516. 'And there were killed in the earthquake seven thousand names of men' signifies that in that state all those who confessed faith alone, and therefore made the works of charity of no account, perished. By 'to be killed' is signified, here as before, to be killed spiritually, which is to perish as to the soul. By 'the earthquake' is signified a change of state with those, and destruction, as just above. By 'seven thousand names of men' is signified all who have confessed faith alone, and therefore have made the works of charity of no account and for that reason have damned these two holy Essentials of the New Church. By 'names' are signified those who are such, for the 'name' signifies the quality of the man (n. 81, 122, 165), and by 'seven thousand' are signified all who are such, for the same is signified by 'seven thousand' as by 'seven', just as by 'twelve thousand' the same as by 'twelve' (n. 348). That seven' signify all and all things, and are predicated of the holy things of heaven and the Church and in the opposite sense of those things profaned, may be seen (n. 10, 391).