Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 9030

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9030. 'But he shall pay for his cessation [from work]' means making good again. This is clear from the meaning of '[paying for] the cessation' as making good again, at this point making good again the spiritual truth that has been weakened by the factual truth. Spiritual truth describes the truth which together with good constitutes the internal man's life, whereas factual truth describes the truth which constitutes the external man's life. The latter is derived from the literal sense of the Word, but the former from the internal sense of the Word, thus also from the genuine teachings that compose the Church's faith, for these teachings are the teachings contained in the internal sense.


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