Verses 1-8. Every one who devotes himself to the Lord deliberately with the consent of the will and understanding, is estimated according to his quality or state as to the reception of good in truth from the Lord.

Verses 9-13. Concerning the devotion of the interior natural affections to the service of the Lord and the estimation of their quality.

Verses 14-15. The same with regard to the exterior natural affections.

Verses 16-25. Concerning the devotion of the exterior natural man as to truth to the service of the Lord and its estimation in differing circumstances.

Verses 26-33. Especially, no one ought to ascribe good to himself, because it is entirely from the Lord; impure natural good, which is not from the Lord, is to be replaced by genuine good; no good from the Lord is to be alienated, or applied to selfish purposes; all remains must be acknowledged to be from the Lord; all good and truth with man must be acknowledged to be from the Lord by remains; and no one is allowed, from his self-derived intelligence, to estimate his own quality.

Verse 34. And all these are the laws of Divine Order from the influx of Divine Good into Divine Truth, for the benefit of the spiritual man out of the pure love and mercy of the Lord.