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THE

SWEDENBOR'G- CONCO.RDANCE.A COMPIJETE 'iVORK OF REFERENOE T TH

THEOLOGIOAL WRITINGSOF

~ anurIBASED ON THE ORIGINAL LATIN WRfTINGS

OF TI-IE AUTHOR.

~ o m p i l e l l , ~ l l i t e l l , anll m:ranslatell bl! tueREV. JOHN FAULKNER POTTS, B.A.

s ~ ~ ~ r A Jo C1 1- 0VOLU.l\'lE VI. ST. 1'0 Z.wrfH APPENDIX, LATIN-ENGLISH VOCABULARY, TABLE OF REPEATED PASSAGES,.AND LIST OF ERRATA ET CORRIGENDA.

L O NDON : S W EDE N BO R G SO C lET Y,

(INS1'ITUTED 1810)l, BLOOMSBURY STREET.

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KEY TO THE ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE CONCORDANCE.-SINGLELETTER ALPHABETICAL LIST.

A. Arcana Clestia. M. Marriage Love, or Conjugial Love.B. Brief Exposition. N. New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Doctrine.C. Doctrine of Charity. P. Divine Providence.D. Spiritual Diary. Q. Nine Questions.E. Apocalypse Explained. R. Apocalypse Revealed.F. Doctrine of Faith. S. Doctrine of the Holy Scripture.H. Heaven and Hell. T. TrueChristian Religion,or UniversaITheology.1. Influx, or Intercourse of the Soul and Body. U. Earths in the Universe.J. Last Judgment. W. Allgelic Wisdom cOllcerning the Divine LoveL. Doctrine of the Lord. and Wisdom.

SUPPLElVIENTARY LIST.Abom. AboIllination of Desolation, etc. 1 De Jus t . De Justificatione, etc.Ad. Advel'saria. 1 De V erbo.Ang. Idea. The Angelic Idea concerning the Docu. Tafel's Documents concerning Swedenborg.Creation of the Universe by the Lord. (At 1 Ecc. Hist . Ecclesiastical History of the New

the end of the D.Wis.) Church.Ath. De Athanasii Symbolo. Hist . Crea. Histor)' of t.he Creation.C.J. Continuation of Last Judgmellt. : Inv. Invitation to the New Chmch.Cano Canons. : J . (Post.) Last Judgment (Posthumolls).Conv. Conversation with Angels. 1 Letter . Letter to Hartley.Coro. Coronis. i Life. Doctrine of Life.D.Min. Diarium Minus, 01' Lesser Diary. 5M. Five Memorable Relations.lD.Love. Divine Love (Posthumous). P.P. Prophets and Psalm.s.D.Wis. Divine Wisdom (Posthumous). Scia. Doc. Sciagraphia Doctrinre NovreDe Conj. De Conjugio. i Ecclesi.De Dom. De Domino. . W. H. White Horse.

MISCELLANEOUS ABB.REYIATIONS.Comp. Oomparisons occur in the sections referred to. Tr. Treated of The subject i8 treated of in thalDef. Defined. A definition i8 given. part of the Word which is ullder conDes. De8c'l'ibed. The subject i8 further described. sideration.Enum. Enumerated. There is an enumeration in This is ta be read signifies.

the passage referred ta of the things mentioned ' 'Quotation mark.. are used exclusivel)' fOl' quota.in the quotation. tions from the WordoEx. E:cplained. The subject is fUlther explained. ] Brackets indicate a word or words which haVExamp. Example. An example is given to illustrate been introduced either by the Latin EditaI' orthe statement. by the Compiler.Ill. IllU8trated. The subject is illustrated by passages ) Parentheses indicate that the matter is to befrom the WOld. found in the original, but expressed in differentRefs. References are given to other passages of the words.Writings. 1 e. after a. number denotes that the reference is taSig. Signified. The snbject is 8ignified by "ome 1 the very end of the section refel"l"ed to.. passage from the Word here quoted.Ali references at the end of quotations mean that the statement is wholly or partially repeated there.References to Works without a letter ta indicate the Work referred to are references ta the Worklast referred ta.The small figures at the upper right hand corner of the larger reference numerals are explained onp. vii. of the Introduction.

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Wool WordWool. Lana.Woollen. Laneus, Lanugillosus.Woolbearing. Laniger.A.33016. 'His hairs white like the clean woal'(Dan.vii.9)=the Divine Natural as to trnth. In the,\\To['(l . . . truth itself was repl'esented by white, which,being from good, is called 'clean woal.' (= His externalgood. 9470'1.)

3519s. By ' the wool of she.goats' (Ex.xxv.4,etc.) issignified the ultimate or ontermost of inuocence, whichis in ignorance, such as thel'e is \Vith the gentiles.(= the goot! that is from the good of mutual Ion. SeeGOAl', at 9470.)

58952. 'Thou shalt no t wear wool and linen together' (Deut.xxii.II); 'wool' = good, and 'Iinen,'truth. 7601s.

93317. 'The worm shaH ea t them like waol' (ls.IL8)... 'wool'=the 10\\'e1' or exte1'ior goods that are of thesensuous man.

94702. That 'wool' = truth from a celestial'origin,which, in itself, is good. Ill .--. 'M y wool, and my flax' (Hos.ii.5) = the

exterual goods of love and truths of faith.__ 4. Such truth as is in itself good, because it is

the forro of celestial good, is signitied b)" 'wool,' inEzek.xxvii.18, and iu Is.i.18.__ 5. 'Wool'=celestial truth, which, relatiyely, is

good. And therefore it is said, in Ezek.xliv.15-18,that 'the priests ... shaH pu t on garments of linen,and no wool shaH come upoJi them.'_ _ 6. 'Wool'=celestial truth, which is the truth ofth e good of love; and, as those who are in this truth

cannot be in spiritual truth ... it was ordered that nogarment should he woru of mixed waol and liuen.101846. 10669". E95 17 .

996014. 'Wool'=the exte1'ior good of the SpiritualChnrch.104027. 'Wool'=good in the externallllan.10835. The co\\'s (in the Sixth Earth) are wool.

bearing, like sheep.R,47. 'His head and His hairs were white as wool,like sna\\' ' (Rev. i. 14) = the Divine loye of the Divinewisdolll in primes and in ultinlates. (= as j.o the good

and trnth there. E.67.)__6. I t is said 'like wool, and like snow,' because

'wool' = good in ultimates, and 'sno\\',' truth iuu!tinJates; as also in ls.i. 18; for waol is from sheep,by which is signified the good of charity.

M. 75 4 The man (of the Golden Age that we saw)was clad ... in a tunic of white woal.266. One of the two Angels wore a waollen robe thatshone with ftaming crimson.T. 722. Your reasoning is about goat 's wool. 3352

. 58'. As the woal of a cloth is destroyed by moths.D. 1371. The penalty of the wool len veil. 1373.1410,Gen. art. 3298.1866. Woolly-lanuginosum. 4357.E. 67. 'White waal' = good in ultimates ... the

l'eason of which is that the wool npon lambs andsheep has a signification like that of the hail' upor,man; and (these animals)=good. Ill.

37619. 'The wool of Zachar' (Ezek.xxvii. 18)=natural good.

10428. That 'sins ... shaH become as wool' (Is.i.18)=good.Word. ( V e r b u ~ i , -S;; 'ulm (of the Lord), and WaRD-VOX.~ 1 6 7 . The words of the letter are represented inthe World of Spirits to the very life, in a beatltifulorder ...

312. Words that are applicable solely to the antediluvians.1288. 'The words \Vere one' (Gen.xi.I)=that there\Vas one doctr ine in partic lilar. For 'Ii]>' = doctr inein general, and 'words,' doctrine in particular, or the

particnlars of doctrine.__ 2. That 'a word' = ail doctrine concerning

charity and the dcr:vative faith; and 'words,' thethings of doctrine. Ill.--. 'B y taking heed according to Thy ward' ...

Thy word have 1 laid np in mille heart ... 1 do notforget Thy word' (Ps.cxix. 7-16); 'word,' in thesepassages, = doctrine in general.__ 3. 'To ride npon the word of truth' (Ps.xh'.4)=to teach the doctrine of truth . .. 27616.__4. 'Jehovah sent a word unto Jacob, and it hath

lighted upon Israel' (Is.ix.8) = the doctrine of worship, .external and internaI.--. 'Mail (live th) by every word that proceeeth

out of the mouth of God' (Matt.i\.4). 'When anyonehcareth the word of the kingdom, and heedeth it not,then cometh the evil one, and snateheth away thatwhich was sown in his heart' (Matt.xiii.9). 'Heavenand eal'th shaH pass away, but My word shan not passaway' (Matt.xxiv.35). In these passages, 'word' =the Lord's doctrine; and 'words,' the things that areof His doctrine.--". As 'words' = ail things of doctrine, the commandments are caned 'words.' Ill.1409. The historicals are l'epresentative, and ail the

words significative. Ex. 1540. 1783.1492. I t is the atfection that lies hidden in thewords that constitutes the internai sense here; thewords of the letter are not attended to ...

1642". For the Lord alone is Disconrse and Word.1785. 'After these words, the word of Jehovah cameto Abmm in a vision' (Gen.xv.I)=that after thecom

bats in childhood there was a revelation... Words, inthe Hebrew language, =Things, here, the Things accomplished... 'The word of J ehovah to Abram' isnothing else than the Lord's word to Himself; but inHis childhood ... it could no t appear otherwise th anas a revelation. 1801. .

2587. 'O n account of the ward of Sarah' (Gen.xx. 18)=the whole transaction ...2861. ' I t came to pass artel' these words' (Gen.xxii.

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W ord-verbu1Jl 673 W ord-verbumwithin the Church; 101' 'words' = Things. In theOrigir.al Language, Things are called 'words.' Ex.621 9.3209. 'Theservant told Isaac all the words that hehad done' (Gen.xxiy.66) ... 'The words' =the Things.

4126. Thonght and will conjoin, no t words. Inthis worl words do conjoin; but only when thehearer believes that the speaker thillks and wills whatis good.

