AC 7102 - Vastations and Punishments

AC 7102 [2]

Mention is made in the Word
 of four kinds of vastations and punishments;
namely, the Sword, Famine,
the Evil Beast, and Pestilence;
and by the "sword"
is signified the vastation of truth
and the punishment of falsity;
by "famine," the vastation of good
and the punishment of evil;
by the "evil beast,"
the punishment of the evil from falsity;
by "pestilence,"
the punishment of the evil
not from falsity but from evil.
And as punishment is signified,
damnation is also signified,
for this is the punishment
of those who persevere in evil.