198. [verse 14] 'And to the Angel of the Church of the Laodiceans write' signifies to and concerning those in the Church who believe alternately out of themselves and out of the Word, and in this manner profane holy things. But concerning these something shall be said to begin with. In a Church there are to be found (dantur) those who [both] believe and disbelieve [such things] as, that God exists, that there is the holy Word, that there is eternal life, and many other things that are of the Church and its doctrine. Nevertheless they do not believe. They believe such things when in their natural sensual, but they disbelieve them when in their natural rational thus they believe them when they are in externals, therefore when they are in association and conversation with others, but they disbelieve them when they are in internals, therefore when they are not in association with others, and are then in conversation with themselves. Of these it is said that they are 'neither cold nor hot' and are to be 'spewed out'.