all who go to hell, remain there for ever." (New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Doctrine n. 239.)
"He who is in evil in the world, is in evil after his departure from the world; therefore if evil is not removed in the world, it cannot be removed afterwards. Where the tree falls, there it lies. So also does a man's life, when he dies, remain such as it was. Moreover, every one is judged according to his deeds; not that these are recounted, but because he returns to them and does them as before; for death is a continuation of life, with the difference that the man cannot then be reformed." (Divine Providence n. 277.)
"Because it has been granted me during many years to be with the angels, and to speak with new-comers from the world, I can with certainty testify that every one is there explored as to the quality of the life he had led; and that the life which he contracted in the world remains with him for ever." (Conjugial Love 524.)
"Since it has been granted me for many years to be in company with the angels, and to converse with those who have left the world, I can testify with certainty that every one is there examined as to the quality of his past life, and that the life which he had contracted in the world remains with him to eternity. I have conversed with those who lived many ages ago, whose lives I was acquainted with from history; and I found them to be of a character similar to the description given of them.
