Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 1074

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1074. Such punishments do not indeed take away the nature, but they have this effect, that when a spirit does it again, the recollection of the punishment recurs so that he may be deterred. Thus it is either fear or shame which he recalls from those evils he has perpetrated, but when the fear or shame is removed such spirits are the same as before. Such a punishment once inflicted does not suffice, but must be repeated many times, so that they may thus subdue something each time. This usually takes many years, and there are many repetitions. 1748, Feb. 28.


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