1632. The innocence of those who strive to become wise from without was portrayed by a little child made of wood, because they portray or image their innocence to themselves as being that of little children who know nothing, thus something wooden. But genuine innocence such as that of the innermost heaven is accompanied by the highest wisdom and intelligence, which is portrayed by a naked body that is alive.
1632. The innocence of such as study to be wise from externals was represented by an infant made of wood; for they suppose, or feign to themselves an innocence like that of infants who know nothing, and of a kind of wooden quality, whereas genuine innocence, such as is that of the inmost heaven is conjoined with the highest wisdom and intelligence, which is represented by a naked body, and thus by something living.
1632. Innocentia talium, qui ab externis sapere student, repraesentabatur per infantem, qui ligneus erat, innocentiam enim sibi supponunt seu 1
fingunt, quasi infantum, qui nihil sciunt, sic quoddam ligneum, cum genuina innocentia, qualis intimi coeli, est cum summa sapientia ac intelligentia, quae repraesentatur per nudum corpus, sic per vivum.
Footnotes:
1. imperfectum in the Manuscript