1178. But I have heard that it was not a spirit working in me, but some habitation of angels of the inward heaven, who dwell, in respect to the person, at a distance toward the front but to the left, somewhat higher than the person's forehead. They are spirits who cannot stand very inward qualities, but want to stay back with only inward qualities. Take, for example, when it is said that the Lord governs the universe, and that there is no good in man, but that all good is the Lord's own; or when it is said that man, spirit and angel can do nothing of themselves, but are only instruments of life. They cannot stand this, but also want to act on their own, thus crediting themselves, too, with powers of doing good. They also take the credit for themselves for good deeds they had done by the Lord's power during their life, thus for part of His righteousness, and they want to mention this now. The very inward qualities of this kind, and others, angels of the inward heaven in a certain habitation [cannot bear].