Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 8558

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8558. 'From the wilderness of Sin' means away from a state of temptation having to do with good. This is clear from the meaning of 'the wilderness' as a state when temptations have to be undergone, dealt with in 6828, 8098; and from the meaning of 'Sin' as the nature and state of a temptation having to do with good, dealt with in 8398.


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