All worship from freedom is worship, but worship from compulsion is not worship (n. 1947, 2880, 7349, 10097).
Repentance must be effected in a free state, and repentance effected in a state of compulsion is of no avail (n. 8392).
States of compulsion, what they are (n. 8392).
[3] It is granted to man to act from the freedom of reason, to the end that good may be provided for him, and this is why man has the freedom to think and will even what is evil, and to do it so far as the laws do not forbid (n. 10777).
Man is kept by the Lord between heaven and hell, and thus in equilibrium, that he may be in freedom for the sake of reformation (n. 5982, 6477, 8209, 8987).
What is implanted in freedom endures, but not what is
implanted under compulsion (n. 9588).
For this reason no one is ever deprived of his freedom (n.
2876, 2881). The Lord compels no one (n. 1937, 1947).
Compelling one's self is from freedom, but not being
compelled (n. 1937, 1947).
A man ought to compel himself to resist evil (n. 1937,
1947, 7914).
Also to do good as if from himself, and yet to acknowledge
that it is from the Lord (n. 2883, 2891, 2892, 7914).