4692. See WaRD (of the Lord) hare.4714. 'Bring me word again' (Gen.xxxvii.14)=Knowledge. Ex.507S, 'AI'ter these words' (Gen. xl. 1) = al'te r the

things that precede; for 'words,' in the OriginalLanguage, are Things as weil as words... Th e reasonthe words in the Original Language=Thiugs also, isthat 'words,' iu the internaI sense, = the truths ofdoctrine; and therefore ail Dh'ine truth in generalis called ' the word.' . . And, as nothing that cornesforth in the nniverse is anything, that is, a Thing,unless it is fl'om Divine goo by Divine tl'Uth, therefore th e words in the Hebrew are also Things. Ill.

5272. 'This is the word that 1 spake unto Pharaoh'(Gen.xli.28)=that which the Natural had thought ...for 'a word'=a Thing. " Thus 'This is the word'=this is the Thing... As to 'word,' in the OriginalLanguage, a Thing is expressed by a word, and therefore a Divine re,'elation is called 'a word;' and, in thesupreme sense, the Lord also; and, by ' the word,'when predicated of the Lord, or of a revelation thatis l'rom Him, there is signified, in the proximate sense,the Divine tl'Uth, l'rom which come forth ail Thingsthat are. 5283.

53372. For the words an tones with which thethoughtis clothee!, are nothing but additions-adjecta ...56222. '1 watch over My word . . . ' (Jer.i.12)=(over)

the truth.5752. 'H e spake unto them these words' (Gen.xliv.

6)=the influx of this Thing ... for 'words'=Things;moreover, in the Original Language, a 'l'hing is expressed by this word-vocem. 5754 5755

6185. '1 will do according to 'thy word' (Gen.xlvii.30) = that sa it shall be done.63192. Spirits do not apprehend a man's words as a

man hears them, bu t as th e man thinks.6982. '1 am not a man of words' (Ex.iv.IO)=that

(the truth Divine) has not the faculty of speech. Ex.,758. 'AIl the words of Jehovah' (Ex.iv.28)=thesevral things of doctrine.7509. 'To-morrow shall Jehovah do this word'

(!f.x.ix.5)=that this will be \Vith them for ever.7510. 'And Jehovah did this word' (ver.6)= the

effect.7562. 'He that feared the ward of Jehoyah' (ver. 20)= the tliings that are of the Lord. 7564.

7931. 'Y e shaH keep this word. " . ' (Ex.xii.24)=that aU this shaH be observed.

8167. 'Isnotthis the word .. . ' (Ex.xiv.12)=sueh afor ' this word' = this Thing.VOL. VI .

8418. 'Gather the word of a day in its day' (Ex.xvi.4) ... 'a word'=the Thing of which it is said,here, the manna.8466. 'This is the word that Jehovah hath com

manded' (ver.16)=a command about it l'rom theDiviue; for 'a word' = the Thing that is treated of.85 2 4.8-l953 The proprium l'rom which the)' will not act,is signified by 'nor speaking a word' (Is.lviii. 13).

8693. 'When they ha"e a word' (Ex.xYiii.16)=ineverything that happens; for 'a word'=a Thing thathappens. 8698.

8700. 'The word is too heavy for thee' (ver. 18) == thatit is not possible; for 'a heayy wcrd' =[a. Thing] thatis no t possible.8705. 'Bring thon the words to Gad' (ver. (9) =mediation ancl intercession. 8729.8717. 'Every great ward they shan bring ta thee'

(\'el'. 22) = eyerything l'rom (it). 8]18. 8720.8772. 'These are the words that thou shalt speak. . . ' (Ex.xix.6)=inflnx to receive truths. 8774.8861. 'God spake an these words, saying' (EX.XX.l)= truths Diyine for those in the Heavens and on theearth. 8862, Ex.8868'. Wha.t is inwal'dly contained in the words ofspeech is plainly perceivcd there.9156. 'Upon ever)' word of transgression' (Ex.xxii.9)= whatever inj ury and loss.9160. 'The word coming to God' (,'er.9)=examina.tion by means of truth.9261. 'From the ,word of a lie' (Ex.xxiii.7)=fromfalsit)' of eviJ.9267. 'Pcrverteth the words of the just' (ver.8)=so

that they appear like truths of good for 'words'= the Things themselves, thus truths 'l'he reaSOD'words'=tl'uths, is that 'word,' in the Original LangUl1ge= that which is something, and that really exists... From this it is that Divine truth is called ' theword.'

9311e. '1'0 hear the words,' or 'discourses' (LukeYi.47)=to learn and know the precepts of faith thatare from the Lord.

9383. 'AH the words of J ehoyah, and ai l the judgments' (Ex.xxiY.3)=those things in the Ward that areof life in I l spiritual and a natural state. 'The wordsof Jehovah'=those things in the Word that are of lifein a spiritual state. Ex.

9385. 'AU the words that Jehoyah hath spoken \Vawill do ' (id.)=reception then in the heart; for ' thewords that Jehoyah hath spoken'=truths l'mm theWord that are of life.

9386. 'Moses ",rote aIl th e words of Jehovah' (Ex.xxiv.4) =al\ imprinting on the life (of the) tl1lths l'romthe Word.

9401. '(The coyenant) that Jehovah hath made withyou upon al! these words' (ver.8)=that there is COD-junction with the Lord through eaeh and aIl things ofthe Word ... 'AlI these words'=each and aIl thiJlgSzU


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Word (of the Lord) 675 Word (of the Lord)155. For the Ward of the Lord is such that thc

things contained in it s inmosts relate a the Lord ...and His Kingdom; this is the sonrce of ai l the life ofthe Word.

167e. Snch is the Ward of the Lord. Dcs. 855.1264 3376e.426. For the Ward of the Lord is spiritnal, no tverbal. - - - - 589. The Word has been spoken according ta theappearances with man.--. Ta con/hm false principles by the Ward is one

thing, bu t i t is 1\ different thing ta believe in simplicitywhat is in the Ward. Ex.

683". Celestial and spiritnal things are sa conjoinedin the Ward, that in every particnlar there is a likenessof a marriage . . .

nI. Every word-vox-in the Ward is from the Lord,(and therefore) signifies and involves something.838. For the Ward of the LOI'd is snch, that w h ~ r

i t treats 0 1 ! ! L P J r r ~ n it t r e a ~ of ail men ... with adlffe.ence according ta the disposition of each; this isthe universal sense of the Ward.

937. (Snch is) the Ward of the Lord in the internaisense. In th e sense of the letteI.Jj; aEPear o' le... yet these things involve arcana ... The very words. . . are ... most general tenus, or vessels (containing)50 many and snch great heavenly arcana ... that they( clion never be exhansted ta the tenthonsandth part ...11432.

10252. The historical things of the Ward are notperceived in Heaven, bu t the things signified by them.The Word was wI'itten no t for man only, but also forhe Angels. When a man reads the "Yard, and a rehends from it nothillg bu t the litel:aLs.l:lls the An els

apprehend not the literai, bnt:- ~ i n ~ a l sense.OE x a m p ~ - --t I0432. When (men) have been regcnerated, they doIlot receive any 'mmediate revelation, but only thethings that &I l 'nsiiiiated_ into them thr0.!!1:h th e( ( Word, and the preaching of the Word.

I068e. These doctrinal things (derived from the perceptions and revclations of the Most Ancient Church)werc the Ward (of the Ancient Chnrch). 12412. 14092.1I51". The Word of the Lord does no t treat of\\'orldly things, bnt involves Divine things.

1190. The style of the Word-especially the prophetical Word-is such that whcn i t treats of intellectual things, it treats also of volnntary things.II 94. For the Word of the Lord, in its bosom andrecess, that i5, in its internai sense, never treats of-other things than those which are of His Kin"dom,( andtlms a the Church. 1247. 16593.

1408. The Word of the Lord is like a body in whichthere is a. li . " soul: the things of the soul do notappear while the mind sa inheres in corporeal thingsthat i t scarcely believes in the existence of the human(

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soul and flie uture life; bu t as saon as the rnind withra\,,"s-from e o r p o ~ things, the things of th e soul ndlife b e c o m ~ .ill2,nifest... I t is the same ,Vlth the Word-of the Lord. Ex.

3 Many things in the Word are said accordingta appearances, and even aecording ta thc fallacies ofthe senses and ye t in th e internai sense are quitethe contrary Still i t does no harm ta those wwn simplicity of heart believe the Word as they apprehend, it in the letter, provided they live1ll charity. The reasonis that the Ward teaches nothing else than that ~ y one should live in charity with his neig.hbour, andshould love the Lord above ai l things; and they whodo this have the internaIs in themselves; and sa, withthern, the fallacics taken from the sense of the letterare easily dispelled.

14292. There is not a syllable or jo t in the Ward thathas not an internai sense ...1461. Instruction iu Knowledges from the Word.Sig. and Ex.__2. The Knowledges must be from the Word; forKnowledges from the Ward are snch that they are

open from the Lord Himself; for the Ward is i s IfJ/l'om the Lord t h r o ~ h Heaven, and thc L ( ) . ) : d ~ 'fc isin each and ail things J:he ord ... whieh showsthat the Lord, in His childhood, "'as llot willing ta imbue any Knowledges bnt those of the Ward ...

15022. The Ward of the Lord could not Jlossiblyhave any life unless there were aIl jntelJla1...li se whichregards Him. 15402.1540". I f the men of the Most Ancient and AneientChurches lived no,,", and read the Word, they \\'ou1dJlay no attention ta the sense of the letter, bu t ta theinternal sense.1542. Fol' thc ~ of !!'e L ~ c L h a s descended.1r m ) 1Him- rough eaven, and therefore not the leastp-art 07 a ward has been written that does not in volve j

heavenlyarcana. 1619.16592. For no t a syllable can be written in tile..JY.ord )that has no t been sent down f' Heaven, and consequently i n ~ h i c h the Angels d seEl h ~ l l y things.

