"And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard," signifies reasonings which are discordant and yet appear to be coherent: "and his feet were as those of a bear," signifies from natural things, which are fallacies: "and his mouth as the mouth of a lion," signifies reasonings from falsities destroying the truths of the Word: "and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority," signifies that those who separate faith from life establish their doctrinals and confirm them by reasonings from fallacies, and are therefore strongly seductive.