4206. Evil punishes itself; and about permissions
It is evident from the order in which all thing are in heaven and in hell, spoken of elsewhere [2438-9, 2776], it is so established that every evil punishes itself, and thus that evil itself ought to erase itself. Such is the order, and this is called permission, which is nevertheless a universal law - just as it is also that mutual love rewards itself, and that it shall be done to us as we would do to another. 1749, 13 April.
4206. THAT EVIL PUNISHES ITSELF; AND CONCERNING PERMISSION.
It appears from the order in which all things are in heaven and in hell, of which I have spoken elsewhere, that it is ordained that all evil shall punish itself and thus that evil itself shall tend to abolish itself. Such is order, and this is called permission, which nevertheless is a universal law; as also that mutual love shall reward itself and that it shall fare with everyone according to what he wills to another. - 1749, April 13.
4206. Quod malum se puniat, et de permissione
Constat ex ordine in quo omnia sunt in coelo et in inferno, de quo alibi [2438-2439, 2776], [quod] ita institutum, ut omne malum se puniat, et sic quod ipsum malum se delere debeat, talis est ordo, et hoc vocatur permissio, quod tamen est lex universalis; sicut quoque quod amor mutuus se remuneretur, et fiat ei sicut alteri vult. 1749, 13 April.