~ 3 . I f a man- supposes the truths of the Ward tabe false, and confirms himself sa that he cannat' seeotherwise, he may be certain that sneh Spiri ts (as theNephilim) are with him ...16902. In thc Ward Qf.the--LonEsJ.ife ...1761. Spirits who reject the interior things of theWard. Des.1767. On the Holy Scripture, or Ward: that it hasstored within it Divine arcana, wh[Q.h J\ljl--pe.n...tl/..gc:>odSpirits and An"els. Gen.ar t. 1869,continued.===. Vllen the Word of the Lord is being read bya man who loves t l ~ o r d , and lives in-.Jlllarity, andalso by a man who in S i ~ l p l i c i t y ~ a r t believes whatis written, and has no t formed principles contrary ta

the truth of faith that is in the internai sense, it is''preseI!ted by the Lord before the Angels in suehbcauty -.-.-.and also with representtives, andth1;wIihinexpressible variety in accordance with ail their stateat the time, that every_partieular is j>erceive


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Word (of the Lord) 676 Word (of the Lord)[A.] 1771. Thus when the Lord lills the Word \Vithlife, it is of snch efficacy that it penetrates to the

inmosts; but when He does not do so, it is the letteronly, \Vith scarcely any life.1773. Spirits who in their bodily life had beendelighted with the Word of the Lord . . h a v e ~ k i d

of delightful heavenly_heat. Des.__3. But the heat of those who ha d indeed beendelighted with the Word, but had not been solicitousabout the understaoding oLit, was only in the rightarm.

1774. Spirits who do not \Vant to hear anythingabout the interior things of the Word, although the)'cao understand them. Des... They interpret themeaning of the Word from the letter according to theirfancies ... They are represented byan old WOlllan withan ugly face ... But those who love the interiOl' thingsof the Word are represented by a girl in early maidenhood ...

1775. I t has been a necessity that sorne revelationshould exist ... for a revelation, or Word, is a commonrecipient v ~ s s e l of spiritual and celestial things, thusconjoining Heaven and earth . .1776. The Word of the Lord is a dead letter; but itis vivified by the Lord in the reader according to thecapacity of each one; and it becomes living accordingto the life of his charity, and bis state of innocence,

and this with inexhaustible variety.1783. As each and aU things in the Word areinspired, they cannot bu t be from a heavenly origin;

that is, they must necessarily store up within themcelestial and spiritual things j otherwise it \Vould neverbe the Word of the Lord.1807. So he who is in Divine things does not regard

the Word of the Lord from the letter; but regards theletter and the literaI sense as representative ...

1869. How rnany things there are in a single word ofthe Word. Shown.--. The experienee of one who had been delightcdwith the Word.1870. So each of the words of the Word of the Lordpresents' in form its owo ides. ... and in the ideas

there are things iunumerable. Des.-- ' . The Word has beeo inspired, not ooly as toeach of it s words, but also as to the little letters ofeach \Vord ... for in every jo t there is something from

that affection and life which is corn mon to the wholeWord ...

1871. Ho\V the Word of the Lord appears before theAngels, cannat be described, but sorne idea may beformed (from the kaleidoscope) in which beautifulimages are represented from thillgs rudely tossed about.. . , So it is with the Word of the Lord, especiallythe Prophets. In the literaI sense there is scarcelyanything that does not appear destitute of arder; bu twhen it is being read ... it becomes more beautiful , . .as it ascends, and at last is presented before the Lordas the image of a man, in which . , . Heaven is represented in its whole compass . , ,

1872. The interiors of the Word represented as intheir first a s c ~ n t . Des.

1874. Many things in the Word ... are said according to appearances and fallacies, . . in order thatpersuasions an d cupidities may not be broken, but bent... Moreover such things serve as common vessels tocoutain spiritual and celestial things ...

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Word (of the Lord) 677 Word (of the Lord)of Lot's daughters ... \Voulel be related in the DivineWord 1 or Jaeob's peeling rods ... unless they involveda deeply hidden Divine rneo.ning 1_ _ 4. I f it were not for th e holy veneration for th ebooks of the Word that has been impressed upon thernfrom ehildhood (the learned world) would easily say in

theirhearts, that the Word is not holy except l'romthat impression; when yet it is ... becallse an internaIsense, which is heavenly and Divine, is in it, whichcauses it to unite Heaven and earth, that is, angelicminds \Vith human rninds, and thus these with theLord.231 I . That the Word is ... distinct from al! otherwriting, is evident from the faet, that no t only doal! the names = Things, but ai l the words also have a

spiritual sense. (ContilJued n n d ~ r INTERNAL SEXSE.)23332 The words of th e sense of the letter (arewonderfnlly changed into spiritual and celestial ideas)when it ascends from a man who is reading the Wordto the sphere in whieh the Angels are.234;32. Sneh is the order and series in each and ai l

things of the Word ...2362'. (This shows) how pure is th e Word in the

internai sense, although it appears otherwise in theletter. Examp.

25163. Jn HlC literaI sense, the doctrine of faithappears as if it had many things from the Rational, andeven from the Natnral; but titis is because the Wardis for man, and has been aecommodated to him; butstill, in itself, it is spiritnal fram a eelestial origin,that is, from Divine truth conjoined with Divine good.2520". 2547"25682. Ta regard the doctrine of faith from rational

things, is no t to believe th e Word, or the elerivativedoctrine, until one is persuaded from rational thingsthat it is so; but to regard rational things from thedoctrine of faith, is first to believe the Word, or thederivative doctrine, and then to confirrn the same byrational things. Ex. and Tl'.. 25882. Those think from the affirmative who believethat things are true becanse the Lord has saiel them inth e Word .._ _ 6. Man, b e i n ~ born for both lives, ean, while in

th e world, be also in Heaven, through the Word, whiehis for both worlds.

2592. (Delight of a heathen philosopher \Vith theWord on aeeount of its representative style. It s holi.ness affeeted hi m so deeply that he eould no t endureit.) 2593. -Sec H.322.

2686. (Thus) the Ancient Chnrch had writings bothhistorie and prophetie that were Divine an d inspired,and whieh in their internai sense treatec1 of the Lordand His Kingdom, an d they were the Word to them.4 9 6 4 ~

2702. Hagar 'saw a wel! of water'=the Ward of theLord, from whieh are truths._ 5 . 'Living water'=truths from the Lord, or fromHis Ward, for He is the Ward. __6.

.27622. Elijali and Elisha represented the Lord as tathe Word.

2799. The rider on the White Horse = the Word,thus the Lord who is the Word.

2803. 'In th e bcginning was the Word'- ' the Word'= the Divine truth itself- 'and the Word was withGod, and God was the Word' ... (John LI). (=theLord as to the Divine Human ; hence al! revelation, andthus also the Word itself, or Holy Scripture. 2894.)(= the Divine truth, thus the Lord Himself as to theDivine Human. 3195. ) (=a11 truth in the Heavensand on earth that is from the Divine. 370412.) (= theDivine truth. 41806. 46873. 5075. 52722,Ex. .5922. 6115". 6723\ 7678.) (=the Lord as to theDivine truth. 8200.) 8535. 9093'. 9144". 93 15.9399. 94293. 100766, Ex. H.137. S.23

2895. The Word has always existcd, bu t not theWord that we have now. There \Vas another Word inthe lIost Ancient Church ... and another Word inthe Ancient Church ... ; then came the Word writtenthrough Moses and thc prophets; and lastly the Wordwritten through the Evangelists ... The reason therehas always been a Word, is that by the Word there isa communication of Heaven with earth ; and becausethe Word treats of what is good and true, from whichman is to live happy to eternity; and on this accountit treats, in the internai sense, of the Lord alone,because ail good and truth arc from Him.

2896. The Word in the Most Ancient Church was nota written Word, bllt was revealed to everyone who wasof that Church. For they were celestial men, and weretherefore in the perception of good and truth ... andthus had the Word written on their hearts. Ex.

2897. From (t1\e representatives and significativescol!ected by those meant by 'Enoch ') was the Word inthe Ancient Church. (These) were employed in theirDivine worship, in order that they might have cornmunication with Heaven ... ,They ha d a written Word

1 also, which consisted of histories and prophecies, likethe Word of the Old Testament; bu t this Word waslost in process of time. The Histories \Vere called'The Wars of Jehovah,' and the Prophecies were cal!ed'Parablea-l9imntiata,' as is evident from N um. xxi. 14,27Theil' histories \Vere written in the prophetic style, andwere for th e most part made np histories. Ill. Theil'pl'ophecies were written like those of the Old Testament.Ill. .. Thus that Word had an internai sense. 2898.

2899. The Word in the Jewish Church follo\Vedafterwards, and \Vas in like llIanner written by representatives and significatives, in order that i t mighthave an internai sense unL!erstood in Heaven, an d thatthere llIight be in this way a communication ... Fromthis i t is, that if the Word be read byeven a littlechild, the Divine things therein are pereeived by theAngels.

2900. As to the Word of the New Testament ...as the Lord spoke from the Divine Itse1f, the severalthings spoken by Him were representative and significative of Divine thillgs, an d 'thus of the heavenlythings of His Kingdom and Church. ,29043. The representatives and s i g n i f i c a t i v ~ s in the

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Ward (of the Lord) 678 Ward (of the Lord)very life of the Ward is from this. And, as theyregard the Lord, they regard His Kingdom also, forthe Lord is the ail in His Kingdom. Ex.

[A.] 2909. Where it treats of truth, it treats of goodalso, for the sake of the heavenly marriage in everything of the Ward. Refs.

29532. There are ideas of man's thought which arethe abjects of the spiritual thoughts with the Angels,principally those ... which are from the Ward, becauseail things in the Ward are representative ... and it isat once obscl'\'ed. that they are from the Word, becausethe spiritual and celestial things therein follow mostperfectly disposed in their arder; and in bath there'iswhat is holy from the inmost sense, which treats solelyof the Lord and His Kingdom.

3137. The Ward, being tmth Divine, is called 'afountain. '3228c. Thus tlle Ward is not Divine as ta it s historical

things . . . 3229.3229. Thus the literaI sense is the Word only from

the internal sense in it.32632. Thc Church has not betn limited ta those whohave the Word . .. 3267.331". Ta cali Elisha 'bald '= ta blaspheme the Word,as if there were no truth in i t; for Elisha representedtlie Lord as ta the Word. 52476,Ex.33043. The Word of the Lord is such that the historical things arc in their own serics, and the spiritual

things of the internaI sense in theirs, sa that the formermay be viewed by the external man, and the latter bythe internaI, aud that in this way there may be acorrespondence between the external and the internaiman, and this by llleans of the Ward, for the Word isthe union of earth and Heaven ... Thus in everyonewho, when reading the Word, is in what is holy, thereis a union of his extel'llal man which is on earth withhis intcl'llal ",hiclt is in Heaven.

