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INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS. xvii.
examples as leaves it impossible to retain any doubt of
the fact; it is proved that the Word of God is written
according to the laws of this Correspondence ; and the
key which is thus afforded for the interpretation of Scrip
ture is applied under the guidance of such evident
illumination, that the pious and intelligent mind is
delighted with the treasures of divine wisdom which are
thus brought to view, and acknowledges that to mankind
is now offered the blessing which the Psalmist prayed for,
when he said, " Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold
wondrous things out of thy law."
A third class of our author’s writings consists of works
which are not strictly upon doctrinal subjects, nor yet
directly expository of the Scriptures ; but which treat of
important questions in sacred metaphysics and morals.
To this class belong, 1. The volume on the "Divine Love
and Wisdom ;" 2. That on the " Divine Providence ;"
3. The work on " Conjugial Love ;" and, 4. The tract
on the " Intercourse between the Soul and the Body."
The subjects discussed in these works, are all as in
teresting as they are important. They disclose, in a
manner which has never before been attempted, the
intrinsic nature of the human constitution, throw un
common light on the great processes of creation, unfold
as much of the nature of the Divine Being Himself as
can be comprehensible to the human mind, and dis
cover the laws by which Divine Providence acts,—thus
“justifying,” incomparably more convincingly than was
ever done before, " the ways of God to man."
The fourth and last class ofthe writings of Swedenborg
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