84. 3390. That human beings do not think and understand, nor will and then do, anything whatever from themselves, has been so clearly witnessed, [see] above [5, 9, 47-48], that nothing could be truer. On the other hand, everyone thinks, and then acts, from the feelings that agree with their character acquired by training and then made their own, which is likewise as true as anything can be. One can of course also be forced to speak in a manner at variance with one's own character, but since this is false and put on, no one is permitted to do this before God the Messiah, when He is present in this way. 3391. To "be with the mouth" of someone, and to "teach him what he shall say" [verse 12], involves that He would not only cause him to speak without impediment, but also impart to him a living understanding, so that he could see and perceive what was true. For