To this also I can solemnly testify, that my understanding of especially more inward things has so frequently and conspicuously been taken from me, altered, and thus changed, that I cannot keep count of the times. Experiences so numerous are reason enough to conclude that one cannot understand anything, especially when it comes to more inward matters of religion, except what God the Messiah permits, grants, and mercifully gives one to understand. At times it has come to such a dispute and scolding of those spirits who were openly removing my understanding of more inward things, changing it into a different one, that I am not allowed to describe it. Written 1747, 22 October (old calendar).