Vers 32. Aber das innerste himmlische Gut und die Wahrheit, die in der himmlischen Ehe vereint sind, müssen allein dem Herrn zugeschrieben werden, und zwar in der Anbetung aus einem Zustand der Freiheit heraus, damit das Gute empfangen und äußerlich im Gebrauch wirksam werden kann.

694. Just as heaven, deriving as it does from the Lord, constitutes through mutual love one human being and one soul so to speak, and consequently has one end in view, which is to preserve and save all men eternally, so conversely does hell, deriving as it does from the proprium, constitute through self-love and love of the world, that is, through hatred, one devil and one frame of mind (animus), and consequently has one end in view, which is to destroy and condemn all men eternally. That this is the nature of their endeavours I have perceived thousands and thousands of times. Unless therefore the Lord were preserving everybody in every fraction of a moment, man would perish.