Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 3171

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3171. He afterwards said that in civil life he had been careful in speaking, and had therefore harmed no one, so that he should not have to undergo such a punishment in the other life, and because it was only thought, not breaking out in action. But he was answered by the others that in the first place, he had been careful for the sake of his own honor, and that if he had had the freedom, he would have done so. Further, that he had been rewarded for his civil prudence, being raised to dignities, but in the other life it is thoughts that are punished in this way. When he said that he cannot help thinking, so he should not be punished on account of his thoughts, they asked him why he had condemned others so, when yet they also were careful in civil life. He said, because they had thought bad things. Thus he convicted himself, so he confessed that he had sinned. 1748, 15 Sept.


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