1747.
The skin spirits shun the inward and very inward parts [of the Word], as said before [1736 ff.], consequently they shun an inward life, and a very inward life even more. They are constantly struggling against these, for they are superficial people who fight against the inner person, whom they shun, as Paul wrote about himself [see Rom. 7:14-25, 2 Cor. 12:7, Gal. 4:13-14]. 1748, 27 March. The outward spirits who actuate them are those who constitute the scaly and dirty skin.
1747. These cuticular characters are averse to interior and more interior things, as remarked above, consequently to an interior and more interior life. They contend incessantly with their opposites, for they are external men who fight against the internal man, and hold him in aversion, as Paul writes of himself. - 1748, March 27. The exterior spirits who actuate them are those that constitute the scaly and filthy skin.
1747. Cuticulares aversantur interiora, et intimiora, sicut prius dictum [1736-1741], proinde vitam interiorem, et magis intimiorem; pugnant continuo contra eas, nam sunt externi homines, qui pugnant contra internum, et eum aversantur; sicut Paulus scripsit de semet [cf. Rom. VII: 14-25; II Cor. XII: 7; Gal. IV: 13-14]. 1748, 27 Martius. Exteriores qui eos agunt, sunt qui squamosam et sordidam cutem constituunt.