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).
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.
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