23. 1526. Further regarding Jacob, who dissembled and did not yet show a right face towards the Messiah his benefactor, it had indeed been foreseen that this quality would be in his descendants. Whether it was in him when he had grown older, will appear in what follows, for this is known to the Messiah Alone, Who knows the deepest things. (Whether it was from ignorance of the Messiah, or some other reason, cannot be known. This was written by my hand as an instrument. It was said, in fact, to have been written by Jacob himself, who was somewhat indignant that I was writing such things about him. He did admit that he had not known the Messiah was his God, but that he had later found out. Whether this is true, I myself cannot confirm, but I am writing these words as if they were from him because he, or someone in his place, has been permitted to insert them.)* mThey should by no means be inserted. Whether it is permitted to insert them below in this book, and from it in the material to be printed, is not as yet clear to me, who am only a tool, just as Jacob himself. If they do come from him such as he has been described, then anyone can decide how much faith is to be put in them.n 1526[a]. Jacob now admits, and regrets, that he had been of that character, but still says and insists that he had repented before his death. This no one but the Messiah Alone knows. These are the words spoken by Jacob himself, as I am now being told. [Jacob] * The portion in parenthesis is deleted in the original.