Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 1378

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1378. The same spirit also greatly despised others in comparison with himself, so that he adored himself. It was given me manifestly to perceive that he despised others in comparison with himself; indeed, if the restraints of his animus were relaxed, his pride, because he had undergone some suffering during his life, would rise up to such a height that he would seek to be worshipped as the Lord. He was scarcely willing to acknowledge that he had been sustained by the Lord.


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