Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 193

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193. But they perceived that they were under the influence of evil. From the residue of perception left to them, which is meant by the statements about their eyes being opened and their hearing the voice of Jehovah, verses 7, 8, and from the fig leaves with which they made themselves girdles, verse 7; also from their sense of shame or hiding themselves in the middle of the tree of the garden, verses 8, 9, as well as from their acknowledgement and confession, verses 10-13 it is evident that natural goodness remained with them.


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