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As for example: they who made divine worship to consist in sacrifices, and in the rites and statutes which represented the spiritual and celestial things of the Lord's kingdom, were in externals; but they who made divine worship at the same time to consist in the celestial and spiritual things which were represented, were in internals.

The case is the same at this day. They who make divine worship to consist in frequenting temples, hearing preaching, attending the holy supper, and in doing these things with devotion, without thinking any further concerning them than that they ought to be done because they are instituted and commanded, are of the external church. But they who at the same time believe that such things are to be done, yet that the essential of worship is nevertheless the life of faith, that is, charity toward the neighbor and love to the Lord, are of the internal church. Consequently they are of the external church, who do good to the neighbor and worship the Lord merely from the obedience of faith. But they are of the internal church who do good to the neighbor and worship the Lord from love. So in all other cases.

Nevertheless with every one who is of the church, there ought to be both, viz., an external and an internal, otherwise there is no spiritual life appertaining to him; for the internal is as the soul, and the external is as the body of the soul.

But they who are of the external church are clearly

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