2431. Is it not a little one? That this signifies might he not have some little truth, is evident from what was said above (n. 2429), thus without further explication. This question is asked for the reason that the Lord alone knows how much good there is in the truth, and thus how much truth there is in a man.

2419. Escape to the mountain. That this signifies to the good of love and of charity, is evident from the signification of a “mountain,” as being love and charity (see n. 795, 1430).