177. That such things are external things of worship, and that external things of worship are signs of charity will be seen in the following order:
(1) Charity itself is in the Internal man, and its sign is in the External.
(2) When charity is in the Internal man, and makes it, then all the things of worship that are done in the External are its signs.
(3) Worship in the External man, proceeding from the charity in the Internal, appears before angels as a standard-bearer holding a banner; whereas worship in the External man, not proceeding from charity in the Internal, appears before angels as an actor holding a firebrand.
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