252. * was plainly being guided to the writing, to the point that the very words hardly appeared to be in my handwriting. For a long time, I could feel my hands, my fingers, my eyes, my feet, and my whole body, being controlled, which happened quite often, while at the same time I spoke about the matter with the heavenly beings. In fact, [this went] so far that [I would be led] into whatever gyres they wanted, even to a place unknown to me, or to my home, when I did not know the way, by streets unknown to me. If these experiences were to be recounted in detail, it would surely stun inexperienced minds exceedingly, which do not believe such things; but it is enough to tell of them in a general way and solemnly testify to them, etc. [Control (Action); Body; Spirit] [See the rest of WE 5741-43, concluding the explanation of verse 28.]
[See WE 5750-61, explaining Exod. 34:29.] 5762. It is most clear that those who are self-righteous wish to be judged by truth, that is, by the Law, but if they are judged by the Law, that they cannot but be condemned. What, then, brings restoration? Hence the Law condemns.* Now this was put to those of the stock of Eber, who * In the original this sentence is emphasized by the word "Obs." written twice in the margin.
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