Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 663

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663. Indeed such is a man and a soul, that from self there is nothing whatever but evils, so that in the thought or in the action which is from self, nothing can be thought, however small and minute which is not evil. Indeed it is evil when he thinks from himself to will to do good, or to will to convert himself. And sometimes I have been so anxious that I did not know what I should think, and what I should do, that would not be evil and from myself. It is the same in the case of spirits, as was manifestly shown and acknowledged. It is otherwise when one does this from innocence; then the Lord moderates, for whatever is from the Lord in man is good. 1748, Feb. 6.


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