because he touched it: that this ark, moreover, was introduced by David into Zion, with sacrifices and rejoicings, and afterwards by Solomon into the temple at Jerusalem, where it was deposited in its sacred recess. From all which things it is manifest that the Decalogue, in the Israelitish church, was holiness itself." "So great holiness and so great power were in that law, because it was a summary of all things of religion. For it was written on two tables, one of which contains, in a summary, all things which relate to God, and the other all that relate to man. Hence the Commandments of that law are called the Ten Words. They were so called, because the number ten signifies all, and words signify truths."[1]
"The Decalogue," continues the Doctrine of the New Church, "contains, in its literal sense, the general precepts of doctrine and life; but in its spiritual and celestial senses it contains all precepts universally. The Decalogue is called, by way of eminence, the Law, because it contains all things of doctrine and life, for it contains not only all things that refer to God, but also all that refer to man; wherefore, as before said, that law was written upon two tables, one of which treats of God, the other of man. It is known that all things of doctrine and life have reference to love to God and love towards the neighbor. That the whole Word teaches nothing else, is plain from these words of the Lord: 'Jesus said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and thy neighbor as thyself: on these
- ↑ T. C. R., n. 283, 286.