33052. The Ward is Divine principally in this-thateach and ail things in it do not regard one nation orpeople, but the universal human race, that is ta say,which has been, and which will be; and \Vhat is stillmore universal, namely, the Lord's Kingdolll in theHeavens; and, in the supreme sense, the Lord Himself. As this is sa, the Word is Divine.

3310. For the good of life ta be of the Church, theremust be doctrinal things from the Word ... (Otllerwise) there is indeed the good of life .. as alllong thegentileswho have not the Word ..._._2. 'The seed' =the Word of the Lord.

I t is the good in man that receives the Word.3358. See ApPEARANCE, here. 3359. 3360. 3362.33642. Fol' the Lord is doctrine itsclf,and this is why

He'is called ' the Word,' for the Word is doctrine ...33822. For they who are in Heaven are in the idea

that ail things of the Word, in the internaI sense, treatof the Lord; and also that ail things of the Word arefrom the Lord.'3393. For each an d ail things in the .Word, in thesnpreme sense, relate ta the Lord; and the Lord is

doctrine itself, that is, the Word, not oniy as to thesupreme, bu t also as ta the internaI, and the literaI,sense. Ex.3413. These are the earthly things with which the

Word itself, which is the fountain of ail truth, isobstructed.3416. For there are internaI truths everywhere in theWord, but those who are in 'the mere memoryknolVledge of Knowledges, and not at the same time in theIife, wheu they read the Word, do not even see those

truths... Thus the posterior things of the Word appearta them, but not the anterior things; that is, theexterior things, but not th e interior; and (this) is tosile nothing of what is Divine. Sig.

34242. That the Word is living and gives Iife, isbecause in it , in the supreme sense, the Lord is treatcdof, and, in the inmost sense, His Kingdom ... so thatit is life itsclf that is in the Word, and that inf!owsinto the minds of those who read the Word in a holy[state] ...-34322. As to the Word, the case is this: in theMost Ancient time ... there was no Word, for themen of that Church ha d the Ward written on theirhearts; for the Lord taught them immediately throughHeaven ... the veriest Word, ta them, was the Lord.After this Church, another succeeded . . and this, inthe beginning, had no otller Word, than what \l'asgathered from the most ancien t people, which Wordwas representative of the Lord, and significative of hisKingdom; thus, ta them, the internaI sense was theWard itself. They had also a written Word, bathhistorical and prophetical, which is no longer extant,and in this there \Vas in Iike manner an internaI sense... l'he Jewish ... nation accounted the prophetieWard holy from the fact that it resembled the ancientWord in sound ... nor does the Christian world havea more hol)' idea of the Word.__3. As it has fared \Vith the Word in this way ...Hs snccessive states are described in this chapter.3436. Although the Word, as ta the literaI sense, issuch that things not true may be confirmed from it . . .he who reads the Word for the purpose of growing wise,

that is, of doing what is good, and understanding whatis true, is instructed according ta his end and affection;for, UnknO\l'1l ta him, the Lord inflows, and enlightenshis mind, an, where he is in difficulty, gives understanding from other passages. (Continued underSENSE OF LE'fTER.)

34382. For the Word appears ta everyone accordingta his qnality.

3439. As ta the Divine in the Word, theease isthis: the Divine itself is in the supreme sense of theWord, because in this is the Lord; the Divine is alsoin the internaI sense, beeause in it is the Lortl'8Kingdolll in the Heavens, and hence this sense iscalled celestial and spiritual; the Di vine is also in thelitel'al sense of the Word, because in it is the Lord'sKingdolll on earth . .

3445". For the doctrine of charity and love, and lifeaccording ta it, is the whole Word, as the Lord teachcsin lI1att.xxii.37-40. .


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Word (of the Lord) 680 Word (of the Lord)[A.] 39008. The whole Word is called 'a dcscrt,' whanit no longer serves for doctrinal things. Ex.3901. Th e comparisons in the Word arc aIl ma.de by

means of significatives. 44346 .3954". Thus the Word has been given so as to servefor man and Angels at the same time: in this the

Word differs from all other writing.3993. There are many things (he'rc) that \Vould notbe worthy of mention in the Divine Word, unless therewere in them more arcane things than such as appear

in the letter. Ex.460'. Not that the Lord .has come in person ...fr the Lord is present in thc Word, bccause a1l things

of the Word are from Him and abont Him. Sig. 74136", There is Dot a single word in the Word thatdoes no t involve a heavenly arcallum, although to man

it appears as of no moment ...41893. Those within the Church arc in good and

truth , , . in . the direct line, becausc the)' have theWord, and through the Word there is a direct communication with HeM'en, and through Heaven with theLord; bu t not for the gentiles, because they have no tthe Word ... Tl'. 4190. 4197.

41902. Christians are in what is false in believingthat Heaven is for them alone, bccausc thcy have thcbook of the Word written on paper bnt not on hearts.

42173. The like is the case ",ith cvel'ything in theWord (as with the symbols in thc Holy Snpper), andtherefore the Word is amedium nniting man with theLord; and unlcss there "'ere snch a uniting medium,Hcaven could no t inflow with man ... and, if it wereremovd, no one could he led to good ... That theChurch .of the Lord where the Word is, is like theheart and 1ungs . . . Rcfs.

42313. 'M y words shall no t j);Iss a\Vay' = that(although the extel'nal and internaI ithings of theformer Church will rerish) the Word of the Lord willremain... 'Thc words of the Lord' are all things thatare in the Word. (Moreover) th e Jewish nation hasbeen prcservcd for the sake of the Word.

4279. As the Word is from the Lord, and descendsfrom Him through Heaven to man, i t is Divine as toevery particu1ar; and, as it has descended fl'om theLord, so it ascends, that is, is elevated, to Him, anthis. throngh the Hcavens ... (sa that) when the Wordascends as it .desccnds, it is Divine in the Lord,eelestial in th e Th1"d Heaven, spiritual in the SecondHcaven, and cclestial and spiritual natnral in theFirst Heaven. But in the Chnrch with man, theWord, as to the sense of th e letter, is natnral, that is,worldlyand earthly. (Continued under RJo:AD.) Th esupreme sense of the Word, in which th e Lord istreated of, is for the Third Heaven; its internaI sense,in which the Lord's Kingdom is treated of, is for theSecond Heaven; th e lower sense, in which the internaIsense is determined to th e nation that is there mentioned,is for the First Heaven; and the 10west or literaI senseis for man ... who is, however, of such a nature thatthe interior sense, and even the intel1lal and thesupreme, can be comlllnnicated to him ...

42803. Incredible to say, the internaI ma n thinks in. no other way (than according to correspondences), forwhen the external man apprehends the Word accordingto the sense of th e letter, th e internaI man apprehendsit according to the internaI sense, although the manis no t aware of it 'l'hile he lives in the body ...

43682. Many arc affeeted hy the Word of the Lord,and dcvote much labour to the reading of it; but stillthere are few who have as the end to be instructed inthe truth; for most abide in their own dogma, whicbis the on1y thing that they study to confirm from theWord Those only are in the affection of truth wholove to know what th e truth is, and to searchthe Scriptures fol' this end; and no one is iu thisaffection bu t he who is in good, that is, in charitytowards the ncighbour, and, still more, he who is inlove to th e Lord.

4383". From this may bc infcrred the nature of theWord, that, being Divine, it contains in it infinitethings from it s tirst origin, and, derivath"ely, unntterable things that are of angelic wisdom; and,finally, only such things as are adapted to hnmanapprehension.

43912. Divine revelation, or the Word. Tl'.--. '1'0 hide the interiors of thc Word. Sig.4442". This is why the Word has been writtcn in

snch a style. But the Word has this peculiarity beyondthe \\Titings of thc ancients: that each of the subjectsrepresents, in a continuons series, the hea\'euly andspiritual things of the Lord's Kingdom; and, in thesupreme sense, the Lord Himself ... and, what is more,they are real correspondenccs, which are continnonsthrough the tlll'ee Heavens from the Lord.44442 (The J ews) acknowledge Moses and theProphets, and thus the Word. This, in itself, is ho1y;but as regards them it is not holy; for they regardthemse1ves in e\'erything therein, and thus make tlleWord worldly, and evcn carthly.

4480. \Vhatever has been written in the Word, isspiritual in itseIf and in it s essence. I t is known thatthe Word is spiritual, but it s spiritnality does notappcal' in the letter, for in this it is woddly, especiallyin the historical parts. But when it is being read byman, the woddly things therein become spiritual inthc Spiritual \Vorld, that is, with the Angels ...

4690". For the Word of the J;.ord is universal, and1 comprchends in genera1 every Chmch. 47692,Examp.1 4692. That 'words-vc1'ba' = truths, is bccause ail thc1 Word in Heaven is from the Lord, and therefore, in

the internai sense, 'words'= trnths, and ' the Word,'in gelleral, al l Divine truth. 4703 5075. 5272.

47202 Instruction by means of the Word. Sig.4791. Therefore t h o ~ e who love th e Word of theLord, aild desire from it the Knowledges of truth andgood, belong to the province of the tongue ... someto the tongue itself, sorne to the larynx and trachea,

some to the throat, sorne to th e gunls, and somc to thelips.4807. For the Lord spoke (in Matt.xxv.) as everywhere.i.n the Word of the Old and New Testaments, by

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Word (of the Lord) 681 Word (of the Lord)\vay) is to speak to the World and Reaven at the sametime ... Such speech i Divine, because univel'sal, andtherefore belongs to the Word. 5147'.

48146. Fol' whatever is written in th e Word is ofsuch a natnre that \Vith the Angels it is turned intoa corresponding sense, which does no t at aU appeal' inthe scnse of the let ter ...

48683. I f (the Jews) are told that the Word is ...DlOst holy, evcn every tittle of it, they acknowledge itand conjoin themselves, bnt from such a lust . . . 4911.

4903. The internai sight ... is no t in the light ofHeaven, \lnless i t is in faith in the Lord, and fromthat faith rcads the Word.

49232. TheJewsalll1 some Ohristians believe that ...in th e Word there is some concealcd meanillg, whichthey cali mystical. Ex.

49266. 'Palace'=the Word.4966. Primary things for the interpretation of the

Word. Sig. and Ex. 5237.49896. Aftcr death, a man retains nothing of thehistorical th ings of the Word ... but only the spiri tuai

and Divine things that he had learnt from the Word,and had applied to his Iife.

