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 man of the church was formerly, is removed; and that now, from restored liberty, he can, if he desires, more easily perceive interior truths, and thus can be made more internal if he wishes; but that still they have slender hope of the men of the Christian church, but much of some nation far distant from the Christian world, and therefore removed from infesters; which nation is such that it is capable of receiving spiritual light, and of being made a celestial-spiritual man; and they said that at this day [1757] interior divine truths are revealed in that nation, and are also received in spiritual faith, that is, in life and in heart; and that it worships the Lord. (L. J. n. 73-74.)