Of BAPTISM.

202. BAPTISM

was instituted for a sign that the man is of the church, and for a memorial that he is to be regenerated for the washing of baptism signifies nothing else than spiritual washing, which is regeneration.

203. All regeneration is effected by the Lord, by means of the truths of faith and of a life according to them; therefore baptism testifies that the man is of the church, and that he is capable of being regenerated; for in the church, the Lord, who regenerates, is acknowleged, and therein is the Word, which contains the truths of faith, by means of which regeneration is effected.

204. This the Lord teaches in John, "Except

a man be begotten of water and the spirit, he "cannot enter into the kingdom of God," iii. 5; water, in the spiritual sense, is the truth of faith derived from the Word; the spirit is a life according to it; and to be begotten is to be regenerated thereby.

205. Forasmuch as every one who is regenerated also undergoes temptations, which are spiritual combats against evils and falses, therefore by the waters of baptism those temptations are also signified.

206. Since baptism is for a sign and for a memorial of those things, therefore a man may be baptized when an infant, and if he is not baptized then, he may be baptized when he is an adult.

207. Let it be known therefore to those who are baptized, that baptism itself gives neither faith nor salvation, but that it testifies that they will

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receive faith, and that they will be saved, if they are regenerated.

208. Hence it may appear what is understood by the Lord's words in Mark, "He who shall "believe and be baptized, shall be saved, but he "who shall not believe shall be condemned," xvi. 16; he who shall believe, signifies, who acknowleges the Lord, and receives divine truths from Him by means of the Word; he who shall be baptized, signifies, who by means of those truths is regenerated by the Lord.

EXTRACTS from the ARCANA COELESTIA.

209. THAT Baptism signifies regeneration by the Lord by means of the truths of faith from the Word, n.4255, 5120, 9089, 10239, 10386, 10387, 10388,10392. That baptism is for a sign that the man is of the church, where the Lord is acknowleged, by whom is regeneration, and where the Word is, from which are the truths of faith, by means of which regeneration is effected, n. 10386, 10387, 10388. That baptism gives neither faith nor salvation, but that it testifies that faith and salvation will be received by those who are regenerated, n. 10391.

That the washings in the ancient churches, and in the Israelitish church, represented and thence signified purifications from evils and falses, n. 3147, 9089, 10237, 10239. That the washings of garments sig nified the purification of the understanding from falses, n. 5954. That the washing of the feet signified the purification of the natural man, n. 3147, 10241. What is signified by the washing of the disciples' feet by the Lord, is explained at n. 10243.

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That waters signify the truths of faith, n. 28, 2702, 3058, 5668, 8568, 10238. That a fountain and well of living waters signifies the truths of faith from the Lord, consequently the Word, n. 3424. That bread and water signify all the goods of love and truths of faith, n. 4976, 9323. That spirit signifies the life of truth, or the life of faith, n. 5222, 9281, 9818. What the spirit and the flesh signify, viz. that the spirit signifies life from the Lord, and flesh life from man, n. 10283. Hence it is evident what is signified by these words of the Lord, "Except a man be begotten of water and the spirit, he cannot enter "into the kingdom of God," viz. that unless man is regenerated by the truths of faith, and by a life according to them, he cannot be saved, n. 10240. That all regeneration is effected by means of the truths of faith, and of a life according to them, n. 1904, 2046, 9088, 9959, 10028.

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That the total washing, which was effected by immersion in the waters of Jordan, signified regeneration, in like manner as baptism, n. 9089, 10239. What the waters of Jordan, and Jordan itself, signified, n. 1585, 4255.

That a deluge and inundation of waters signify temptations, n. 660, 705, 739, 756, 790, 5725, 6853. That baptism has a like signification, n. 5120, 10389. In what manner baptism was represented from hea ven, n. 2299.

Of the HOLY SUPPER.

210. THE Holy Supper was instituted by the Lord, that by means thereof there may be a conjunction of the church with heaven, thus with the Lord: it is therefore the most holy thing of worship.

211. But in what manner conjunction is ef

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fected by it, is not apprehended by those who do not know any thing concerning the internal or spiritual sense of the Word, for they do not think beyond the external sense, which is the sense of the letter. From the internal or spiritual sense of the Word it is known what is signified by body and blood, and what by bread and wine, also what by chewing [or eating].

212. In that sense, the body or flesh of the Lord is the good of love, as is the bread likewise; and the blood of the Lord is the good of faith, as is the wine likewise; and chewing [or eating] is appropriation and conjunction. The angels who are attendant on man when he receives the sacrament of the supper, understand those things in no other manner, for they perceive all things spiritually; hence it is that a holy [principle] of love, and a holy [principle] of faith then flowsin with man from the angels, thus through heaven from the Lord; hence a conjunction takes place.

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213. From these considerations it is evident, that when man takes the bread, which is the body, he is conjoined to the Lord by means of the good of love to him from him; and when he takes the wine, which is the blood, he is conjoined to the Lord by means of the good of faith in him from him. But it is to be noted, that conjunction with the Lord by means of the sacrament of the supper takes place solely with those who are in the good of love to, and faith in, the Lord from the Lord: with these, there is conjunction by means of the holy supper; with others, there is presence, but not conjunction.

214. Besides, the holy supper includes and comprehends all the divine worship instituted in the Israelitish

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Israelitish church; for the burnt offerings and sacrifices, in which the worship of that church principally consisted, were called, in a single word, bread: hence also the holy supper is the completion [or fullness] of that [representative worship.]

EXTRACTS from the ARCANA COELESTIA. FORASMUCII as what is involved in the holy sup

per cannot be known, unless it be known what the particulars therein signify, as they correspond to spiritual things, therefore some passages shall be adduced respecting what is signified by body and flesh, what by bread and wine, and what by eating and drinking; as also concerning the sacrifices, wherein the worship of the Israelitish church principally consisted, shewing that they, were called bread.

215. OF SUPPER. That dinners and suppers sig nified consociation by means of love, n. 3596, 3832, 4745, 5161, 7996. That the Paschal supper signified consociation in heaven, n. 7836, 7997, 8001. That the feast of unleavened bread, or of the passover, signified deliverance from damnation, by the Lord, ǹ. 7093, 7867, 9286, to 9292, 10655; and in the inmost sense, the remembrance of the glorification of the Lord's Human, because deliverance is from thence, n. 10655.

216. OF BODY AND FLESH. That the Lord's flesh signifies the Divine Good of his Divine Love, which is that of his Divine Human, n. 3813, 7850, 9127, 10283. That his body has a like signification, n. 2343, 2359, 6135. That flesh in general signifies the will-principle or proprium of man, which regarded in itself is evil; but which when vivified by the Lord, signifies good, n. 148, 149, 780, 999, 3813, S409, 10283. That hence flesh in the Word, signifies the whole man, and every man, n. 574, 1050, 12803.