AE 654i - in Egypt, in Assyria, in Canaan

AE 654i [57]
The man of the church from being spiritual becomes natural
when he separates faith from charity, that is,
believes the Word but does not live according to its commands;
so also when he claims to himself intelligence
and does not attribute it to the Lord;
from this is the conceit whereby man becomes natural.
For man is first natural, afterwards he becomes rational, and lastly spiritual.
When man is natural he is in Egypt,
when he becomes rational, he is in Assyria,
and when he becomes spiritual he is in the land of Canaan,
thus in the church.