THE LORD, IN THE DEGREE THAT HE WAS, IN RESPECT OF THE HUMAN, IN DIVINE TRUTH SEPARATELY, WAS IN A STATE OF EXINANITION; BUT IN THE DEGREE THAT HE WAS WITH DIVINE GOOD, CONJOINTLY, HE WAS IN A STATE OF GLORIFICATION 1. The Lord had two states: the one called a state of exinanition,* the other a state of glorification. 2. The state of exinanition was also a state of humiliation before the Father, but the state of glorification was a state of being united with the Father. 3. The Lord, when in the state of exinanition or humiliation, prayed to the Father as to one absent or far off, but when in the state of glorification or of being united He spoke with Himself when He spoke with the Father; exactly as in the case of man there are states of the soul and the body before and after regeneration. 4. The Lord, when in the Divine Truth, separately, was in the state of exinanition, inasmuch as the Divine Truth could be attacked by the hells, or by the devils there, and could be reviled by men; therefore the Lord when in the Divine Truth separately could be tempted and could suffer. 5. On the other hand, however, the Lord when in Divine Good conjointly could not, either by devils in hell, or by men in the world, be tempted or made to suffer; for the Divine Good cannot be approached, still less assailed. 6. The Lord, in the world, was alternately in those two states. 7. In no other way was it possible for the Lord to become Righteousness and Redemption. 8. The like takes place with a man being regenerated by the Lord. 9. This from experience, reason, and Sacred Scripture. * The term "exinanition" is used in the Latin Vulgate in Philipp. ii 7, , "made himself of no reputation". The literal translation of the Greek is "emptied himself". Cf. Isa. liii 12, "he poured out his soul unto death". See also True Christian Religion, no. 104.