Verse 4. Therefore when them have entered into the enjoyment of internal things, you shall firmly establish in the mind the Divine truths which are now received, grounded in the principle of love to the Lord, and the holy fear of committing sin (see verse 13) against Him, and prepared to receive the impress of the Divine will (see verse 8).

8609. 'And they took a stone' means the lowest level of God's truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'a stone' as truth, 643, 1298, 3720, 3769, 3771, 3789, 3798, 6426, in this instance the lowest level of truth since it was put underneath him and he sat on it. An ordinary stone furthermore means a lower level of truth, while a precious stone means a higher or more internal level of truth. What the lowest level of truth is becomes clear from what has been stated above in 8603 about the levels of truth that follow one another in order; that is to say, there are interior truths and exterior truths, the lowest of which are meant by the lowest level of truth.