45. All this makes it clear that it is good that associates all in the heavens, and that they are distinguished in accordance with its quality. Yet it is not the angels who themselves associate in this way, but the Lord from Whom the good is. The Lord leads them, conjoins and distinguishes between them, and preserves them in freedom proportionate to their good. Thus He preserves everyone in the life of his own love and faith, of his own intelligence and wisdom and the resulting happiness.# ## All freedom is of love and affection, because what a man loves, that he does freely (n. 2870, 3158, 8987, 8990, 9585, 9591). Since freedom is of the love, it is also the life of every one, and its delight (n. 2873). Nothing appear, to be a man's own but what is from freedom (n. 2880). To be led of the Lord is essential liberty, because it is to be led by the love of good and truth (n. 892, 905, 2872, 2886, 2890, 2891, 2892, 9096, 9586-9591).