Spiritual Experiences (Buss) n. 498

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498. CONCERNING IMPUTATION That man has no proprium when the will is taken away is evident from sleep. In sleep his voluntary is absent, whence it has no command over any member, but the whole body lies delivered over to the spontaneous [respiration]; wherefore nothing is then imputed to him because he is asleep. Hence also it can be evident to some extent, whence is the imputation of evil, and what things are to be imputed, both with men and with spirits, which is a very prolix subject, known to our Savior alone. 1748, Jan. 21.


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