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228 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG.
which they cannot be withdrawn but by renouncing the
confirmations of this faith, and by adopting the genuine
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the only Object of
love and worship, in whom is the Father, for whoso
seeth Him seeth the Father.’ But concerning this faith,
I refer you to the little work entitled The Doctrine of
the New Jerusalem concerning Faith, 34-37.
"The falsities of the faith prevailing at the present
day are the following : I. That the Lord has taken away
the damnation of the law: whereas he has not taken away
a single point, indeed, every one will be judged according
to his works, as Paul asserts in Romans ii. 13, and in
2 Cor. v. 10, and in other passages. Butthe Lord has
taken away damnation in general, that is, subjugated the
powers of hell, by His coming into the world, without
which no flesh could have been saved.’ II. That the
Lord has fulfilled the law is, indeed, a truth, for by that
means He alone has been made justice and righteousness,
but by that he does not deliver man from the obligation
of the law [of the ten commandments] , for the Lord
fulfils it daily in those, who shun evils as sins, and who
in worship address Him alone ; for those who shun certain
sins, which they discover in themselves, are kept in the
intention of shunning all sins as soon as they come to
their knowledge. III. That the merits of the Lord are
imputed to man, which doctrine is maintained at the
present day, is an entire impossibility; the merits of the
Lord are in general two,-first, that of having subjugated
the hells, and second, that of having glorified His Hu
manity, or of having made it divine ; these merits could
not possibly be imputed to any man, for they are infinite
and divine ; but by them the Lord has acquired the power
of saving all who come unto Him, who address their
worship and prayers to Him, and who examine them
selves, and shun all evils they experience in themselves
as sins against God. IV. It is an error to address God
the Father, and to supplicate Him to have mercy for the
sake of His Son, and to send His Holy Spirit ; this mode
of worship and of supplication is directly contrary to the
truth, for the truth teaches us to address the Lord alone,
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