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If therefore thou offer thy gift on the altar, and··there rememberest that thy brother has anything against thee,
Matthew 5:23
Quench the smoking flax
'To quench the smoking flax' denotes the extinguishing of lust. So... in Matthew 12:20, NOT quenching the smoldering flax" means that the Lord won't simply squash our lusts, but rather, "He bends them towards truth and good", (Arcana Coelestia 25).
