Arcana Coelestia (Potts) n. 786

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786. Quod per 'quadraginta dies' significetur duratio Ecclesiae Noahus vocatae, supra ad vers. 4 ostensum est; hic 'quadraginta dies,' ibi 'quadraginta dies et noctes,' quia ibi significabatur duratio tentationis, in qua 'noctes' sunt anxietates.


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