Arcana Coelestia #27
27. Verse 9 And God said, Let the waters under heaven be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear; and it was so.
Once a person knows of the existence of the internal man and of the external man, and knows that, contrary to appearance, truths and goods flow in from the internal man, or from the Lord by way of the internal into the external, then the things residing in him as cognitions of truth and good are stored away in his memory and registered among the facts there. For anything that finds its way into the memory or the external man, whether natural, spiritual, or celestial, lodges there as known fact, and from that place it is brought out by the Lord. These cognitions are 'the waters gathered together to one place' and are called 'seas'. But the external man itself is called 'the dry land' and immediately afterwards 'earth', as in the verses that follow.
Psalms 136
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O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
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The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:
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The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:
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And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever:
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With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:
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And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever:
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But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
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And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
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Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:
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And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:
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And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:
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Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:
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And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.
