2596. Those things, as well as the things imparted to us by the Lord through that most occult reflective activity, because not by a reflection undertaken by ourselves, still less ever revealed to us, are from the Lord and not from any other. Consequently it is a gift of the Lord, so that human beings cannot boast one whit that they are human, or that the ability to think, let alone to be regenerated, is theirs. 1748, 13 July.
2596. Such things, as also those which by that most hidden reflection are insinuated in man by the Lord, because not through the reflection accepted by him, still less manifested to him, are from the Lord [and] not from another; therefore it is the gift of the Lord, so that man cannot take the least glory to himself that he is man, and that it is his to be able to think, still less that he may be regenerated. - 1748, July 13.
2596. Talia, tum ea quae per reflexionem istam occultissimam homini insinuantur a Domino, quia non per reflexionem 1
ab eo acceptam, minus usquam ei manifestam, a Domino sunt, non ab alio, proinde est donum Domini, sic ut homo ne hilum se gloriari queat, quod sit homo, et quod ejus sit, posse cogitare, minus quod regeneretur. 1748, 13 Julius.
Footnotes:
1. The Manuscript has reflextionem ut videtur