1458. They, too, acknowledge the Lord, as they have indeed professed, but only due to the fact that they are higher knowledge. For they do not go any deeper with their thinking before they have arrived at a spiritual state. But these spirits, even though they abound in such knowledge, can nevertheless be led to the faith with greater difficulty than others, since they take no pleasure in judgment or the ability to judge. This does, as they are now saying, indeed upset them, and they feel troubled when they even think about it. 1748, 16 March.