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26 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG.
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign
Parts ; for he had been appointed by King Charles XII.,
as bishop over the Swedish churches in Pennsylvania and
London. In the year 1710 I began my travels ; first
going to England, and thence to Holland, France and
Germany ; whence I returned home in 1714. In the
year 1716, and afterwards, I had many coversations with
Charles XII. king of Sweden, who was pleased to bestow
on me a large share of his favour, and in that year
appointed me to the office of Assessor of the Metallic
College ; in which I continued till the year 1747, when
I resigned it ; but I still retain the salary annexed to it,
as an appointment for life. My sole view in this resig
nation was, that I might be more at liberty to devote
myself to that new function to which the Lord hath
called me. On my resigning my office, a higher degree
of rank was offered me : but this I utterly declined, lest
it should be the occasion of inspiring me with pride.
In 1719, I was ennobled by Queen Ulrica Eleonora, and
named Swedenborg : from which time I have taken my
seat with the Nobles of the Equestrian Order in the
Triennial Assemblies of the States of the Realm. I am a
Fellow, by invitation , of the Royal Academy of Sciences
at Stockholm : but I have never sought admission into any
other literary Society, as I belong to an angelic society,
wherein things relating to heaven and the soul are the
only subjects of discourse and entertainment ; whereas the
things which occupy the attention of our literary societies
are such as relate to the world and the body. In the year
1734, I published, at Leipsic, the Regnum Minerale, in
three vols. folio ; and in 1738, I took a journey into
Italy, and stayed a year at Venice and Rome.
"With respect to my family-connexions, I had four
sisters. One of them was married to Eric Benzelius,
afterwards promoted to the Archbishoprick of Upsal : and
thus I became related to the two succeeding Archbishops of
that See, both named Benzelius, and younger brothers
of the former. My second sister was married to Lars
Benzelstierna, who was promoted to a provincial govern
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