Philip Schaff

“ But he who trusts to apparition or vision and dream is insecure. For he does not know to whom he is trusting. For it is possible either that he may be an evil demon or a deceptive spirit, pretending in his speeches to be what he is not. But if any one should wish to inquire of him who he is who has appeared, he can say to himself whatever he likes. ”

“ Chapter XIV.—The Evidence of the Senses More Trustworthy Than that of Supernatural Vision.
And Peter said: “You proposed to speak to one point, you replied to another. [1] For your proposition was, that one is better able to know more fully, and to attain confidence, [2] when he hears in consequence of an apparition, than when he hears with his own ears; but when you set about the matter, you were for persuading us that he who hears through an apparition is surer than he who hears with his own ears. ”

“ And thus, gleaming forth like a wicked one, and remaining as long as he likes, he is at length extinguished, not remaining with the questioner so long as he wished him to do for the purpose of consulting him. ”