6541. And the inhabitant of the land, the Canaanite, saw the grievous mourning in the threshing-floor Atad. That this signifies a perception of grief by the good of the church, is evident from the signification of "seeing," as being a perception (n. 2150, 3764, 4723, 5400); from the signification of "inhabitant," as being good (n. 2268, 2451, 2712, 3613); from the signification of "land," here the land of Canaan, where was its "inhabitant the Canaanite," as being the church (n. 1413, 1437, 1607, 1866, 3038, 3481, 3705); from the signification of "mourning," as being grief (n. 6539, 6540); and from the signification of the "threshing-floor Atad," as being the first state, namely that of initiation (n. 6537, 6538). Hence it is plain that by the "inhabitant of the land, the Canaanite, saw the grievous mourning in the threshing-floor Atad," is signified a perception of grief by the good of the church.
