621. And it was in my mouth sweet as honey.- That this signifies that the Word, as to its external sense or sense of the letter, was still perceived as the delight of good, but delightful only because of its serving to confirm principles of falsity and the loves of evil, or principles springing from the love of self and the love of the world, all of which are falsities. That therefore the Word, which is meant by the little book, was perceived as sweet as honey, has been shown above.