50. That they are of Philistia who are in faith and not in charity may appear from various things which are said of the Philistines in the Word, when understood in the spiritual sense: as from their disputes with the servants of Abraham and Isaac, which are recorded in Genesis xxi and xxii, and from their wars with the Children of Israel, recorded in the Book of Judges, and in the Books of Samuel and Kings; for all the wars described in the Word in their spiritual sense involve and signify spiritual wars. Moreover, because this religious persuasion, which consists of faith separated from charity, continually desires to invade the Church, therefore the Philistines remained in the land of Canaan, and frequently molested the Children of Israel.