Verses 1-2. That in supplication, the affections and thoughts of the supplicant ought to be open inwards to the reception of the Divine Good, and to acknowledge the Divine Human principle of the Lord to be that good, and to receive thence Truth Divine, that so the external man may be brought into conformity with the internal.

Verse 3. And thus to incorporate the goods and truths of the Word into the love and life.

Verse 4. That so all evil may be removed through admission of the Divine mercy, and defence may be had against the powers of darkness, and that thus may be effected final separation from the influence of those powers.

Verses 5-6. Mankind therefore ought to keep their affections and thoughts continually open to the divine being, since the communication of heavenly good and truth cannot otherwise be effected.

Verse 8. For the Divine mercy is always in the desire to open such communication, but unless man exerts his freewill for a similar purpose, it is impossible it can be opened.

Verses 9-10. It is therefore an eternal law, that the who desire good shall receive good, and also that they who desire truth shall receive truth, and that thus communication with heaven and the Lord will be opened.

Verses 11-13. That natural affection is kind to its offspring, and provides all things necessary for their instruction and comfort; how much more the Divine love in regard to its offspring!

Verse 14. That through the omnipotence of the Lord's Divine Human principle, internal falsities are removed which obstruct the confession of Divine power, so that the Divine Human principle is acknowledged.

Verses 15-16. But these effects are imputed to infernal agency by some, whilst others still remain in doubt, and require further proof of Divine agency.

Verses 17-18. Although it is an eternal truth, that dominion grounded in what is evil and false is altogether contrary to dominion grounded in what is good and true, and that no dominion can stand, unless there be unanimity in its constituent principles.

Verse 19. And if the Lord's Divine Human principle exercised power over infernal falsities, in consequence of its connection with infernal agency, then every other power of truth exercised over falsities must be in the same connection.

Verse 20. As on the other hand, if the Lord's Divine Human principle act from its own proper Divine power in extirpating falsities, then it is an evident proof that Divine power is present with man.

Verses 21-22. And that it is present for the purpose of removing infernal influence from man, by removing false principles.

Verse 23. Therefore whoever is not conjoined with the Lord in the good of love, must of necessity be disjoined in the opposite evil, and whoever is not conjoined with Him in the truth of faith, must of necessity be disjoined in the opposite false principle.

Verses 24-26. And however, in such case, the evils of the natural man may appear externally removed, yet the internal man is without faith and charity, and full of evils, whence comes profanation of holy things, which is a more dangerous state than that of no faith.

Verses 27-28. For the regeneration of man can only be effected by the joint operation of the affection of truth and the affection of good.

Verses 29-30. That it is not allowable to seek testifications of truth in any thing but the genuine effect of truth, which, with the Lord, was the glorification of His Human principle, and with man is regeneration.

Verse 31. That the more interior the truths are, which are made known to man's understanding, so much the greater is his condemnation, if he is not more interiorly affected with the love of truth.

Verse 32. And if he does not shun evils accordingly.

Verse 33. For the light of truth ought not to be subjected to the things of man's natural will, but to be exalted by affection in the intellectual mind, and thus to direct the things of the will.

Verse 34. Will of good, man becomes enlightened with true wisdom, but it is otherwise if the understanding of truth be grounded in the love of evil.

Verse 35. For in this case truth is falsified, which is a worse state than that of mere ignorance.

Verse 36. Whereas if truth be exalted over all things of the natural will, in this case both the internal and external man are under its guidance.

Verses 37-41. That the who are in hypocritical worship are more attentive to the things of the external man, than to those of the internal, when yet they ought to be attentive to both.

Verse 41. In which latter case both the internal man and the external would be under the influence of charity, and would thus be purified.

Verse 42. External things of the church, whilst at the same time they are careless about internal things, or such as relate to love and charity.

Verse 43. And seek pre-eminence in holy things, and to be thought better and wiser than others.

Verse 44. And make evils to appear externally like goods, and falsities like truths, so as to deceive the unwary.

Verses 45-46. That they also are accursed, who, by mis-interpretation of the Word, lead others into infestations by falsities, when yet they themselves have no concern about the truth.

Verses 47-48. So that all truth perishes under what is false, and all good under what is evil, thus proving that their understandings are formed of mere falsities destructive of truths, and that those falsities are filled with evils.

Verse 49. And that they thus extinguish every truth of doctrine, and destroy every good of doctrine, and wander from one false doctrine to another.

Verses 50-51. And adulterate all good, and falsify all truth of the Church, by all manner of rejection of the Lord.

Verse 52. They are therefore accursed, because they neither enter themselves into heavenly truth, nor encourage others to enter.

Verses 53-54. That this manifestation of the interior evils of those, who are in hypocritical worship, excites in them bitter animosity against the Lord, with a desire to pervert every truth of His Word.