Spiritual Experiences-Word Exp. n. 394

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394. confirm by the displays I have seen before, and saw today: the 20th and 21st day of Nov. 1746 (old calendar). mHow [the guilt] still remains on their hands for wanting to merit righteousness by sacrificing their children, has also previously been seen by me.n

8118. [Jer. 8:] verses 4 to 7. There is no liberation from hell, because they remain in their wickedness. 8119. Verse 4. These are words of grief, and of mercy; for God the Messiah has mercy on all, both in this life, and in the other life. He does not will the death of anyone, but that they may live. This is just why it is here asked "whether they will never return." Verse 5. Here is the quite gentle reply, filled with the grief of mercy, namely, that "they refuse to return."


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