Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 851

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851. And although they sometimes seem to themselves to be together, the city does not appear the same to one as to another, but is seen according to the phantasy of each one, that is to say, according to the phantasy of righteousness or of merit from one's own righteousness; and because one cannot see the phantasy or representation of the city which another has, the differences are not discernable. But these things that have been said about the city are generals; the varieties cannot very well be described, since they have reference to like generals as the particulars thereof. The external and internal continuations are the generals; also the height of the buildings, etc.


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