AE 819 - reasoning from the natural

AE 819 [2, 3]
. . . nothing false can ever be confirmed
by the sense of the letter of the Word
except by means of reasonings from the natural person.

It is a reasoning from the natural person
that faith separate from goods of life is also spiritual,
and yet the goods that are of love are what give life to faith,
and make it spiritual.

. . . when the intellectual sight is excluded
a person is blind,
and before a blind person
falsities can be confirmed as well as truths,
and even better than truths,
because with one who is blind
fallacies which are darkness
avail more than truths themselves
which are in light.
Shut up the understanding,
bring forth reasonings,
and cite confirmations from the sense of the letter of the Word,
and you will persuade yourself of anything you wish,
especially in theological matters
that ascend into the interior of the rational mind.