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24 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG.
ments, that can shed a lustre on the character of man ;
and that, notwithstanding his theological writings must
have caused him, with many, to be regarded with sus
picion, he retained among his countrymen the respect of
those who knew him best,-of men distinguished both by
rank and learning,-till the last. It evinces, in short,
that his whole character and conduct were in the fullest
accord with the statements of his writings ;—that if the
statements of his writings are true, his character and
conduct were such as to authenticate and sustain them.
His writings thus come to the reader with every possible
claim to attention ; it is from the investigation of them
that he must finally form his conclusions.
SWEDENBORG’S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF,
IN A LETTER TO HIS FRIEND,
THE REV. THOMAS HARTLEY, M.A.,
RECTOR OF WINWICK, IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.
The next account we shall adduce in regard to Sweden
borg, is that which he gives of himself in a letter to his
friend, the Rev. T. Hartley, M.A. , Rector of Winwick,
in Northamptonshire, who, having met with some of
Swedenborg’s works, sought an acquaintance with their
author, and was admitted by him to his intimate friend
ship. Mr. Hartley has left his testimony respecting him ,
which we shall adduce below. The following letter was
written by Swedenborg to Mr. Hartley, in reply to one
which that gentleman had sent him, requesting that he
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