2202. I also observed that when they have discovered someone's character to a certain extent as a result of some experience, they then learn more about what he or she is like. The ability is almost inborn in them to draw conclusions from one fact about a further one, thinking that if they are such in this situation, it follows that they will be like this in others. So they lead a soul or spirit through various situations, which tally with their previous judgment. Nevertheless, they are sometimes mistaken, because they judge by only bodily and earthly standards and do not know the person's inward and more inward parts, which the Lord Alone knows. 1748, 5 June.