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INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS. xxi.
to the " Arcana Calestia," and to the " Apocalypse
Revealed,
" are contained very satisfactory vindications of
his leading sentiments. *
The first " Document" which we shall adduce is of the
very first authority, which gives a detailed view of his
whole life and writings, including a list of those works by
which he had gained a distinguished reputation as a
philosopher, before, in the fifty-sixth year of his age, he
received that particular illumination, which caused him,
during the remaining twenty-nine years of his life, to
employ his pen exclusively on spiritual subjects. Th
"Document" alluded to, is a discourse respecting the life
and character of Emanuel Swedenborg, delivered in
honour of his memory, before the Royal Academy of
Sciences of Stockholm.
Several works expressly devoted to the defence of his character
and writings have also been published, the principal of which are,
"Lettersto a Member of Parliament on the Character and Writings
of Baron Swedenborg, in Refutation of the Calumnies of the Abbe
Barruel,
" by the late Rev. J. Clowes, M.A., Rector St. John’s,
Manchester; " Letters to Dr. Priestley, &c., being a Defence ofthe
New Church, &c.," by Rev. R Hindmarsh ; " A Vindication ofthe
Character and Writings of the Hon. Emanuel Swedenborg, against
the Slanders and Misrepresentations of the Rev. J. G. Pike, &c.," by
the same; and " An Appeal in Behalf ofthe Views and Doctrines
ofthe New Church, &c.," by the Rev. S. Noble. See also a very
able work by the Rev. Augustus Clissold, M.A., formerly of
Exeter College, Oxford, entitled, " The Practical Nature ofthe
Doctrines and alleged Revelations contained in the Writings ofthe
Hon. E. Swedenborg, together with the Peculiar Motives to Chris
tian Conduct they suggest, in a Letter to His Grace the Lord
Archbishop ofDublin."
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