9030. Only he shall give his cessation. ¹ That this signifies indemnification, is evident from the signification of the “cessation,” as being indemnification, here that of spiritual truth, which was invalidated through memory-truth. That is called “spiritual truth” which together with good makes the life of the internal man, but that is called “memory-truth” which makes the life of the external man. This truth is from the literal sense of the Word, but spiritual truth is from the internal sense of the Word, thus also from the genuine doctrine of faith of the church, for this doctrine is the doctrine of the internal sense.

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