[Joseph Smith Diary] Thursday, February 9th 1843 Was at the Masonic Hall some time in the forenoon...
Joseph explained the following: "There are 3 administrater[s]: Angels, Spirits, [and] Devils. One [manner of] dress in heaven. Angels [are] the spirits of Just men made perfect. Innumerable co[mpany] of angels and spirits of Just men made perfect. [If] an Angel appears to you how will you prove him? Ask him to shake hands. If he has flesh and bones he is an angel. 'Spirit hath not flesh and bones.' Spirit of a Just man made perfect. Person[age] in its tabernacle could [not] hide its glory. If David Patten or the Devil come how would you determine? Should you take hold of his hand you would not feel it. If it were a false administrater he would not do it. True spirit will not give his hand. The Devil will. 3 keys.
"A man came to me in Kirtland and told me he had seen an angel dressed so and so. I told him he had seen no angel. There was no such dress in heaven. He got mad and went out in the street and commanded fire to come down out of heaven and consume me. I laughed at him and told him he was one of Baal's prophets. His God did not hear him. Jump up and cut yourself and he commanded fire from heaven to consume my house.
"When I was preaching in Philadelphia a Quaker wanted a sign. I told him to be still. After sermon he wanted a sign. I told the congregation the man was an adulterer. 'A wicked and adulterous generation' and the Lord to[ld] me in a revelation that any man who wanted a sign was [an] adulterous person. 'It is true' said one 'for I caught him in the very act which he afterward confessed when he was baptized.'" ...
[Source: Faulring, Scott (ed.), An American Prophet's Record: The Diaries and Journals of Joseph Smith: Joseph Smith Diary, 1842-43, http://amzn.to/jsdiaries]
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