Verse 34. That when they have realized the heavenly state by the reception of life in the internal man and also in the external, which it is the will of the Lord to impart, and yet there is in the ultimate receptacle of their souls some slight degree of profanation: [more]

485. Here 'Seth' is used to mean a different Church from that described as Seth in Genesis 4:25; see 435. The fact that Churches with variant doctrines are called by the same name is clear from those called Enoch and Lamech in verses 17, 18, of the previous chapter as being different from those similarly called Enoch and Lamech in verses 21, 30 of the present chapter.