1585. Nor should this be any surprise, seeing that a wise and observant person will discern from another's face, speaking and actions, what he or she is like-whether pretending, or sincere, and many more qualities that reveal themselves to one's inner sensation. How much more perfectly would these not appear to spirits, who possess a much more excellent power of discernment than man, and to whom it is at once obvious what another spirit is like! In fact, they see it from his unspeaking presence alone, and still more thereafter, when he speaks. Seeing what a spirit is like from his presence alone, I have often experienced.