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N. 23] in the day of the wrath of Mine anger. Her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged (xiii. 6, 9, 13, 22).

And in the same Prophet:—

As "day" is used to denote time, it is also used to denote the state of that time, as in Jeremiah:—

And again:

And again:

. Verse 6. And God said, Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it distinguish between the waters in the waters. After the spirit of God, or the Lord's mercy, has brought forth into day the knowledges of the true and of the good, and has given the first light, that the Lord is, that He is good itself, and truth itself, and that there is no good and truth but from Him, He then makes a distinction between the internal man and the external, consequently between the knowledges (cognitiones) that are in the internal man, and the memory-knowledges (scientifica) that belong to the external man. The internal man is called an "expanse;" the knowledges (cognitiones) which are in the internal man are called "the waters above the expanse;" and the memory-knowledges of the external man are called "the waters beneath the expanse." [2] Man, before he is being regenerated, does not even know that any internal man exists, much less is he acquainted with its nature