4565. CONCERNING THE SAINTS: ANTHONY, IGNATIUS, FRANCIS XAVIER, AGNES. I spoke with Anthony of Padua, and was instructed, that, in the life of the body, he had collected many proofs of a holy life, which might endure after his death, and which he had committed to friends, with the promise that he would render them aid if he should become a saint. He is a subtle spirit. He does not wish to be worshipped in such a way that it is manifest; but, still, it sticks fast in his mind that he ought to be worshipped; so he aims thereat in secret ways. He knows that, if it were manifest, he would be thrust down into hell. But he was told that such crafty tricks are turned into stupidity, and more grievous infernal states, and that he ought to act with a sincere heart.