AC 9372 - soft and shining

AC 9372 [4]
. . . the Word in the ultimate, or in the letter,
is crude and obscure in the sight of men,
but in the internal sense it is soft and shining . . .
. . .for this reason the angels appear clothed
in garments soft and shining
according to the truth from good with them.

AC 9378 [2]
. . . when a person desists from evils,
for to desist from evils has been left to a person's will;
that is, to his freedom,
there then flows in good from the Lord,
which is never wanting,
for it is in the very life which a person has from The Lord;
but good together with life is received
only in so far as evils have been removed.