50892. Unless man's thought can be elcvated abovesensnons things he cannot underst&nd any interiorthing in the Word .51263, From yonth to early manhood, communication

is opened between the Natnral and the Rational ... byllearing and reading the Word.51362. As the Word could not be \Vritten except byrepresentatives ... even of places ... the Ohurch \Vassuccessively preserved in the land of Oanaall. 6516", Ex.

7439.5275'. Things happened in this way ... chicfly for

the sake of the Word, that it JIlight bc written(l"eprescntatively) ... and thus might be serviceableno t only to the man of the Church, bu t also tu theAngels ... for they percei\'c Divine things from it ,and so are affected with holy emotions, which al'ecommunicated to the man who reads the Word fromaffection, . . 5316'.

53296. The Word has becn given that Angels may bewith man ...

5402. The doctrinals of the Church , . . are nothingbut seientifics, until one has seen from the Wordwhether they arc true, and in this way made themhis own.__ 2. There are two ways of procuring the tmths offaith-by doctrinals, and by the Word. When a man'procures them by doctrinals only, he has faith inthose who havc drawn them from the Word ... Butwhen he procures them himse1f, l'rom the Word, andthereby confirma them in himself as true, he believesthern because they are from the Divine ... When aman il! able to view them from his own judgment, if,then, he docs no t consult the Word, in order to seefrom i t whether theyare true, they remain in him asmere scientifics; while if he does consult the Word,from the affection and end to know truths, he then,when he has found them procures for nimself the

things of faith from the genuine fountain, and theyare appropriated to him from the Divine. TI'. 60472.54324. When such read the Word, they scan it \Vith

the sole end of confirming the' doctrillals they havelearned, for thc sake of gain; and sorne of them scanthe Word that they may 'see the nakedness of theland' . .. 6047".__ .5. Bu t those who are in the affection of truthfor the sakc of trnth and of lite .. have indeed faithin the doctrinals of the Church; but still they scanthe Word for no other end than the truth ... for itis everywhere said, Here is the Ohmch ... an d there fore the Word should be scanncld with devont prayel'to the Lord for enlightenment.

5466. The holiness thal is sometimes pel'ceived in aman when he is reading the Word, has many sucharcanll. in it .5492. When the Word goes to the Inmost Heaven,each and all things of the WOl'd pass into affections

which are of love and charity, . .5502. For in the Word evel'ything is holy, and theholiness is from the heavenly marriage of good andtl'llth. This is why Heaven is in the Word, a\al con sequently the Lord ... inSOfiluch that He is the Word.

5620J2. John the Baptist represented the Lord as tothe Word, which is the Divine truth on earth.

5702. Spirits from the Christian world, on beingcompeUed to hear the interiors of the Word, wereseized with so great a nausea that they felt as if goingto vomit . . . The reason (the Christian world is such)is that they have no affection of truth for the sake oftruth ... Theil' thinking and speaking anything fromth e Word ... is from habit acquired froDJ early child hood ...

5719. They who despise and ridicule the Word inthe letter ... and are in no love towal'lls the neigh bour ... rel.lte to the vitiated things in the blood.

5922'. For the Word is Divine truth for the use ofthe Church.__ 6. The Word, as to the external sense, is in acloud, for the reason that human minds are in dark ness; and therefore if the Word \Vere not in a cloud,it would be understood by scarcely anyone, an.l theholy things of the internai sense would also be profanedby the wicked. Sig.

5952. The Lord does no t openly teach anyonetrnths, but ... inspires, unknown to the man, theapperception and derivative choice that this is truebecanse the Word says so .. ,

6023. Scicntifics are rnled by truths, when truth isacknowledged because the Lord has said 50 in theWord.60472. See ENLIGHTEN; here. 7012. 7503. 87802.9300'. 93822. 9405. 10215. 102902. ct seq.6221. In its descent(from the LOI'dthrough Heaven)

the Word has clothed itself with forms adapted to theapprehension in the triplicate Heaven, and at last witha forll1 adapted to the apprehension of man ...62222 The Intellectual of the Church, is to perceivefrom the Ward what is the truth of faith and the goodof charity.


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under ENLIGHTEN.)6280. The Divine Human before the Lord's advent... was J ehovah Himself infiowing. through Heavenwhen He was speaking the Word ...63333 The Word is giveu that it may unite Heaven

and earth ... and therefore has been so written thati t is spiritually apprehended by thc Angels when it isnaturally apprehended by man; and in this way whatis holy inllows through th e Angels, and through thisthc union is effected. Such is the Word in bath th ehistoricals and propheticals ...--


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Ward (of the Lord) 684 Ward (of the Lord)the world, the primary thing is 1/ot to believe theWord, for they reject it the moment they think aboutit , an also blaspheme it . I f a man saw the magni.tude and nature of the blasphemies (of such) againstthe Word, he would be horrified: the man himself is no t aware of them while in the world,becanse they lie hidden behind the ideas of his a.ctivethought ... But they are revealcd in the other life.Further ex.

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Ward (of the Lord) 685 Ward (of the Lord)Divine truth itself seut down l'rom Heaven by theLord.

10265. Whatever is said in the Ward must be under-stood relatively to that of which it is said ... In theInmost Heaven, all things of the Word are applied toth e Lord's Divine Human ...

102768. They who lay stress on the letter of theWord alone, and have no doctrine ... may be drawuinto any heresies. Henee the Word is called by suchthe Book of heresies. 104002.__e. Theret'ore unless the Lord had eome into theworld, and openecl the interiors of the Word, thecommunicatiou with the Heaveus tlnough th e Wordwonld have beeu broken, ami the human race on this

Earth would have perished; for man can think nothillgof truth, and do nothing of good, except l'rom Heaven... and the Word is what opens Heavcn.

102902. The Lord speaks with man ... solely throughthe Word. (See ENL1GHTEN, hele.)

1030ge. From ,,'hatever mouth the Word comes, it isreeeived by man according to the qnality of his good.1320. "\Vhat th e Divine has revealed, is, with us,

the Word.1325. Thc books of the Word are all those whichhave the intel'11al sense; and those which have it not,are not the Word . . The books of the Word. Ennm.

W.H.16. N.266.10355. Information by the Ward. Sig. and l'ully .Ex.__o. In the Christian Chnrch, information about. . the things of eterual liI'e, is effected solcly by the

Word ...__6. At this day, revelation is given solely throughth e Word ...103673. In order to be rc.born, man, if he be of theChurch, must tirst learn truths t'rom the Word, 01'l'rom doctrine l'rom the Ward ...10375. 'H e gave ... the two tables'=the conjuncotion of the Lord through the Word with man. Ex.10400e. The man whose internaI has been opened isin the internaI sense of the Word, although he isl1nawure of i t; and l'rom this he has enlightenmentwhen he is reading the Word, bnt according to the

light he is able to have by means of the Knowledges hepossesses. 105512.10432. That the Ward should be wrieten elsewhere,which is good and excellent. Sig. an d Ex.__2. The sons of Israel were received because the

Word could be written aUlong thelll ...104412. The Word must have Ill! ultim1Jje in whieh

its interiOl's may cease ...10450. The Word let down l'rom Heaven. Sig. and Ex.10451. 'The two tables'=the Word of th e Lord, inspecial and in general. Ex .104522. The eonjunction of the Lord with the hllmanrace, 01" of Heaven with the world, by the Word.

Fullyex.- - ~ . Heaven is in wisdom l'rom the Word, whenit is being read by man ..--. This is why such a Word has been given; (and)

if this medium of conjunetion were not in the world,cOlljunction with Heaven wonld pel'ish, and, with thisconjunetion, every good of the will and truth of thellnrlerstanding with man; and, \Vith these, that humanprinciple which consociates man with man; so thatwhat is evil and l'aIse would take possession of ailthings, and one community would perish al'te r another... Such wouM be the state of man unless Heavenwere conjoined with him, and Heaven would not beconjoined with him, nnless there were a Word, or unlessDivine truth were communieated immediately throughAngels, as in ancient times. When Heaven is mentioned,the Divine is also meant .

10547. 'The tellt of meeting' = the externa;1 ofworship, of the Chmeh, and of the Word, in whichare internal things. 10548. 1055. 1055 I.

10548'. 1'0 interl'ogate the Lord, is to consult theWord ...

10554. [Ali] the Divine things in the Word areconjoinecl together. (As are the heavenly Societies, inthe hnman forl11). Sig. and Ex.1 0 5 5 9 ~ . The Ward could Ilot ha"e been wriUen any-where but in the land of Canaan ... and, where the

Word is, there is the Chmch. Ex.10578. 'Thou eanst not see My faces'=that theinteriOi' Divine things of the ... Ward cannot appearto (snch). Ex. 10583. 10584.1 0 5 8 2 ~ . They who read the Word without doctrine,are like those who walk in the dark ...10600. Thc transpal'eney of the Divine internai of

the Word ... throllgh the external. 'Ir.10603. The external of the Ward ... snch as it ' \"aSfol' the sake of that nation. Sig. and Ex.10614. The extcl'Ilal of the Word in which is theDivine. Sig. and Ex.__2. (The tlll'ee senses of the Word. Ex.) W.22I.10632. The primary things by which thel'e is COIl-

junction of the Lord with mankind through the Ward.Sig. and Ex.__ 3. In the most ancient times there was not the

Word, but immediate revelation ...__ 4. There was a Ward in (the Ancient) Church,

but one which was of service to that Chnreh only ...(and it was ufterwards) provided that the Word shonldbe written . . . H.306.

I0633. The Word which is Div11 in eaeh and ailthings fol' the Church. Sig. and Ex. 10634, Ex.

10635. That all by whom the Word is reeeivedrecognize the Divine in it. Sig. and Ex.__ 2. Fol' ail within the Church who are in the

good of life recognize the Divine in the Word.106382. These are they who unclerstand the Word,

and are affected with the trllths t'rom it ...10641. Seduction thence in the Word itself. Sig.

and Ex.106832. In the internaI of the Word ... are thosewho love to do truth for the sake of trnth, l'rom aspiritnal affection; in the external of the Word inwhieh is an internaI are those who love truth fol' thesake of truth, but from a natural affection ...


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Word (of the Lord) 686 Word (of the Lord)[A.] 10685. Temptations before the interna! of the ...

