Apocalypsis Explicata Secundum Sensum Spiritualem (6); Ubi Revelantur Arcana Quae Ibi Praedicta Et Hactenus Recondita Fuerunt (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: VERSES 1o, 11. " 1'''' '; " "',"' textit{,"unded, anit then fell from heacen a gnat star burn' ing ai a lamp, and It fell upon the third part of the ricen and upon the fountains of the u nters. And the name of the etar li called Wormwood; and the third part of the waters became wormwood, and mang men died of the waters because theg were made bltter." 1o. textit{"And the third angel sounded" signifies textit{in/lux out of heaven, ami the consequent third change ivith the evil [n. 516]; textit{"and there fell from heaven a great star burning as a lamp" signifies textit{the truth of the Word falsified by self love [n. 517]; textit{"and it fell upon the third part of the rivers and upon the fountains of the waters " signifies textit{that consequently all understanding of truth perished, and thereby the doctrine of the church [n. 518]. n. textit{"And the name of the star is called Wormwood" signifies textit{truth mixed with falsity of evil [n. 519]; textit{"and the third part [of the wafer] textit{became wormwood" signifies textit{that wiry truth in the understanding and in doctrine became such [n. 52o]; textit{"and many men died of the waters" signifies textit{that all who were such were destroyed by the falsities into whieh the truths of the Word were changed [n. 521]; textit{"because they were made bitter" signifies textit{because the truths of the Word were falsified [n. 522]. textit{[Veneio.] "And the third angel sounded" signifies textit{influx out of heaven, and the consequent third change with the evil, as is evident from what has been said and shown above (n. 502). 517. textit{"And there fell from heaven a great star burning as a lamp " signifies textit{the truth of the Word falsified by self-love. This is evident from the signification of "stars," as ...