386. That to be “cast out from the faces of the ground” is to be separated from all the truth of the church, is evident from the signification of “ground” which, in the genuine sense, is the church, or the man of the church, and therefore whatever the church professes, as shown above. The meaning of a word necessarily varies with the subject treated of, and therefore even those who wrongly profess faith, that is who profess a schism or heresy, are also called “ground.” Here however to be “driven out from the faces of the ground” signifies to be no longer in the truth of the church.