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as are truths from which it is formed. The intellectual appertaining to the angels of heaven is in their internal, hence they have white shining garments; the shining is from the divine good, and the whiteness is from the light of heaven, which is the divine truth. But the garments of those who are in things external without an internal principle, are dirty and tattered, like those of beggars in the streets and of robbers in forests."—A. C. n. 10,536; also n. 5248.

From this we may readily understand the spiritual signification of the garments of Jerusalem, and her comely ornaments; and may see what is meant by the "wedding garment," without which there can be no admission into the heavenly kingdom; and why we are commanded to keep our garments clean, or to guard against their defilement. Thus, in Isaiah we read: "Put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem " (lii. 1). By Jerusalem is meant the Lord's church, viewed individually or collectively. And what are her garments but the truths of wisdom from the Word of God? These are the appropriate clothing of whatever there is of God's love in human hearts. They are, therefore, the beautiful garments of Jerusalem. And when Jerusalem (the individual or collective church) is brought into perfect marriage union with the Lord, and becomes his own, this is the Divine testimony respecting her ornaments and apparel:

"I clothed thee also with broidered work and shod thee with badger's skins; and I girded thee about with fine linen, and covered thee with silk. I decked thee also with ornaments, and put bracelets upon thine hands and a chain on thy neck. And I put a jewel on thy
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