The
deeds of these two appear alike in outward form, but inwardly they
are wholly unlike.
{Footnote 1} It is frequently said in the Word that man will be
judged and will be rewarded according to his deeds and works
(n. 3934). By "deeds and works" deeds and works in their
internal form are meant, not in their external form, since good
works in external form are likewise done by the wicked, but in
internal and external form together only by the good (n. 3934,
6073). Works, like all activities, have their being and outgo
[esse et existere] and their quality from the interiors of man,
which pertain to his thought and will, since they proceed from
these; therefore such as the interiors are such are the works
(n. 3934, 8911, 10331). That is, such as the interiors are in
regard to love and faith (n. 3934, 6073, 10331, 10332). Thus
works contain love and faith, and are love and faith in effect
(n. 10331). Therefore to be judged and rewarded in accordance
with deeds and works, means in accordance with love and faith
(n. 3147, 3934, 6073, 8911, 10331, 10332). So far as works look
to self and the world they are not good, but they are good so
far as they look to the Lord and the neighbor (n.
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