Arcana Coelestia (Potts) n. 6154

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6154. Lo here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the ground. That this signifies the good of charity and the truth of faith that were to be implanted, is evident from the signification of "seed," as being truth from good, or as being faith from charity, thus both (see n. 1025, 1447, 1610, 1940, 2848, 3038, 3310, 3373, 3671); from the signification of "sowing," as being to implant; and from the signification of the "ground," as being receptacles (n. 6135-6137). But when truth and good have been implanted, the "ground" no longer signifies a receptacle, but, like a "field," that which is of the church (n. 566).


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