972. Moreover, when there is thought in which there is something not heavenly, these same virgins are distressed; this was manifestly evident and was also stated. This was the case when I was thinking about earthly things. It is also represented in those [renal] capsules, as if the prolific and good part of the blood were being carried away by the spermatic vessels. After too great a seizure of this by the spermatic vessels, sadness usually follows; the reason for which can be deduced from the fact that in the mass of the blood carried to the heart the better blood becomes deficient. 1748, Feb. 24.
[972a.] HOW IN THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH THEY SPOKE IN VARIOUS TONGUES Because at this day the world is such that men are willing to believe nothing but what they understand - nor do such things take place at this day, as took place with those who spoke with other tongues [Acts ii 4; x 46] - it befell me to converse with and question them, and thus to be informed.* * This unnumbered and undated paragraph is written at the top of the last page of this part of the manuscript, on the reverse side of which are nos. 967-972. The rest of the page is blank. In Codex 2 it was bound up facing the page on which nos. 201-205 are written, which explains why it was placed after n. 205 in the first English Edition.
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