Word is given. Sig. and Ex.r0687. 'H e wrote Oll the tables the words of th e

covenant'=the Ward, through which there is con junction of Heaven with man. Ex. r0690.

1073. For the Ward does not shine of itself, butonly before thc man who is in light from thc internaI;without this the Word is only the letter.

10707. For the Church is where the Word is, andis from t.he Word ... and therefore sueh as is a man'snnderstanding of the Word, such is the Church in him,and such is his worship. r0761.

H 254. How the Lord spoke with the prophets,tJrough whom was the Word. (See PROI'HET, here.)

258. I t is not according ta Divine arder ta be in strueted by writings from Heaven, bu t by the Word,because through this alone is there communicationand eonjunction of Heaven with the world, Hills ofthe Lord with man.259. That thol'e are writings in the Heavells hasbeen provided ... for the sake of the Word; for this,in its essence, is Divine t1'11th, from which is a11heavenly wisdom for both men and Angels; for it \Vasdietated by the Lord, and that which is dictated bythe Lord passes throllgh ail the Heavens in order, andis terminated with man; and hence it is accomrnodatedto both the wisdom in \Vhich the Angels are, and tothe intelligencc in which men are. I t is frorn this thattherc is a Word with the Ange!s also, and that theyread it eqllally as do men on earth; their doctrinalthings are from it , and their preaehings are made fromit. The Word is the same; its natural sense, ho\Vever . . is not in Heaven ; bu t the spiritual sense.

261. They have the Word written in this way (des.)in the lower Heavells; and by heavenly forms in theIJ1Inost Heavell. (See Wmn:, here.)303. On the conjunetion oC Heaven with man through

the Word. Chapter. 307,Ill.305. As mali has broken the conneetion with Heaven .. a medium has been provided ... to be to Heaveuas a basis and foulldation, and also Cor the eonjunetionof Heaven with man: this medium is the Word.'308. There is also a cOlljunction through the Word

oC Heaven \Vith those out oC the Chlll'ch, where theWord is Hot ... But the Church where the Word is ...is as the heart and lungs ... and those out oC theChnrch ... coustitute the members ... and the con .iullction oC,Heaven with theIll through the Word maybe eompared to light, which is propagated from theIlliddle to what is round about. Divine light is inthe Ward, and the Lord with Heaven is present there,and from this presence the distant are in light: itwould be dilferent if there were no Word.

309. Unless there had been such a Word on thisEarth, its illhabitants would haye been separated CromHeaven, and therefore would have been rational nolonger; for the human Rational cames forth from theinflux oC the light oC Heaven. Further ex. J. ra'.

310. Although th e style of the Word appears simple . . nothing can be compare to it ... because Divine

wisdom lies hidden, not only in every meaning but alsoin each ward; and in Heavcn this wisdom shines Corth. .. it is the Iight of Heaven, because it is Divinetruth.--". Without such a Word, there would be nolil7ht of Hea'l'"cn with the men of our Earth, and thercfore

t l ~ e r e ,,"ould be no c o n j u n ~ t i o n of Heaven \Vith them ...393. They who have loved the Word (here) and have

sougbt truths tberein with longing ... for the sakeof the use of life, for bath themselves and others, inHeaven are in ecclesistical all'airs. They arc inenlightenment and the ligh t of wisdolll according tatheir love and longing for use, and they come into thernfrom the Word in the Heavens, which is not natllral,as in th e world, bn t spir itua l. These perCorm theoffice of preachers ...

489'. They who have loved Divine truths and theWord from interior affection ... dwell in light, inlofty places, which appear like mountains, and arecontinllally in the light of Heavcn ... They live in avernal tem perature; and fields, harvests, and vineyardsare' in their view; everything in their houses is refulgent

1 as with preeious stones; and when they look throughthe windows, i t is as it were through clear crystals. Ex.

5r6. Ali the instruction (in the spiritual places ofinstruction) is givcn from doctrine from the Word, anduot from the Word without doctrine.

526e. Abraham, David, the Apostles, etc. are notmentioned in the Word which is in Heaven, beeausethat Word is the internai sense of the Word that isin the world.' 249 On the Holy Scripture, or Word. Gen.art.A10318 .

255. On th e necessity and excellence of the Word.(Refs. to passages.) W.H.6.256. That the Word is not understood except by theenligbtened. (ReCs. to passages,)257. l'hat the Word is notunderstood exeept throughdoctrine from the Word. (ReCs. to passages.)261. That the Word has ueen written by correspond ences, and tlms by representati yeso (Refs. ta passages.)263. l 'hat the Lord is the Word. (RcCs. ta pas

sages.)264. On thosc who arc against the Word. (Refs. topassages.)t1f' 282 Without such a letter the Ward couId notbeen Divine, or have served both Heaven and theworld fOl' doctrine of life and faith, and for coujunction.55:J For the way to Heavcn is the acknowledgment

of the Lord, and faith and love to Him, and the Wordis what teaches the way, so that without the Lord,through the medium of the Word, there is no salvation.

57'. As they \Vanted ta know \Vhether there is thisspiritual sense in these words (to Peter), the Wordthat is in Heaven was handed them, in which thereis not the natural bu t the spiritual sense ... and whenthey read it , they saw that Peter is not mentionedthere, bu t instead of him truth from good which isfrom the Lord. When they saw this they rejected it


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65. In itself, the Word is spiritual, and thereforetl'eats of spiritual th ings ... In th e sense of the letter,these are se t fOl' th by means of natural things, becausenatural things serve spiritual things as a basis, andwithout such a basis the Ward woultl not be a Divinework, because no t complete; the Natural, which isthe u!timate in Divine order, completes ...

l . That the universal Holy Scripture is about theLord, and that th e Lord is the Word. Gen.art.- - ~ . The Lord is ealled the Word, becallse 'theWord'=the Divine truth, or the Divine wisdom, and

the Lonl is (these).__o. As the Word is the Divine wisdom of theDivine love, it follows that it is Jehovah Himself, thus

the Lord ...2. The Word here meant iu special is the same as

that manifested through Moses and the prophets, andthrough th e Evangelists, as is very evident fr'om thefact that it is the Divine truth itself, from which theAngels have ail their wisdom, and men ail theirspiritual intelligence; for it is this same Ward thatis with men in the world that is also with the Angelsin the Heavens; but in the world it is natural, and inthe Heavens spiritual. And, as it is the Divine truth,it is also the Divine proceeding, and this is no t onlyfrom the Lord, bu t is also the Lord Himself. As theWard is the Lord Himself, each and ai l things of ithave been written about Him alone; from Isaiah tolIIalachi there is nothing that is not about the Lord,or, in the opposite sense, against Him. Ex... On thisaccount, everyone, even at this day, who approachesthe Lord alone, while he reads the Word, and prays toHim, is enlightened in it .

S. That the Lord fulfilled al! things of the law,means that He fulfilled ail things of the Word.Gen.art.

142 The Ward, to which violence had been done bythe J ewish people. Sig.

15 2 The Church with th e Jews was utterly devastated, and by this, that they had perverted ai lthings of the Word ... This was signified by ailthings of the Lord's Passion. 16\Des. R.26.19. That the Lord ... as to the Word, is called' the Son of Man.' Gen.art.

23. The Lord aS the Word suffered, judges, comesinto the world, redeems, saves, reforms, amI regenerates. Fully ex. sC1'iatim.

37. That the Lord is the very God from whom andabout whom is the Word. Gen.art.

50". 'The blasphem)' agaillst the Son of Man'=somethillg against the Ward, by interpreting itsmeaning differently.

52. That Jehovah Himse l f" . spoke the Wardthrough the pIophets. Ex.

53. l t is not said in the Prophets that they spokethe Ward from the Holy Spirit, bu t that they spokeit from Jehovah, from Jeho\'ah of Hosts, from theLord Jehavih. Ill.

And, as the Lord is Jehovah, it follaws thatail the Word has been spoken by Him. R.36". T.158.@ l . That the Holy Scripture, or Word, is theDivine tr u th itself. Gen. art.

22 'Jacob's weil' = the Word; and therofore theLord sa t at it.3. The style of the Word is the Divine style itself,with which no other style ... can be compared; for

it is like thick darkness to light. The style of theWord is such that it is holy iiI every meaning, and inevery word, and in some places in even the very letters.Hence the Word conjoins man with the Lord, and opensHeaven._ _ 2. Two things proceed from the Lord - theDivine love and the Divine wisdom ... in it s essence,the Ward is both of these. (Continued under READ.)

62 The three degrees in the Word. See DEGRrm,here. In it s ultimate sense, the Word is natural; init s interior scuse, spiritual; and in its inmost, celestial;and it is Divine in every sense.

8. As, interiorly, the Word is spiritual and celestial,it has been written by pure correspondences ...

12. The successive states of the Chnrch as to theunderstanding of the Word. Sig. 13.

IS". The power of the Word against falsities of everykind with natural men. Tl'.

262 For thc Lord teaches everyone by the Word,and He teaches from those truths which the man has,and does not ponr in new ones immediately ...__r,. The falsification of the Word by many at

this day. (Rep. before Swedenborg.)35". Ali wllo despise the Ward, and falsify the senseof its letter, appear bald there; bu t they who honourand love it , appear with becoming hair.

39. The spiritual sense and celestial sense are notthe Word without the natura1 sense, which is the senseof the letter; for they are like spirit and life withouta body ...

47. Where the Lord is meant, the Word also ismeant, because the Lord is the Word.48. The Ward in it s glory was ICpresented by theLord when He was transligured Ex. R. 24e.51. That the Word is not understood without doctrine. Gen.a rt. (See DOCTluNE at S52. 54.)58. 'l'he reason the Word shines and is translncent

with (sncll) is that in every particular of the Wordthere is a spiritual and celestial sense, and these sensesare in the light of Heaven; and therefore the Lordiullows into the natural sense throllgh these senSesand their ligllt into the natural sense and its light . . ,and from this the man, li'om interior perception, aeknowledgcs the truth, and then SeeS it in his thought,and this whenever he is in the afiection of truth forthe sake of truth; for percf\ption comes from afiection,and thought from perception, and thus is effected theacknowledgment which is called laith.

