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1788-1797

  • Have the spirits that pitched their tent on Heaven become inferior to the devils in respect of permeation (the power of insinuating themselves into our hearts)?
  • The devil goes like a thief towards Heaven, and he is pierced with a burning meteor:
  • He falls down headlong from the sky as the wretched (infidel falls when smitten) in battle by the blow of the spear-point. 1790
  • That is caused by the jealousy (indignation) of the delectable spirits (the prophets and saints): (hence) they (the angels) cast them (the devils) headlong from Heaven.
  • If you are palsied and lame and blind and deaf, (yet) do not hold this (bad) opinion of the great spirits.
  • Be ashamed and do not utter idle words, do not torment yourself (in vain), for there are many spies (observing you) beyond the (ken of the) body.
  • How the divine physicians detect diseases, religious and spiritual, in the countenance of friend or stranger and in the tones of his speech and the colour of his eyes, and even without all these (indications), by the way of the heart; for "verily, they are spies on the hearts (of men); therefore behave with sincerity when ye sit with them."
  • These physicians of the body have knowledge (of medicine): they are more acquainted with your malady than you are,
  • So that they perceive the state (of your health) from the urine-bottle, though you cannot know your ailment by that means, 1795
  • And from your pulse, complexion, and breath alike they diagnose every kind of disease in you.
  • How, then, should the divine physicians in the world not diagnose (disease) in you without word of mouth?