811. There are also others who perform a quite remarkable use. They seize upon whatever is thought and do not reason about it, but believe it and are persuaded, although those who are good are not persuaded by anything except what they understand to be true and good. In the life of the body they have been those who have believed in others with pertinacity; thus the things they have only heard, they seize upon without an effort of thought on their own part. They are of remarkable use and near to the angelic heaven. When they are led astray, they are indignant and grieve. Among them are also the spiritual innocences which come forth from ignorance of more interior truths. 1748, Feb. 16.