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[S.] 61. 1 have spaken with many who believed thatthey wonld shine as the stars ... becanse they had, asthey said, held the Word to be holy, had read it throughfroquently, had collected many things l'rom i t by whichthey had confirmed the dogmas of their faith ... butit was found that some of them had studied thc Wordl'rom the love of self, in arder that they might appeargreat in th e world ... sorne l'l'am the love of theworld, in arder to become rich; and when these wereexamined ta find what they knew from the Word, itwas found that they knew from it nothing of genuinetruth, but only snch as is called trnth falsified ...the reason of which was, that when self and the worldare the ends, then, when they read the Word, theirminds cleave ta themselves and the world, causingthem to think constantl)' l'rom their proprium, whichis in thick darkness in respect to al! things ofHeaven ...__ 3. I t has been very different with those whohave studied the Word l'rom the affection of knowingtrnth because it is trnth, and becanse it is of serviceto the uses of life, not only their own, bu t also theirneighbour's. These 1 have seen elevated into Heaven,and thus into the light in which is the Divine trnththere, and at the same time exalted into angelic wis dom, and into it s happiness, which is life eternal.

69. (Thns ) in the Word alonc ... thcre is spirit andlife. Ill.70. Tilat the Word is in al! the Heavens, and is the

source of angelic wisdom. Gen.art.71. The Word in Heaven is written in a spiritnalstyle ... which consists o f mere letters, each of whichinvolves a meaning, and there are points over the letterswhich exalt the meaning. Ex.__ 2. There are no names of persons and places

in their Word ... bu t instead of names there are theThings which they signify. Examps... I t is thesame with th e nnmbers ... (Thus) the Word inHeaven is a Word that corresponds to our Word, sothat they are a one. (Further ex. in T. 241.)

72. Wonderflll to say, the Word in the Heavens hashcen 80 written that the simple nnderstand it simply,and the wise wisely; for there are many points andsigns over the letters which exalt the meaning, andthe simple pay no attention to them ... bnt the wisedo, each according to his wisdom, even to th e highest.--. A eopy of the Ward, written by Angelsinspired by the Lord, is stored in the sacrarium ofeach of the greater 80cieties, lest it should be altered

in respect ta any point. Our Word is indeed like theWord in Heaven, in that the simple understand itsimply, and the wise wisely, but this is elfected in adifferent way.

73. The Angels confess that they have ail theirwisdom through th e Word; for in proportion as theyare in the understanding of the Word, in the sameproportion they are in light; and the light of Heavenis Divine wisdom ... In the saerarium in which thecopy of the Word is stored, there is a f1aming and

bright light, that surpasses every degree of the lightoutside ... The reason is that th e Lord is in theWord.

742 The Word in th e Celestial Kingdom is writtendifferently from the Word in the Spiritnal Kingdom;for in the (former) Word the goods of love are ex pressed, and the signs llIcan affections; whereas inthe (latter) Word the trllths of wisdom are expressed,and the signs mean perceptions.

75. From this may he inferred the nature of thewisdom that lies hidden in the Word that is in theworld ; for ail angclie wisdom, which is unutterable,lies hidden in i t ; for i t is the containant of it, andal'ter death the man who becomes an Angel from theLord throngh the Word comes iuto this wisdom.76. That the Chnrch is l'rom the Word, and that itis snch as lS it s understanding of the Word: Gen.art.T.244, et seq.__ 0 . I t is not th e Word that makcs the ChUl'ch,

hut the understanding of it ...77. The Word is the Word according to the nnder standing of it with a man ... i f it is not understood,the Word is indeed calle,l the Word, but is not theWord with that man.--. The Word is the Trnth aeeording to the

understanding of i t ; for the Word may not be theTruth, fol' it may be falsified.--. The Word is spirit and life according to theIInderstanding of it ; fol' the lctter withont the under

standing of it is dead.7S. Moreover the Lord is present with a man, andis eonjoined with him, through the Word, hecause theLord is the Word, and in it as it were speaks \Vith

man; and also because the Lord is the Divine trllthi15elf, and the Word, too, is that. (Thus) the Lord ispresent with a man, and is at the same time eonjoiiJedwith him, accore!ing to his nnderstane!ing of the Word... beiug present with him through the reatling ofthe Word, and conjoincd with him through theunderstanding of truth l'rom the Word, and accordingthereto; ane!, in proportion as the Lord is conjoinee!with a man, in the same proportion is the Chnrch inthe man.

79. In many passages in the Prophets ... i l istaught that the Chnrch is nowhere else than wherethe Word is rightly understood ... Ill.Sa. That in every particnlal' of the Word there is

the marriage of the Lord and the Chnrch, and theclerivative lllarriage of good and truth. Gen.art.96. I t is hurtful to confirm the apparent truth of

the Word to the destrnction of genuine truth, hec&nseeverything of the sense of the letter communieateswith Heaven ... (Continuee! une!er SENSE OF LETTEl\.)

96a. The Word compared to a garden that should hecalled a heavenly Paradise. Des.975 The Divine external sphere of the Word isdeseribed in Ezek.i.4. This is represented as a man,

in verse 5, etc. etc.__ 0, These snmmaries have been collated \Vith the,Word in Heaven, and they conform to it .


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things of the Word, and thereby to hecome Divine vidence the Reformation took place, and therehy thetruth or the Word in nltimates. Gen.art. 1'.z6z,IlI. Word was ag,dn received. Moreover, the Word is re__ e. 'l'he Lord had indeed been the Word befOl'e, garelec! as holy by a noble nation among the Papists.

but in primes: for it is sflic!, 'In the beginning was 1 11 1. As, withont the Word, there is no li:nowleelgethe Word ... But when the Word was made flesh, , of the Lord, thus no Salvation, when the Ward had~ h Lord ~ e c a m e the. Word in u l t i ~ a t e s also; and i 1 been completely falsified and ac1nlterated among thelS l'rom thls that He IS called ' the Irst and the Last. Jewish nation ... it pleased the Lord ta descend l'rom99 Heaven ... and ta fnllil the Word, and there!>y ta100. Ho\\' the Lord is the Word. Ex. T.z63c,Ex. rene\\' and restore it, and ta give light again ta the

101. That before this Word ... there \l'as a Word inhabitants of th e Earth. Ill.that has been lost. Gen.art. 113. That man has communication with Heaven

102. That the Word which existec! among the thl'ough the Word (has been shawn by the fact) thatAncients was wriUen by pure correspondenccs, but wh en 1 read the Word from the lirst chapter of Isaiahthat i t has been lost, has been told Ille by the Angels, ta the last of ~ I a l a c h i , anc! thc Psalms of David, il. waswho have also saill tbat that Ward is still preserverl gmnted me cle"rly 1.0 perceive that each vel'se comlllnniamong thelll, and is in nse among the Ancients with cateel with sorne Society of Heaven, anel thns that thewhom it hac! existed in the \\'orld. Ennm... Those whole Word communicates with the unive.rsal Heaven.who knew the cOlTespondences of this Word were 114. That nnless there were a Word no one wonldcalleel 'wise and intelligent,' and aftcrwurds 'diviners' know of God, Heaven, and Hell, the life arter c1eath,and 'magi.' Bu t as th al. Word was ful! of snch cor and stil!less of the Lord. Gen.art.respondences as signified heavenly and spiJ'itual things 115. But as those who maintain ... thatwithont thel'crootely, and therefore began ta be falsified by man)', Word man may know of the existence of God, and ofof the Divine Providence il. vunished in course of time Heaven and Hell ... and as they thereby weaken the... and another Word, written by correspondences authority a.nd holiness of the Word ... we may notnot sa remote, was given throngh the prophets. . . deal with them from the Word, bu t l'rom rationallight,Yet in this Word many names of places in Canaan for they do not believc the Word, but themselves.and it s neighbourhood have been retained, by which 117. The ancient Word (has been thc sonl'ce of al!like things are signifierl as in the ancient Word. Forthis reason Abram was commancled ta go into that the gentile religions). Ex.land . . , T.Z79. 54 As the laws (of the decalogne) were the first

103. That there was a Word among the Ancients, f n l l ~ of the Word ... they were (most) h01y.is evidcnt in Moses, I>y whom it is mentioneti, and 1 @. 832 When a man reads 'heat ' and 'Iight' inquoted from. Ill. the Word, tbe Spirits and Angels who are with him,__ e, The lirst se ven chapters of Geuesis exis t in perceive charity and faitb.

th al. ancient Word, sa that no t a syllable is missing. z08e. There are Iike ~ g l ' ~ in each and ail things ofT.27ge. the Word.104. That t h r o u ~ h the Word there is light also for 942 Ta love theLord above al! things is nothingthose who are ontslde the Chl1l'ch, and have not the else than not ta do eVII ta the Word, because the Lord

Ward. Gen.art. is in the Word ...--. There can be no conjnnction with Heaven un- 983. Real freeclom and rationality are not possibleless there is somewhere on earth a Cburch where the with tbose in the Christian world who utterly deny the

Word is, and therehy the Lord is known, becanse the Divine of the Lord, and the holiness of the Ward, auc!Lord is the Gad of Heaven and earth, and without who have retained this denial confirmed to the end ofHim there is no salvation . . . De Verbo. 17 life; for tbis is meaut ~ ' the sin against the Holy

105. How the presence and conjunction of the Lord Spirit.'and of Heaven exists in al! lands through the Word. l3le. The Lord enters man solely by an internaI way,Ex. which is throngh the Word, doctrine, and preachings

108. (An experience which showcd) that commnnica. from it .tian with the nniversal Heaven exists through the 135 The Lord aJone teaches man, bu t merliatelyWord. Des... l t is for this reason that, of the Divine through the Word, in enlightenment... No Spirit hasProvidence, therc is a nniversal intercourse or corn. ever claret!, and no Angel bas evel' been willing, ta tellmerce of the kingdoms of Enrope, and pl'ineipally of me anything, and still Jess ta instrnct me, abont anythose where the Word is read, \Vith the nations outsitle thing in the Word, or any doctl'inal matter l'rom thethe Church. Word ...

110. (Thus) the Word, which is in the Chnrch of 154 That il. is a law of the Diviue Providence thatthe Rcformetl, enlightens al! nations and peoples by man be led and tanght through the Word, doctrine,a spiritual communication; and also it is pl'Ovlded by and preacbings from it ; and this in ail appearanee asthe Lord that there is a'ways a Church on the Earth of himself. Chapter. l7 1,Geu.al't.where the Word is l'ead, and tbereby tbe Lord is 17z2. Thal. the Lord is the Word, because it is fromknown. And therefol'e when the Word had been Him, an about Him. Ex.

