other than Himself; but in the state of glorification He spoke with
the Father as with Himself. In this state He said that the Father was
in Him, and He in the Father, and that the Father and He were one.

The Lord consecutively put off the human nature assumed from the
mother, and put on a Humanity from the Divine in Himself, which is the
Divine Humanity and the Son of God.

--_Doctrine Concerning the Lord, nn._ 29, 35


THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE

When the Lord was in the world, His life was altogether the life of a
love for the whole human race, which He burned to save forever. That
life was of the intensest love by which He united Himself to the
Divine and the Divine to Himself. For being itself, or Jehovah, is
pure mercy from love for the whole human race; and that life was one
of sheer love, as it can never be with any man.

--_Arcana Coelestia, n._ 2253


"COME UNTO ME"

Do you, my friend, flee evil, and do good, and believe in the Lord
with your whole heart and with your whole soul, and the Lord will love
you, and give you love for doing, and faith for believing. Then will
you do good from love, and from a faith which is confidence will you
believe. If you persevere in this, a reciprocal conjunction will take