DEUTERONOMY 30
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Deuteronomy Chapter 30

Verses 1-10 If in any state the soul repents of its evils, and turns to the Lord with the whole heart, all the blessings before enumerated shall be heaped upon it, and all the curses removed far fromit.
Verses 11-14. The simplicity and clearness of the Divine commands.
Verses 15-20. The choice between life and death rests with the soul, and is most plainly set before it.

And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD your God has driven you,

And it shall come to pass when all these things are come upon you, and you have experienced the blessedness of obeying the commandments of the Lord, and the misery of disobeying the same, and shall remember this in all the states of evil which you shall bring upon yourself by turning away from the Divine Goodness and Truth,

And shall return to the LORD your God, and shall obey his voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your children, with all your heart, and with all your soul;

And shall return to the Lord your God, and shall obey the influx of what is good and true which is given to those who are regenerating, both in intent and deed; and with all your will and with all your understanding;

That then the LORD your God will turn your captivity, and have compassion upon you, and will return and gather you from all the nations, whither the LORD your God has scattered you.

Then will the Divine Love and Wisdom deliver you from the bondage of sin, and will have mercy upon you, and will re-enter into the citadel of your soul, and withdraw you from the power of the evils by which you hadst been driven far from a heavenly state.

If any of your be driven out to the outmost parts of heaven, from there will the LORD your God gather you, and from there will he fetch you:

If by reason of sin your thoughts and affections are become quite corporeal and defiled, from this state even will the Goodness and Wisdom of the Lord bring them back and conjoin them again with heaven:

And the LORD your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and he will do you good, and multiply you above your fathers.

And the Goodness and Wisdom of the Lord will lead you back to a state of primitive innocence, and give to you the spiritual riches of that state; and He will bless you with good affections and truths more than in any previous state.

And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your seed, to love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live.

And the Lord your God will purify your heart by love from the evils of the natural man, and the motives of all your thoughts, that them may love the Divine Goodness and Wisdom with all your will and with your understanding, and thus attain the blessedness of heaven.

And the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies, and on them that hate you, which persecuted you.

And by the Divine goodness and mercy of the Lord, the evils of your soul shall be brought into complete subjection, as well as the false principles which desire to destroy your spiritual life, and which infested you.

And you shall return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command you this day.

And you shall come again into heavenly order, and act from a perception which is given you from heaven, and thus you will carry out the Lord's will in your daily life.

And the LORD your God will make you plentiful in every work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers:

And the Divine Love and Wisdom will abundantly assist you in every effort made towards your reformation, by spiritual births from your new will, by a life now formed by good affections, and by the true doctrines of the Church to give you heavenly happiness—for it is always the joy of the Divine Goodness to form likenesses of itself by regeneration in the Church, as the Lord Himself was also glorified—

If you shall hearken to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul.

If you obey the internal admonition of what is good and true from the Lord in the soul, to form your life according to the rules of heavenly order as given in the Word, and if you in everything seek to please the Lord Jesus Christ (who is the manifestation of the character of God) with your utmost endeavour, and with every thought of your understanding.

For this commandment which I command you this day, it is not hidden from you, neither is it far off.

For the knowledge of what is pleasing to Him which is given you in this state is not hidden from you, nor remote from your perception.

It is not in heaven, that you should say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us, that we may hear it, and do it?

It is not so interior that you should say, Who can penetrate into these interior things for us, and bring them within the range of our thoughts, that we may understand and do them?

Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, that we may hear it, and do it?

Neither is it hidden beneath the stores of scientific knowledge, that you should say, Who shall go through all this mass of learning for us to explain to us the will of the Lord, that we may understand and do it?

But the word is very near to you, in your mouth, and in your heart, that you may do it.

But the Divine will is now made perfectly manifest to you in your thought and affections, that you may live in accordance with it.

See, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil;

Perceive clearly that you now have set before you on the one hand a life in accordance with the Divine will and eternal happiness, and on the other a life against that will and misery (the choice belongs to you);

In that I command you this day to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgements, that you may live and multiply: and the LORD your God shall bless you in the land whither you go to possess it.

In that you can plainly discern in this state the absolute necessity of conforming your life to the Divine Goodness and Wisdom as the main object of life, and of following the path pointed out by them, by bringing your affections, your external life, and your thoughts into agreement with the Divine will, that you may live and abound with truths and power from Him: and the mercy and truth of the Lord will bless you in the heavenly state towards which you will then be led by Him.

But if your heart turn away, so that you will not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

But if your affections turn away from Him, so that you will not conform your life to His will, but suffer yourself to be led away by the evil loves of self and the world, and love the false principles which favour them;

I denounce to you this day, that you shall surely perish, and that you shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither you passest over Jordan to go to possess it.

It is now plainly told you that in such case you cannot possibly be saved, or have any of those states of mind which belong to the regenerate in the Lord's Church, to which you are introduced by genuine truths, in order that you may take root therein by carrying them out in the life.

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both you and your seed may live:

For now you may perceive that both the internal and external sense of the Word most plainly warn you that you have been placed in a state of freedom to choose either heaven or hell, happiness or misery: choose, therefore, the only road to life, that you may be saved, and be able to retain the truths which have been given you.

That you may love the LORD your God, and that you may obey his voice, and that you may cleave to him: for he is your life, and the length of your days: that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

That them may love supremely the Lord Jesus Christ, and regulate your life by the perception given of His will, that you may be united to Him; for thus alone can you receive the Divine life and heavenly happiness; that you may follow Him in regeneration, even as His Divine Human principle was glorified in the celestial, spiritual, and natural degrees. (See chap 1:8.)

