It was noted today that evil spirits who were controlling my thoughts were pouring in goals or uses from their standpoint for the sake of evil, but [which were turned] by the Lord to a good purpose, so that the intention of the evil hardly appeared. For they want a thing, this or that use, for an evil motive, but the use was being directed by the Lord toward a good purpose, so that the evil spirit's intention or purpose was hardly discernible. Thus is mankind by means of evil spirits, directed by the Lord toward good. 1748, 25 Aug.