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HIS LETTERS TO DR. OETINGER. 211
hell, and become satans. They are called satans in hell,
who in the world had falsified the truth of the Word, and
who, in consequence thereof, had imbibed false prin
ciples, insomuch that they could no longer see anything
of truth."
LETTER III.
To Dr. Oetinger.
"I. To your interrogation, Whether there is occasion
for any sign, that I am sent by the Lord, to do what I
do? I answer, that at this day no sigus or miracles will
be given, because they compel only an external belief,
but do not convince the internal. What did the miracles
avail in Egypt, or among the Jewish nation, who, never
theless, crucified the Lord ? So, if the Lord was to
appear now in the sky, attended with angels and trumpets,
it would have no other effect than it had then. (Luke
xvi. 29, 30, 31. ) The sign , given at this day, will be an
illustration, and thence a knowledge and reception ofthe
truths ofthe New Church; some speaking illustration
of certain persons may likewise take place ; this works
more effectually than miracles. Yet one token may per
haps still be given.
"II. You ask me, IfI have spoken with the Apostles?
to which I reply, I have spoken one whole year with Paul,
and also of what is mentioned in the Epistle to the Ro
mans iii. 28. I have spoken three times with John ; once
with Moses ; and I suppose a hundred times with Luther,
who owned to me that, contrary to the warning of an
angel, he had received the doctrine of salvation by faith
alone, merely with the intent that he might make an
entire separation from popery. But with the angels I
have conversed these twenty-two years past, and daily
continue so to do ; with them the Lord has given me
association, though there was no occasion to mention all
this in mywritings. Who would have believed, and who
would not have said, shew some token that I maybelieve ?
and this every one would have said who did not see the
like.
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