882. The symbolism of and he proceeded to send the dove out from the ark as the right conditions for taking in the goodness and truth of faith can be deduced from statements made at verse 8 [§871], where the words are almost the same. A difference is that verse 8 says he sent the dove out from himself. The reason for the difference is also given there: 1 The people under discussion were at that time putting truth and goodness into action under their own direction — they believed they were exercising their own, independent powers — which is doing so from oneself.
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