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80 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG.
abominate every thing that tends to destroy the true peace
and happiness of mankind.
"That very year, at the same assembly, some members
of the house of the clergy, had artfully laid a scheme,
that our author should be examined, and, after ex
amination, be declared as a man out of his senses, whom
it was dangerous to leave at liberty, but that he ought to
be imprisoned as a lunatic. A certain senator,* and
friend to Swedenborg, disclosed to him the whole plot,
and advised him to leave the kingdom. At this news
Swedenborg appeared much afflicted, and, going into his
garden, fell on his knees, and prayed to the Lord to
direct him what to do. After this prayer he received
this consolatory answer, That no evil should touch him.
This really happened, as his enemies were afraid to ex
ecute their persecution, when they considered his being
a member in the house of nobles, and related to many
of the nobility and dignified clergy ; however, he soon
after undertook another voyage, but being informed, on
his return, of the evil intentions and malice of his per
secutors, and being instructed by experience of what they
were capable, he addressed himself to the king, in the
following terms, drawn up in the form of a letter :
" SIRE,
"I find myself necessitated at this period to have
recourse to your majesty’s protection, having met with
usage of such a nature, as no other person has ex
perienced since the establishment of Christianity in
Sweden, and much less since there has been liberty of
conscience. The following is an abridgment of the par
ticulars that are the occasion of my requesting your
majesty’s interference:-On my arrival in Sweden from
foreign parts, I was informed, that Bishop Filenius had
suppressed and seized the copies of my treatise, De
Amore Conjugiali, which I had printed in Holland, and
which were sent to Norkjoping. Having inquired of
some bishops, whether Bishop F. had acted in this
* The senator Count Hôpken.
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