2196. I was also allowed to observe how, if they were broken in the least, they at once tended toward hatred against the Lord; and then at the same time, the fact that Jacob's descendants were not in the least broken or forcibly removed from their passions, because they tended toward idol-worship more than other peoples. Consequently, they were left in freedom, and were led to the worship of the Lord gradually, through their passions, which were arrogance of spirit and the world's riches. 1748, 5 June.