9. The third state is one of repentance, a state in which he speaks piously and devoutly from the internal man and brings forth goods, like charitable acts which are nevertheless inanimate since he imagines that they originate in himself. They are called a tender plant, then a seed-bearing plant, and finally a fruit tree.

2006. 'Multitude' means truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'a multitude' as truth, dealt with already in 1941, and from the meaning of 'being multiplied' as having reference to truth, dealt with in 43, 55, 913, 983