Today, like several times previously, I experienced being allowed in a group of little children who were playing innocently, for there is innocence in whatever they do. Then wicked spirits round about, angered and enraged, railed and cursed at them, trying to bring harm on them. But the little children were not at all afraid, sometimes completely unaware of their being present and cursing them in this way; and if they had known, they still would have been shielded by their innocence. So this is in line with the passage, lions and bears [will lie down] with sheep, and the suckling will play in the serpent's hole [Isaiah 11:6-8]. 1748, 29 May.