el, the two books of
Kings, the Psalms of David, the Prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah,
Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah,
Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zecharaiah, Malachi; and in
the New Testament the four Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John; and
the Apocalypse.

--_Arcana Coelestia, n._ 10,325

THE LIFE OF CHARITY AND FAITH

"He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the
Lord require of thee, but to do justly and to love mercy,
and to walk humbly with thy God."

--_Micah,_ VI, 8

THE LAW OF CHARITY

Not to do evil to the neighbor is the first thing of charity, and to
do good to him fills the second place.... That a man cannot do good
which in itself is good before evil has been removed, the Lord teaches
in many places: "Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit"--_Matt._ XVI, 18.

So in Isaiah: "Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your
doings from before Mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do well" (I,
16,17).

--_True Christian Religion, n._ 445

GOOD IN ITS WHOLENESS

Before repentance good is not done from the Lord, but from the man. It
has not, therefore, the essence of good within it, however it appears
like good outwardly. Good after repentance is another thing
altogether. It is a whole good, unobstructed from the Lord Himself. It
is lovely; it is innocent; it is agreeable, and heavenly. The Lord is
in it, and heaven. Good itself is in it. It is alive, fashioned of
truths. Whatever is thus from good, in good, and toward good, is
nothing less than a use to the neighbor, and hence it is a serving.
It puts away self and what is one's own, and thus evil, with every
breath. Its form is like the form of a charming and beautifully
colored flower, shining in the rays of the sun.

--_The Doctrine of Charity, n._ 150

THE MAN OF CHARITY

Every man who looks to the Lord and shuns evils as sins, if he
sincerely, justly and faithfully performs the work which belongs to
his office and employment, becomes an embodiment of charity.

--_The Doctrine of Charity_, VII

In common belief charity is nothing else than giving to the poor,
succoring the needy, caring for widows and orphans, contributing to
the building of hospitals, infirmaries, asylums, orphanages, and
especially churches, and to their decoration and incom