3008. At length they wanted to cast the blame for their hatred on the Lord, [saying] that He had ruled them in a way that they could not become different. About this there was much discussion, with some small uproar, because many were agreeing with [that point of view.] They were told that all evil in act comes from them, and all good from the Lord, but still they stubbornly insisted that they had been such not due to themselves, but due to the Lord. I was inspired to say by a spiritual mental image that thousands of volumes can be written about these matters, all seeming confirmatory, but still at last the truth must be written down that all evil in act comes from them, and all good from the Lord. It was also shown that as much as [their restraints] are slackened, so much there is of evil and hatred-this since they are spirits, in the life of the body not so. The conclusion was that it has been foreseen by the Lord that they would thus bring evil into act, and that it has been provided that they would not cast themselves headlong into the worst death. 1748, 31 Aug.