Spiritual Experiences Minor (Buss) n. 4782

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4782. [4816] He next went to hells which were in front, under the earth, where were such as had been able to inspire affections, and as try, by inspiring affections, to seduce the simple good; which, it was shown, they frequently attempted. And he spoke to me from thence, as from the rest of the hells, saying that they appear there with a wan countenance, hideous like a corpse, and that they are in squalor. Those attempted to inspire affections, and also weeping, in him, and succeeded a little in doing so. They who are such, and think evil, are spiritual hypocrites.


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