That the Babylonians have extended their dominion over the Lord Himself, is evident, for having arrogated to themselves His Divine power, which is the power of saving men, they necessarily believe that the Lord will act according to their wishes, and not that they ought to do what the Lord desires; so that their will rules, and the will of the Lord serves. In a word, they have cast down the Lord from His throne, and placed themselves thereon, saying in their hearts, like Lucifer, "And thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of heaven, I will ascend above the heights of the cloud, I will become like the most High" (Isaiah xiv. 13, 14). That by Lucifer is there meant Babel, may be seen above (n. 1029:11). But modern Babel has not only made herself like, but even superior to the Most High. Now because those meant by Babylon, are in the loves of self and of the world above all others in the whole world, and because all evils spring from those two loves, and the worst evils from such a love of ruling as they possess, therefore there is here an exhortation, to go out or depart from them, lest they become partakers of her sins. That all evils spring from the love of self, and from the love of the world, may be seen in the Doctrine of the New Jerusalem (n. 65-83), and that those loves reign in hell, may be seen in the work concerning Heaven and Hell (n. 551-565).

[2] Continuation concerning the Athanasian Creed.- We now come to the question of the agreement of the Athanasian doctrine with this truth:- That the Human of the Lord is Divine from the Divine which was in Him from conception. That the Human of the Lord is Divine does not indeed appear to be taught by the Athanasian doctrine; still such is the case, as is evident from these words in the doctrine: "Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man; who although God and Man, yet they are not two, but one Christ; one altogether by unity of person (or as others express it, because they are one person); since as the rational soul and body are one man, so God and Man is one Christ." Now, because the soul and body are one man, and therefore one person, and because as is the soul such is the body is, it follows, that since His soul from the Father was Divine, the body (Corpus) also, which is His Human, is Divine. He did, indeed, assume a body or human (Corpus seu humanum} from the mother, but this he put off in the world, and put on a Human from the Father, and this is the Divine Human. It is said in the doctrine, "Equal to the Father as to the Divine, inferior to the Father as to the Human." This, also, is in agreement with the truth, provided the human from the mother is understood. In the doctrine it is said also, "God and man is one Christ, one not by conversion of the Divine essence into the human, but by taking the Human essence into the Divine; One altogether not by commingling of substance, but by unity of person." These words also agree with the truth, since the soul does not change itself in to body, nor does it commingle itself with body so as to become body, but it takes a body to itself. Thus soul and body, although two distinct things, are still one man; and in regard to the Lord they are one Christ, that is, one Man who is God. More will be said concerning the Divine Human of the Lord in what follows.