AC 8043 - The Maker and Former"

AC 8043 [1, 2]

For he who is conceived anew,
comes as it were again into the womb;
and he who is born anew,
goes forth as it were again from the womb;
but that which is conceived in the womb
and born from the womb
is not a person as a person,
but is the faith of charity,
for this makes the spiritual of person,
thus as it were makes the person himself anew,
for then his life is derived from this.

. . . the Lord is called "the Maker and Former from the womb,"
because He regenerates a person,
and from natural makes him spiritual;
and as regeneration is effected by means of truth and good,
therefore it is said
that He "will pour out water upon him that is thirsty,
and His spirit upon his seed;"
for by "water" is meant the truth which is of faith,
and by "spirit" the good which is of charity.