LJC 58 - The Catholics

LJC  58

All those of the Papists (Catholics),
who have not been wholly idolaters,
and who, from their religious persuasion,
have done goods out of a sincere heart,
and have also looked to the Lord,
are led to societies
which are instituted in the confines
nearest to the Reformed,
and are instructed there,
the Word being read,
and the Lord preached to them;
and those who receive truths and apply them to life,
are elevated into heaven and become angels.
There are many such societies of them
in every quarter,
and they are guarded on all sides
from the treacheries and cunning devices
of the monks, and from the Babylonish leaven.
Moreover, all their infants are in heaven,
because, being educated by the angels
under the guidance of the Lord,
they know nothing of the falsities
of the religion of their parents.