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the Lord: I will put my Law in their inward parts, and will write it in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people, etc. original: "Ick sal mijne Wet in haer binnenste geven..." This is a translation of Jeremiah 31:33, a pivotal text for Christian mystics emphasizing internal spirituality over external ritual.
This inscription occurs not with ink, but through the spirit of the living God; not on tables of stone, but on fleshy tables of the heart. 2 Corinthians 3:3.
This Covenant Verbont: a solemn promise or binding agreement between God and His people. is called a better Testament; and for that reason it is called an eternal Covenant, since the old was but a preparation original: "aenleydinge," meaning an introductory guide or a leading-towards. for a better one, and therefore the old is not eternal but passing away. Hebrews 7. Now the Lord complains, in Isaiah 28:8, original: "Esai 28." that all tables are full of vomit; whom then shall He teach knowledge? To whom shall He give understanding of the preaching—to understand it upon the table of the heart? That impurity, which is the serpent's poison, is the Egyptian quality In the symbolic language of the time, "Egypt" represented the state of spiritual bondage, sin, or the "old self" that must be left behind to reach the promised land of spiritual peace. that must be spat out.
Therefore this knowledge would be necessary for all people, namely that they [from]...