9. The third state is one of repentance, a state in which he speaks piously and devoutly from the internal man and brings forth goods, like charitable acts which are nevertheless inanimate since he imagines that they originate in himself. They are called a tender plant, then a seed-bearing plant, and finally a fruit tree.

9112. EXODUS CHAPTER 22.

TEACHINGS ABOUT CHARITY

What conscience is must be stated next. Conscience in a person is formed from the beliefs that his religion has given him, depending on how deeply he accepts them.