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SPIRITUAL LIFE AND THE WORD OF GOD

EMANUEL SWEDENBORG (1688-1772)

Extracted from the Apocalypse Explained

Contents

Part First—THE SPIRITUAL LIFE

I. How Spiritual Life is Acquired
II. Goods of Charity
III. Shunning Evils
IV. Cleansing the Inside
V. What Religion Consists In

Part Second—THE COMMANDMENTS

I. The First Commandment
II. The Second Commandment
III. The Third Commandment
IV. The Fourth Commandment
V. The Fifth Commandment
VI. The Sixth Commandment
VII. The Seventh Commandment
VIII. The Eighth Commandment
IX. The Ninth and Tenth Commandments
X. The Commandments in General