AC 10238
. . . "waters" signify the truths of faith . . .
AC 10239
. . . the signification "washing," as being purification . . .
. . . "baptism," signifies regeneration . . .
[2] . . . regeneration differs from purification
in that regeneration precedes, and purification follows;
for no one can be purified from evils and falsities
except the person who is being regenerated,
and after he has been regenerated;
for he who has not been regenerated
is indeed withdrawn from evils insofar as he allows;
but he is not purified from them, for he is always impure.
It is otherwise with the regenerate person,
who is being purified from day to day,
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