AE 388b - "little by little"

AE 388b [6]
By little and little I will drive out the nations,
lest the land become a waste,
and the wild beast of the field be multiplied against thee.
(Exodus 23:29-30; Deuteronomy 7:22)

. . ."nations" signify the evils that a person has, even those from inheritance;
and that these with a person are removed "by little and little,"
since if they were removed suddenly,
before good is formed in him by truths,
falsities would enter which would destroy him.
"The wild beasts of the field"
signify the falsities springing from the delights of natural loves.