Arcana Coelestia: The Heavenly Arcana, Contained in the Holy Scripture Or Word of the Lord Unfolded, Beginning with the Book of Genesis. Together with Wonderful Things Seen in the World of Spirits and in the Heaven of Angels. Translated from the Latin, Volume 9Swedenborg Foundation, 1850 |
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... reason why it denotes the increase of truth from good , is that the subject now treated of is the renewed church ; for with the church in man the case is this : while it is being set up anew the man is in truths and by means of these ...
... reason why it denotes the increase of truth from good , is that the subject now treated of is the renewed church ; for with the church in man the case is this : while it is being set up anew the man is in truths and by means of these ...
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... reason of the evils which they contrived , and the falsi- ties which they devised ; " and in all service in the field , " sig- nifies the intention to subjugate directed against the things of the church ; " with all their service ...
... reason of the evils which they contrived , and the falsi- ties which they devised ; " and in all service in the field , " sig- nifies the intention to subjugate directed against the things of the church ; " with all their service ...
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... reason of the evils which they contrived , and the falsities which they devised , is evident from the signification of " clay , " as being good , and in the opposite sense evil ( of which in what follows ) ; and from the signification ...
... reason of the evils which they contrived , and the falsities which they devised , is evident from the signification of " clay , " as being good , and in the opposite sense evil ( of which in what follows ) ; and from the signification ...
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... reason why the king of Egypt said that a son should be slain , but not a daughter , is plain from the internal sense , which is that they would attempt to destroy truth , but not good ; for when the infernals infest , they are allowed ...
... reason why the king of Egypt said that a son should be slain , but not a daughter , is plain from the internal sense , which is that they would attempt to destroy truth , but not good ; for when the infernals infest , they are allowed ...
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... reason that masses of such size as the planets , some of which surpass this earth in magnitude , are not empty masses , created only to course about the sun , and give light to one earth ; but that their use must be of greater eminence ...
... reason that masses of such size as the planets , some of which surpass this earth in magnitude , are not empty masses , created only to course about the sun , and give light to one earth ; but that their use must be of greater eminence ...
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Page 67 - And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord ; (as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord ;) and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
Page 510 - And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle ; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men: and they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions...
Page 2 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
Page 359 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us ; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are : then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are ; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
Page 93 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt...
Page 136 - And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Page 603 - ... thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Page 427 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin : but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
Page 129 - And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt...
Page 398 - For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised : he is to be feared above all gods.