385. With the sword. That this signifies by means of falsity, is plain from the signification of sword, as denoting truth fighting against falsity and destroying it; and, in an opposite sense, falsity fighting against truth and destroying it (concerning which see above, n. 131, 367).

9703. It should be recognized however that thought and will are activities not merely of the internal man but also of the external man, though the situation when they are joined together is different from that when they are separated.