Arcana Coelestia＃670
670. That 'living creature' 1 means things of the understanding, and 'all flesh' those of the will, becomes clear from what has been stated already, and also from what follows. In the Word 'living creature' means all animal life in general, as in Genesis 1:10, 21, 24; 2:19. Here however, because the phrase 'all flesh' is added immediately after, it means things which belong to the understanding, for the reason given already, that the regeneration of the member of this Church had to begin in the things of the understanding. This also is why in the next verse 'birds' are mentioned first, which mean things of the understanding or the rational, and 'beasts', which are those of the will, second. 'Flesh' in particular means bodily-mindedness which is a feature of the will.
脚注:
1. literally, living soul
Psalms 8
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O LORD our LORD, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
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Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
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When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
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What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
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For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
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Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
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All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
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The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
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O LORD our LORD, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
