisdom in Man,

not the least portion of which is from himself, but only

the Faculty of receiving them

Concerning the Elect, and Election, explained in a Conversation

with certain Angelic Spirits; and a Convocation of the

Clergy and Laity, who deliver their Notions respecting

Conscience; the true Nature of which is afterwards

explained.....

The City of Athenæum-Its Entertainments of Wisdom-A Dis-
cussion in a Palladium, why Man, created a Form of
God, could be changed into a Form of the Devil......

An Assembly at Parnassium-The Introduction of three Novi-

tiate Spirits; with a Discourse on the New Revelation

of the Spiritual World.......

Another Assembly at Athenæum, and Novitiate Spirits being

introduced, they take into Consideration the Notions

prevailing on Earth respecting Man's Rest from his

Labours after Death...

A Discourse with the Angels concerning Influx........

An Interview with the Disciples of Aristotle, Descartes, and

Leibnitz; with their Notions on Influx.....

A Description of a Gymnasium, where young Persons are initi-

ated into various Secrets of Wisdom; with a Debate on

the Nature and Quality of the Soul....

A Body of the Learned assembled in the Spiritual World, to
deliver their Sentiments on Heavenly Joy and Eternal
Happiness; the true Nature of which is afterwards
manifested to Ten of the Body, who are introduced
into a Society in Heaven, and view the Wonders therein. 731

A Conversation with the Angels, respecting the Arcana of the

New Church now revealed to Mankind, and their pre-

sent Sentiments of them

459

846

596

....

A Theorem propounded by a certain Electoral Duke of Ger-

many, who also filled a Station of the highest Rank in

the Church.....

605

END OF CONTENTS.

CONTAINING

The Universal Theology,

OF THE

NEW HEAVEN AND NEW CHURCH.

CHAPTER VII.

OF CHARITY, OR LOVE TOWARDS OUR NEIGHBOUR; AND OF GOOD WORKS.

392.

FROM ROM the doctrine of faith we next proceed to that of charity, for faith and charity are conjoined like truth and good, or like light and heat in the time of spring. We use this similitude, because spiritual light, which is the light that proceedeth from the sun of the spiritual world, in its essence is truth, and in consequence, truth in that world, wheresoever it appeareth, shines with a splendor according to its purity; and spiritual heat, which also proceedeth from the same sun, in its essence is good. The case is the same with respect to charity and faith, as with good and truth, charity being the complex of all things belonging to the good which a man doeth to his neighbour, and faith the complex of all things belonging to the truth which he thinketh respecting God and things divine. Since then the truth of faith is spiritual light, and the good of charity spiritual heat, it follows, that there is a similitude between these two and the two properties of the same name in the natural world; that is to say, that as by their conjunction B·

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