" Then they
said to me, "Write respecting it, and follow revelation; and afterwards
the book written respecting it shall be sent down from us out of heaven,
and we shall see whether the things contained in it are received; and at
the same time whether they are willing to acknowledge, that that love is
according to the state of religion with man, spiritual with the
spiritual, natural with the natural, and merely carnal with adulterers."
535. After this I heard an outrageous murmur from below, and at the same
time these words, "Do miracles; and we will believe you." And I asked,
"Are not the things above-mentioned miracles?" Answer was made, "They
are not." I again asked, "What miracles then do you mean?" And it was
said, "Disclose and reveal things to come; and we will have faith." But
I replied, "Such disclosures and revelation are not granted from heaven;
since in proportion as a man knows things to come, in the same
proportion his reason and understanding, together with his wisdom and
prudence, fall into an indolence of inexertion, grow torpid, and decay."
Again I asked, "What other miracles shall I do?" And a cry was made, "Do
such miracles as Moses did in Egypt.
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