1891. The Lord’s first rational was conceived according to order by the influx or conjunction of the internal man with the life of the affection of memory-knowledges belonging to the external (verses 1-3). But as this affection was of the external man, its nature was such that it held intellectual truth in low esteem (verse 4). On which account the Lord thought concerning the subjugation of it (verses 5-9), and that when subjugated, it would become spiritual and celestial (verses 10-11). What it would be if not subjugated, is described (verse 12); the Lord’s insight into the cause from His interior man (verses 13-14). The rational is thus described in respect to its quality; also the Lord’s state when it originated (verses 15-16).