159. * And still, people do not wish to believe anything that they do not perceive with their senses, and thus with their reason. 4919. Hence the order now followed, of explaining the words of the holy text first in the nearest meaning, then in the inward meaning, in the more inward, then in the innermost, and then how they regard God the Messiah in the very highest meaning.* * In the original this paragraph was emphasized by the word "Obs." written in the margin.