1042. But whether any purging of evil takes place without some feeling of pain or unpleasantness, I do not know. For those who are being introduced into heaven are sometimes led to extreme despair, which despair is the deepest of spiritual pains. 1748, 26 February.
1042. But whether there is any vastation of evil without some feeling of pain or unpleasantness, I do not as yet know; for those who are being introduced into heaven are sometimes led to the last state of desperation, which desperation is the inmost of spiritual sufferings. 1748, Feb. 26.
1042. Sed an aliqua vastatio mali fiat absque sensu cujusdam doloris, aut inamaeni nondum scio; qui enim in coelum introducuntur, ad ultimam desperationem quandoque perducuntur, quae desperatio est intimus 3
dolorum spiritualium. 1748, 26 Febr.
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