Arcana Coelestia (Elliott): AC 7762

Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7762

7762. The confidence or assurance which is spoken of as a confidence in faith, and is called faith, is not spiritual, only natural confidence or assurance. Spiritual confidence or assurance derives its existence and life from the good of love, not from the truth of faith separated from good. Confidence in separated faith is dead. Accordingly true confidence cannot exist with those who have led an evil life. Nor does even the confidence itself - confidence that a person is saved through the Lord's merit irrespective of the life he led - have any basis in the truth.

EXODUS 11

And Jehovah said to Moses, One more plague I will bring onto Pharaoh and onto Egypt; afterwards he will send you away from here. When he sends everything away he will surely drive you out from here.
Say now in the ears of the people, and let them ask, a man from his companion and a woman from her companion, vessels of silver and vessels of gold.
And Jehovah gave the people favour ^a in the eyes of the Egyptians. Also the man Moses was exceedingly great in the land of Egypt, in the eyes of Pharaoh's servants and in the eyes of the people.
And Moses said, Thus said Jehovah, About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt;

And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from Pharaoh's firstborn who is to sit on his throne, even to the firstborn of the servant-girl who is behind the mill, and all the firstborn of the beasts.

And there will be a great cry in the whole land of Egypt, the like of which has never been, and the like of which will not be again.

And against all the children of Israel not a dog will move its tongue, against man (vir) and even against beast, so that you may know that Jehovah makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.

And all these your servants will come down to me, and bow down to me, saying, Go out, you, and all the people at your feet!^b And after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in wrath and anger.^c

And Jehovah said to Moses, Pharaoh will not hear ^d you, so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.

And Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh; and Jehovah made Pharaoh's heart unyielding, and he did not send the children of Israel away from his land.

Notes

^a lit. grace
^b i.e. and all who follow you
^c lit. the wrath of anger
^d lit. hear towards

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