1150. Persecution of innocent people brings out the stench of wall lice
At times I have smelled the stink of filthy wall lice when yet there were no such creatures present, as I very well knew. But when I realized that that smell was spread by some form of corruption of spirits, I was taught by actual experience, corroborated [by angels], that that bad smell portrays the persecution of innocence. For there were some present who had persecuted little children, and were trying to chase them away; as a result, that stench arose immediately. 1748, 3 March.
1150. THE PERSECUTION OF THE INNOCENT PRODUCES THE STENCH OF WALL LICE
At times I have smelt the horrid stench of wall lice when yet there was nothing of the kind there as I very well knew. But after I perceived that such a stench was diffused from some fault of spirits, I was instructed by living experience which confirmed that such a stench represents the persecution of innocence; for there were those who have persecuted infants and wanted to drive them away, hence there was of once such a stench. 1748, Mar. 3.
1150. Persecutio innocentium nidorem 1
pediculorum parietis producit
Quandoque senti {a} nidorem pediculorum parietis tetrum, cum tamen nihil talium erat, quod optime novi, at quum perciperem quod talis nidor ex quodam vitio spirituum spargi 2
, instructus sum per vivam experientiam, confirmatam, quod talis nidor repraesentet persecutionem innocentiae, erant enim, qui infantes persecuti sunt, et abigere volebant, inde statim talis nidor. 1748, 3 Martius.
Footnotes:
1. The Manuscript has nidorum
2. sic manuscript; vide praefationem hujus editionis sub capite "Idiosyncrasies"