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meant who have separated faith from charity, and not those who have lived the life of faith, which is called charity, and so have not separated them. For all such are in the desire of seeing truths. Therefore when they come into the spiritual world, which is immediately after their departure from this, it is given them to see truths according to their desire. The reason is, that with them the spiritual mind is opened, and hence they are in the light of heaven, into which they are actually let after their departure from the natural world. (A. E. 759.)

With those who are in the doctrine of faith alone, there is indeed no faith, by which is to be understood no spiritual faith, or not the faith of the church. Yet such persons possess natural faith, which is also called persuasive faith. For they believe that the Word is divine; they believe in eternal life; they believe also in the remission of sins; and in many other things.

But such faith, with those who are without charity, is merely persuasive faith which, regarded in itself, does not differ from a faith of things unknown which are heard from others in the world, and are believed although neither seen nor understood, because they are said by some one whom such persons think worthy of credit. Thus it is only the faith of another in themselves, and not their own. And this faith, which is not made their own by sight and understanding, is not unlike the faith of one born blind concerning colors and

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