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TESTIMONY OF C. SPRINGER, ESQ. 67
"This Dr. Hartley has likewise translated into English,
with notes and learned observations, a small treatise of
the late Swedenborg, entitled, A Theosophic Lucubration
on the nature of Influx, as it respects the Communi
cation and Operation of the Soul and Body, in 4to.
The price of that translation is two shillings and six
pence : it concludes with a letter from Swedenborg to Dr.
Hartley, concerning his family and connexions.
"There is also a small volume in 8vo., the Latin title
of which is, Nova Hierosolyma, &c. This also has been
translated into English, but is imperfect. * The Latin
copy is therefore more worthy of perusal on this account,
than that edition. It may not be amiss to observe, that
although this translation is imperfect, there is not, as I
am informed, a copy to be sold. As to the Arcana
Calestia, I am told that there are but two sets of the
volumes to be met with ; one of which I have retained
for your service.
"I shall now proceed to satisfy the desire you have,
Sir, of being informed of the discourses I had with the
late venerable Swedenborg, as well by ourselves, as inthe
presence of others ; but I must here observe, that as
these discourses were numerous, it would be too difficult
to relate the whole.
" It is certain, that two or three weeks before his
decease, and not two or three days (as his opponents
insinuate), I asked him, when he believed that the New
Jerusalem, or the New Church of the Lord, would be
manifested, and if this manifestation would take place in
the four quarters of the world ? His answer was, that
no mortal could declare the time, no, not even the celestial
angels ; and that it was solely known to GOD. Read,
said he, the Revelations, chap . xxi. 2, and Zechariah,
chap. xiv. 9, and you will find, that it is not to be
doubted, but that the New Jerusalem mentioned in the
Apocalypse, which denotes a new and purer state of the
Christian Church than has hitherto existed, will manifest
* The extracts from the Arcana Cœlestia were omitted in that
edition.
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