d instead receives
spiritual things which are similar in outward aspect or appearance but
not in their inward aspect and actual essence. This also was considered
above.

[5] Temporal things proper to men in the natural world in general are
related to distinction and wealth and in particular to human needs such
as food, clothing and habitation. These are also put off at death and
left behind; things are put on and received that are similar in outward
aspect or appearance but not in their internal aspect and essence. All
these get their inward aspect and essence from the uses made of temporal
things in the world. Uses are the goods which are called goods of
charity. It is evident, then, that the Lord through His divine providence
unites spiritual and eternal things to natural and temporal things
according to uses.

[6] Third: _The Lord joins Himself to uses by means of correspondences,
and thus by means of appearances according as man confirms these._ As
this must seem obscure to those who have not yet acquired a clear idea of
correspondence and appearance, what these are must be illustrated by
examples and explained. All the sayings of the Word are outright
correspondences of spiritual and celestial things, and being
correspondences are also appearances, that is, are all divine goods of
divine love and divine truths of divine wisdom which in themselves are
naked, but are clothed upon by the Word's literal meaning. They therefore
appear as a man would clothed, if his clothing corresponded to the state
of his love and wisdom. Obviously, then, if one confirms appearances in
himself, he mistakes the clothing for the man, whereupon appearance
becomes fallacy. It is otherwise if he seeks truths and sees them in the
appearances.

[7] Inasmuch as all uses or truths and goods of charity, which a man
renders to the neighbor may be rendered either according to the
appearance or according to the verities of the Word, he is in fallacies
if he renders them according to the appearances he has confirmed, but
renders them as he should if he does so in accord with the verities. This
may make plain what is meant when the Lord is said to join Himself to
uses through correspondences and thus through appearances according to
the confirmation of these by man.

[8] Fourth: _This conjunction of temporal and eternal is divine
providence._ This is to be illustrated by two instances in order to bring
it before the understanding in some light.