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in its externals but obscurely in its internals; whereas they who are of the internal church are clearly in internals and obscurely in externals. But they who are in externals and not at the same time in internals, are not of the church. All those are in both, who are in the good of life according to the doctrinals of their church. But they are in externals without internals, who are in worship and not at the same time in the good of life according to the doctrinals of the church.

There are few who know this. The reason is, that they make the all of worship and hence the all of salvation to consist in faith, and not at all in charity. Hence also it is, that they who think about eternal salvation, make it to consist in a life of piety and not at all in a life of charity. (A. C. 8762.)

The man of the internal church attributes to the Lord all the good that he does, and all the truth that he thinks. But of this the man of the external church is ignorant, although he still acts rightly. The man of the internal church makes charity the essential of the worship of the Lord, and indeed regards internal worship as more important than that which is external; but the man of the external church makes external worship the essential, being ignorant what internal worship is, although he performs it. The man of the internal church believes that he acts contrary to conscience if he does not worship the Lord from an internal principle; but the man of the external church believes that