Mouth
In most cases, "mouth" in the Bible represents thought and logic, especially the kind of active, concrete thought that is connected with speech. The reason for this is pretty obvious, but it also holds when people, for instance, remove a stone from the mouth of a well, which represents gaining access to spiritual ideas. The mouth is used for eating as well as speaking, of course. In those circumstances, it represents our first, most external perception of a new spiritual idea or desire. This also makes sense, mirroring the way tasting food in the mouth gives us an instant impression of the quality of the food.
De Sensu Interno Librorum Propheticorum et Psalmorum Davidis # 152
152. EZECHIEL CAPUT XXIX.
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Ezechiel 29:1-3; De naturali homine, qui unice fidet scientificis suis in rebus Divinis. {2}
Ezechiel 29:4, 5; Quod illi per applicationem scientificorum suorum ad falsa, perversuri sint vera Ecclesiae. {2}
Ezechiel 29:6, 7; Quia sic vera perversa sunt, quod omnis potentia, quae est veri, apud illos destructa sit. {3}
Ezechiel 29:8-12; et quod omne verum prorsus devastabitur, usque ut illis non amplius sit verum. {3}
Ezechiel 29:13-16; Quod tamen ex illis qui naturales et in scientificis sunt, aliquid Ecclesiae instaurabitur. {11}
Ezechiel 29:17, 18; Quod ratiocinia 1 ex scientificis naturalis hominis non destruent cognitiones veri apud illos. {11}
Ezechiel 29:19, 20; sed ratiocinia ex naturali homine destruent illis qui scientificis unice fidunt, et perverterunt vera Ecclesiae. {2}
Ezechiel 29:21; Quod vera doctrinae erunt apud illos qui ab Ecclesia, quam Dominus instauraturus est.
Poznámky pod čarou:
1. Lectio obscur. {11}
This Latin text was written by Swedenborg in 1761. It was first printed 12 years after Swedenborg's death, in 1784. An 1860 printing was edited by Tafel, probably by the Swedenborg Society in London (swedenborg.org.uk). We're not sure of the provenance of this text, and are researching it further. We received most of this text from the NewSearch project of the Academy of the New Church (brynathyn.edu), and the front matter courtesy of the Heavenly Doctrines Publishing Foundation (heavenlydoctrinepublishing.org).