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And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD your God has driven you,	And it shall come to pass when all these things are come upon you, and you have experienced the blessedness of obeying the commandments of the Lord, and the misery of disobeying the same, and shall remember this in all the states of evil which you shall bring upon yourself by turning away from the Divine Goodness and Truth,
And shall return to the LORD your God, and shall obey his voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your children, with all your heart, and with all your soul;	And shall return to the Lord your God, and shall obey the influx of what is good and true which is given to those who are regenerating, both in intent and deed; and with all your will and with all your understanding;
That then the LORD your God will turn your captivity, and have compassion upon you, and will return and gather you from all the nations, whither the LORD your God has scattered you.	Then will the Divine Love and Wisdom deliver you from the bondage of sin, and will have mercy upon you, and will re-enter into the citadel of your soul, and withdraw you from the power of the evils by which you hadst been driven far from a heavenly state.
If any of your be driven out to the outmost parts of heaven, from there will the LORD your God gather you, and from there will he fetch you:	If by reason of sin your thoughts and affections are become quite corporeal and defiled, from this state even will the Goodness and Wisdom of the Lord bring them back and conjoin them again with heaven:
And the LORD your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and he will do you good, and multiply you above your fathers.	And the Goodness and Wisdom of the Lord will lead you back to a state of primitive innocence, and give to you the spiritual riches of that state; and He will bless you with good affections and truths more than in any previous state.
And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your seed, to love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live.	And the Lord your God will purify your heart by love from the evils of the natural man, and the motives of all your thoughts, that them may love the Divine Goodness and Wisdom with all your will and with your understanding, and thus attain the blessedness of heaven.
And the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies, and on them that hate you, which persecuted you.	And by the Divine goodness and mercy of the Lord, the evils of your soul shall be brought into complete subjection, as well as the false principles which desire to destroy your spiritual life, and which infested you.
And you shall return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command you this day.	And you shall come again into heavenly order, and act from a perception which is given you from heaven, and thus you will carry out the Lord's will in your daily life.
And the LORD your God will make you plentiful in every work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers:	And the Divine Love and Wisdom will abundantly assist you in every effort made towards your reformation, by spiritual births from your new will, by a life now formed by good affections, and by the true doctrines of the Church to give you heavenly happiness—for it is always the joy of the Divine Goodness to form likenesses of itself by regeneration in the Church, as the Lord Himself was also glorified—
If you shall hearken to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul.	If you obey the internal admonition of what is good and true from the Lord in the soul, to form your life according to the rules of heavenly order as given in the Word, and if you in everything seek to please the Lord Jesus Christ (who is the manifestation of the character of God) with your utmost endeavour, and with every thought of your understanding.
For this commandment which I command you this day, it is not hidden from you, neither is it far off.	For the knowledge of what is pleasing to Him which is given you in this state is not hidden from you, nor remote from your perception.
It is not in heaven, that you should say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us, that we may hear it, and do it?	It is not so interior that you should say, Who can penetrate into these interior things for us, and bring them within the range of our thoughts, that we may understand and do them?
Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, that we may hear it, and do it?	Neither is it hidden beneath the stores of scientific knowledge, that you should say, Who shall go through all this mass of learning for us to explain to us the will of the Lord, that we may understand and do it?
But the word is very near to you, in your mouth, and in your heart, that you may do it.	But the Divine will is now made perfectly manifest to you in your thought and affections, that you may live in accordance with it.
See, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil;	Perceive clearly that you now have set before you on the one hand a life in accordance with the Divine will and eternal happiness, and on the other a life against that will and misery (the choice belongs to you);
In that I command you this day to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgements, that you may live and multiply: and the LORD your God shall bless you in the land whither you go to possess it.	In that you can plainly discern in this state the absolute necessity of conforming your life to the Divine Goodness and Wisdom as the main object of life, and of following the path pointed out by them, by bringing your affections, your external life, and your thoughts into agreement with the Divine will, that you may live and abound with truths and power from Him: and the mercy and truth of the Lord will bless you in the heavenly state towards which you will then be led by Him.
But if your heart turn away, so that you will not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;	But if your affections turn away from Him, so that you will not conform your life to His will, but suffer yourself to be led away by the evil loves of self and the world, and love the false principles which favour them;
I denounce to you this day, that you shall surely perish, and that you shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither you passest over Jordan to go to possess it.	It is now plainly told you that in such case you cannot possibly be saved, or have any of those states of mind which belong to the regenerate in the Lord's Church, to which you are introduced by genuine truths, in order that you may take root therein by carrying them out in the life.
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both you and your seed may live:	For now you may perceive that both the internal and external sense of the Word most plainly warn you that you have been placed in a state of freedom to choose either heaven or hell, happiness or misery: choose, therefore, the only road to life, that you may be saved, and be able to retain the truths which have been given you.
That you may love the LORD your God, and that you may obey his voice, and that you may cleave to him: for he is your life, and the length of your days: that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.	That them may love supremely the Lord Jesus Christ, and regulate your life by the perception given of His will, that you may be united to Him; for thus alone can you receive the Divine life and heavenly happiness; that you may follow Him in regeneration, even as His Divine Human principle was glorified in the celestial, spiritual, and natural degrees. (See chap 1:8.)