Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 3228

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3228. Afterwards, when he had become almost as before and the little inward one had been joined to him, this murderer, because he had been spirited in the life of the body and had aspired to perhaps the highest dignities, was told that he knew the punishment proscribed by the laws of the earth for those who perpetrate such things-that they would be buried among their like in a profane place. And he was asked, if someone else had committed such a crime, and he were to judge him, what kind of a judgment would he pass? He said that he would be among those most severe judges, and would therefore condemn him. So he condemned himself. 1748, 21 Sept.


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