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Genesis 4:4

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4 Abel also offered of the firstlings of his flock, and of their fat: and the Lord had respect to Abel, and to his offerings.

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Arcana Coelestia #372

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372. To be a “keeper” signifies to serve, like the “door-keepers” and “porters” (that is, the keepers of the threshold), in the Jewish Church. Faith is called the “keeper” of charity, from the fact that it ought to serve it, but it was according to the principles of the doctrine called “Cain” that faith should rule, as was said in verse 7.

  
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