Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 1501

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1501. THAT THOSE DESIROUS OF REVENGE CAN ALSO PRAY DEVOUTLY I have also perceived while I was praying that it was sometimes granted certain souls and spirits to pray with me. I was thence enabled to perceive in what faith and in what devotion they are and had been when praying, for this was communicated to me at the time. I perceived that those who feel delights in revenge could also pray devoutly, as if from faith, nor could I perceive that there was anything simulated therein. I wondered at this.


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