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62 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG.
geance belongs to him, and so on ; then he may rest
assured, that he is on the road to heaven ; but when he
discovers himself to be actuated by contrary sentiments,
on the road to hell. This led me to think of myself as
well as of others ; and I also asked him, Whether he had
seen the lately deceased king, Frederick V., adding, that
although some human frailty or other might be attributed
to him, yet I had certain hopes that he was happy ? His
answer was, Yes ; I have seen him, and I know that he
is very happy, and not only he, but likewise all the kings
of the house of Oldenborg, who are all associated together.
" Some time afterwards I was informed that he had
returned by way of Gottenburg to Stockholm, and as I
had accidentally heard that the consistory had begun to
examine into a letter written by him to a doctor of
divinity at the College (Dr. Beyer), which was declared
by the dean (Dr. Ekebom) to be heretical, I endeavoured
to obtain the extracts of the minutes that were printed,
and which were to prove the doctrine of Swedenborg to
be erroneous ; but these extracts aimed chiefly at black
ening the character of Dr. Beyer and a learned Dr. Rosen.
I therefore wrote to Swedenborg, and requested him to
inform me concerning these transactions, and received a
letter from him in answer, an attested copy of which is
annexed to these anecdotes of my personal interviews with
Swedenborg.
"As I had been so happy for several years as to enjoy
the familiar acquaintance of the younger brother of
Count Hôpken, Baron Charles Frederic Hôpken, who
was Ambassador at our court from Sweden, and who had
been in the like capacity at Constantinople, and who was,
moreover, a very courteous and agreeable nobleman, I
embraced an opportunity, after the death of Swedenborg,
of writing to this eminent man, and of putting several
questions to him, which he did not directly answer, yet
very politely sent me the letters which I have much
pleasure in sending you ; all which are attested copies.
They give a faithful account of our late benefactor, and
indeed not only of ours, but that of all mankind, if they
are seriously solicitous about their future state after death.
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