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Rh that then is felt in power. The moon is faith derived from that love as the moon derives its light from the sun. The stars are heavenly truths. The fourth state of regeneration is when love, faith, and heavenly truths are set in the firmament of the mind to shed their heat and light down upon the earth of man's nature.

Then when these luminaries are set in the heaven of man's nature to rule in his day states and night states, truths become vivified and he delights in them. Such truths are typified by the fishes of the sea and the fowls of the air, and by all that the waters brought forth. This is the fifth state of regeneration.

The sixth day the beasts were created. These highest forms of animal life typify the affections or living things in man. The sixth state of regeneration is when the affections are of faith and animated with love from the Lord.

Then when man has gained dominion over the beasts of the field, the fowls of