4762. He was told that the Word is holy even as to its letter but is so because it contains within it holy things that are perceived in heaven and that treat of the Lord and His Kingdom and that no one should stay blindly in the Word's literal meaning, but with open eyes. That is to say, one ought to form true doctrine for oneself from the Word, and make use of the Word in this way. Otherwise, one falls into errors, as many as one wants to fabricate for oneself, and also in every case makes use of it to favor oneself, thus in a warped and wrong way, which is to profane the Word. Those who form true Doctrine from it can see why the Word speaks as it does in the letter, namely, so that it may enter into [people's] minds as something general and give them opportunity to think rightly about them. Take for example, a person who has formed the doctrinal principal for himself that the Lord is pure love, thus pure Mercy, and that evil can never be intended by, still less be brought forth from, pure love and pure mercy. Such a person immediately knows why it is said in the literal meaning of the Word that there is no evil in the city except from God [Amos 3:6], that the fury of God reaches even to the lowest hell [Deut. 28:63], and that He will find pleasure in their perishing [Deut. 28:63]: namely, that it is the person whose fury so burns against God, and that it then appears as if it is coming from God, and consequently that it is so said according to the way things appear.