1997. So I joked with them, saying it was no wonder that Saul's evil spirit had changed when he heard David playing on the lyre [1 Sam. 16:23], because they themselves had changed so much. And they said they are in a state of mind now that they cannot think or do anything evil at all, because their gladness of mind caused by the music is penetrating their inward parts. 1748, 19 May.
1997. Wherefore, speaking jocularly with them, I said it was no wonder that the evil spirit that infested Saul was so changed when he heard David playing upon the harp, seeing how much they were changed [from a similar cause]. They replied that they were in such a state that they could now neither think nor do anything whatever of evil, because the delight they experienced penetrated their interiors. - 1748, May 19.
1997. Quare joculatus cum iis, dicens, quod non mirum, quod Sauli spiritus malus mutatus fuerit, cum audivit Davidem pulsantem cithara [I Sam. XVI: 23], cum ii ita mutantur, et dixerunt, quod in statu sint, ut nihil usquam mali nunc cogitare nec facere possint, quia laetitia inde interiora eorum penetrat. 1748, 19 Maj.