9. The third state is one of repentance, a state in which he speaks piously and devoutly from the internal man and brings forth goods, like charitable acts which are nevertheless inanimate since he imagines that they originate in himself. They are called a tender plant, then a seed-bearing plant, and finally a fruit tree.
Ezekiel 1:5
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Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man.