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 of the earth. Chap. viii. When he saw the locusts coming out of the bottomless pit. Chap. ix. When he saw the angel in whose hand was a little book which he gave him to eat. Chap. x. When he heard the seven angels sound with their trumpets—Chap. xi. When he saw the dragon and the woman whom the dragon persecuted; and the former making war with Michael. Chap. xii., and afterwards, two beasts arising, one out of the sea, and the other out of the earth. Chap. xiii. When he saw the seven angels having the seven last plagues. Chap. xv. xvi. When he saw the great whore sitting upon the scarlet coloured Beast. Chap. xvii. xviii., and afterwards, a white horse, and one sitting thereon. Chap. xix. and lastly, a new heaven and a new earth, and then the new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven. Chap. xxi. xxii. That John saw these things in the spirit, and in a vision, he himself says, Chap. i. 10. Chap. iv. 2. Chap. ix. 17. Chap. xxi. 10.; this also is understood by the expression, I saw, wheresoever it occurs in his writing. Hence it appears, evidently, that to be in the spirit, is to be in vision, which is effected by the opening of the sight of a man's spirit, which, when it is opened, the things which are in the spiritual world appear as clearly as the things which are in the natural world appear to the bodily sight. That this is the case, I can testify from the experience of many years. In this state the disciples were when they saw the Lord after his resurrection, wherefore it is said that their eyes were opened, Luke xxiv. 30, 31. Abraham was in a similar state when he saw the three angels and discoursed with them. So were Hagar, Gideon, Joshua, and others, when they saw the angels of Jehovah; and in like manner the boy of Elisha, when he saw the mountain full of chariots, and horses of fire about Elisha, for Elisha prayed, and said, Jehovah I pray thee open his eyes that he may see; and Jehovah opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, II Kings, vi. 17. But with respect to the word, it was not revealed in a state of the spirit or in vision, but was dictated by the Lord viva voce to the prophets; wherefore it is nowhere said that they spake it from the Holy Ghost, but from Jehovah."

I will again say to the reader, that in order to obtain a clear and distinct understanding of that principle of spiritual philosophy, in accordance with which the external things of the spiritual world are developed from the internal, he must make himself familiar with the writings from which these quotations are made. It is freely admitted that this is