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the Divine t1'11th of the Divine good. Ex.__ 6. Thus to be taught from the Word is to be

taught by the Lord Himself. Ex.--. AIl who are t.aught by the Lord in the Word,are taught a feIV tl'lllhs in the world, but in many when

they become Angels; for the interiors of the Word,whieh are Divine spiritual and Divine celestial things,are implanted at the same time; bu t these are notol'ened in a man Ilntil aller death, in Heaven, where heis in angelic wisr1om.__ 6. That this is donc mediately by preaehings,does not take away the immediatencss ; for the Word

cannot bc taught otherwise th an mediately thronghparents, teachers, l'l'cachers, books, and especially bythe reading of i t; hnt still the man is no t taught bythese, bu t by the Lonl through them... From this itmay Le seen that man is led and taught by the Lordalone, and that he is tanght immediately by Him, whenhe is taught from the Word. This is an arcannm ofarcana of angelie wisdom.173. As man has light through the Word, and understanding from this light, and as this is the case withhoth the evil and the good, it follows that l'rom light init s origin is light in its derivations, which are perceptions and thoughts about any Things whatever. III.

2206 Ail things of the Word are pure eorrespondences... and, 80S they are correspondencp.s, they are alsoappearances; that is, ail things of the Word are Divinegoods of the Divine love, and Divine truths of theDivine wisdom ...

23"' As the Word is the proceeding Divine, it is' the Imllle of God,' whieh=God, with all the Divinethat is in Hilll, and that procces from Him. And, asai l the Di"ine things that are called the spiritual thingsof the Church, are from the Word, these also are 'the'name 0f Go . This shows what is meant by ...'Hallowed he Thy name.' FlII-ther ill.

231. T h first kind of profanation is eommitted byt h ~ s e ~ v h o Jest from the Word, and about ~ h Word . . . .TIlls IS c l ~ n e hy some l'rom a Lad habIt, by t ~ k 1 l l g

provided there al'e peoples that have the Word; fol'those have light thel'efrom who are ontside the Chmch,and have not the Word; and, wonderfuJ to say, whel'othe Word is read holily, and the LOl'd is worshippedfrolll the Word, there is the Lord with Heaven. ThereaSOIl is that the LOl'd is the Word, and the Word isthe Divine trnth, which makes Heaven ... This maytake place with the Word with Enropeans in many paltsof the habitaLle world, because their commerce ex tendsovel' the whole earth, and everywhere the Word is rradby thcm, or there is teaching l'rom the Word. 260.__ 3. The reason the Christian l'eligion is divided, is

that it is fl'om thc Word, and the Word has Leenwritteu Ly pllrc corl'espondences, and these are in gl'eatpart appearances of trnth ... And, aS the doctrine ofthe Chnrch must Le dl'awn l'rom the sense of the letterof the Word, th cre mllst needs arise in the Churehllispntes, coutrovcrsies, and dissensions, especially inregard to the understanding of the Word; bllt not inregarel to the Word it.elf, or the Divinc of the Lord;for it is eve'rywhere aeknowledged that the Word isholy, and that the Divine Lelongs to the Lord, andthese two are the essen tials of the Ghurch... 'l'hosewho deny the holiness of the Word are not reganled asCill'istians. 259 2 __ 0.

--'. A notelVolthy fact in regard to tl,e Word(which shows) that interiorly the Word is the Divinetruth itself, and inmostl)' is the Lord, is thllt whenany Spirit opens the Word, and rllbs his face or clothinl(against it , his face or clothing shines ... as brightly asthe moon or a star ...2575 When the love of self (among the Papists)exalted it s dominioll to the Lord's th l'one ... it conIdnot bnt profane ail things of the Word ... 1'0 preventthis, the Lord by His D\'ine Pl'ovidence took eare that.. , they should forbid the reading of the Word ...

2582. The doctrine (of faith alonc) has Leen permitted... in. order that t l ~ e Divine of the Lord and the holiness o( the Word nllght no t be profanee!... The Wordis no t profaned, because they pay no attention to thepassages where love, charity, doing, anel works, arementioned... They are like those who have no kllOw nallles or (orms of speech from the Word and Jl1IXllJg [Iedere of Iruth l'rom the Word and who therefore eannot

them .with r e m a r ~ ; ~ . that are hardly L e c ~ ~ i n g , andsometlmes fouI. IIllS cannot Lut be conJollled wlth. ..Wsome contempt for the. ord; ye t the Word IS Dlvmean,l holy II I el'ery l'artICulaI' ... for every word stores. 't s b h' D" I l ..11 1 osom somot mg IVllJe, am las communICatIOnwith Heaven by it. But this kind of profanation islighter, or more gricvous, aecol'ding to the aeknowledgment of the holiness of the Word, and the ullbecomingeharacter of the talk into whieh it is introduced.D. 1304.__ 6. The sixth kind of profanation is committed bythose who acknowledge the Word, and yet deny the

Divine of the Lord. Ex .254". Religion has been transl'lanted into the wboleearth l'rom the ancient Word, and afterwards from theIsraelitish one. Unless th cre had been a Word, no Onewould have known of God, Heaven an,l Hell, etc.Refs.2562. I t matters DOt whether a smaller 01 ' a greaterpart of the. world has received the Christian religion,

profaue it . '6 3 '1'1 J 1 b 1 d tt d2 o' . le ews ulve een preservel, an sea creover a "reat Jarl of the world for the sake 'of the Word. 't Ob . . Il Ll t l 1 S ngma anguage ....,. 1 d . d cl k 1 2 6 4 ~ . Baby. on . oes ln ee ac -now e ge the Word,bu t stll! desplses lt . Ex. . .. 3307. The whole Word lS 1I0thlng bu t the doctrine ofI ~ ~ 1, Pref. The Lord as to the Word is described inRev.i.

6. "Vho hath borne \\'itness of the word of God'(Rev.i.6) = who l'rom the heart, and thus iu light,receive Diville trnth from the Word. KIO. R.35.KSI.

10 . 'The sel'en churches' = ail in the Christianworld IVhere the Word is, alld by it the Lord is known,and who aeeede to the Chureh.

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before the Israelitish Ward ... it is still preservethere among the people who dwell in Great Tartary.1 have spoken with Spirits and Angels who were fromthat country, who saiel that they possessed a Ward, andhad possessed it from ancient timcs; that theyeondnettheir Divine worship aceording to that Word; and thatit consists of nothing bu t cOlTespondences. They saidthat in it is the Book of Jashcr, mentioncd in Josh.x.12,13; 2Sam.i.17,18; and also that they have amongthem the books called 'The Wars of Jehovah,' and'The Prophecies,' mentionerl in Num. xxi. '4 , 15,27-30;and when 1 read in their presence the words takcntherefroll1 by Moscs, they searched, and fonmj them.... Seek it in China, and perhaps you will find it thereanlOng the Tartars. 1'.266. 2793

26. '1'0 pierce .Jesus Christ'=to destroy His Divinetrnth in the Word.

36. Wheu the Word was given-:factnm est-to theprophets, they were in the body, and hcare! J ehovahspeaking.

42. Refore a lI1an tUl'11S himself ta the Lore!, andacknowlee!ges Hill! as the Gad of Heaven and earth, hecannot sec the Divine truth in the Word. Ex... Hecannot he enlightened in the Word; for the Lonl is theWord ... Those who do not approach the Lor,1 alOlle,look at Him ami His Word as behinll thell! ... Thisarcanum is hid,len in the ward s, 'John heare! a voieebehine! him, and he tnrned ta see the voiee ... '

43. '1 saw seven golden candJesticks' = the NewChurch, which will be in enlightenment l'rom the Lord,l'rom the Wordo44. 'I n the midst of the seven candlesticks one likethe Son of Man' = the Lord as ta the Ward, from whomis this (New Church).

47. 'The hairs of the Son of lIIan'=the Divine goodof love, and the Divine truth of wisdom, in the ultimates of the Word.

52. 'Out of His mou th a sharp tll'o.edged sword' =the dispersion of falsities by the Lonl through the Wordan d doctrine from it .

74. 'He that holdeth the se"en stars in His righthand'=the Lord f"om whom are 11.11 truths through theWord.I l J. 'Thou hast not denied My faith' = that theyaeknowledge the Word to be Divine truth.134. ''1'0 eOlllmit whoredolll' = that the truths of the

Word are falsified. Ex. 1]6.179. ' 'l'hou hast kept My word' = that they liveaeeordillg to the Lord's prceepts ill His Ward. E.209.198. 'The Church of the Laodieealls':=those in the

Chureh who sometimes belie,'e l'rom themselvcs, alldsometil1les from the Word, and th us profalle holythings.

199. 'The Amen, the faithful and true Witness'= the Lord as to the Word, which is the Divine trnthl'rom Him.200. 'The heginning of the work-O]I'(/lcium....of God'=the Word. Ex.--. The Divine tmth itsel!' in the (ancient) Word,

and whieh is also in the Word of the present day, ismeant by ' the Word that was in the bpginning withGod, and that was God;' yet not the Word regardedas to the words and letters of the langnages, bu t as toit s essence and lil'e, which is from t.he inlllost in themeanings of them. From this life the Word vivifiesthe affections of the wil! of the man who rends it holily ;and from the light of this life it enlighteus the thonghtsof his understanding; on whieh aceonnt it is said, 'illthe Word \VaS life, and the lil'e was the light of II I en. 'The Word does this, beeanse it is l'rom the Lord andabout the Lord, and thns is tlle Lord. Ali thonght,speech, and writing derive their essence and life l'romhim who does them; the man is in them, with hisqnality; bu t the Lord aJone is in the Ward. Bill. noone l'eels and pCl'ceives the Divine life in the Word hllthe who is in the spiritnal affection of trllth while reading it; fol' he is in eonjllnction \Vith the Lord throughthe Word. There is something inmostly afrecting theheart and spirit, that infiows illto the understundingwith light, alld bears witness.__ 2. 'The light,' in Gen.i.3, = the Divine truth,(this) is the Word.--. III fine, withont the Divine truth of the Word,whieh in it s essence is tlie Divine good of the Divinelove, and the Divine truth of the Divine wisdom ... aIIlan eannot have life. Thro llgh the Word the