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88 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG.
fallen off from him ; and at that period it is manifest to
all, whether the man is inwardly evil or good.
"I met him in his carriage, when he was going to
London, on his last voyage but one, and asked him how
he durst undertake so long a voyage at the age of eighty ;
you think, added I, that I shall see you return hither ?
Be not uneasy, my friend, said he, if you live we shall
see one another again, for I have yet another voyage of
this kind to make. He returned accordingly.
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"The last time of his departure from Sweden, he came
to see me on the day he was to set out, and I then asked
him if we should meet again. He answered me in a
tender and touching manner : I do not know, said he,
whether I shall return ; but am assured, I shall not die
before I have finished the publication of the book, en
titled, True Christian Religion, and for which only I
am now about to depart. But should we not see one
another again in this lower world, we shall, in the presence
of the Lord our heavenly Father, if so be, that we observe
to do his commandments. He then took a cheerful leave,
and went with an apparent vigour of body of a man of
thirty years of age.
"Some time before this last voyage, he had petitioned
his majesty the king, Adolphus Frederick, to expedite
letters to the consistories of the kingdom, for the ex
amination of his writings, and to enjoin them to give
their advice on the contents ; but the consistories did not
do it.
"The king having met Swedenborg, said, ’ The consis
tories have been silent on my letters, and your writings ;’
and, putting his hand on Swedenborg’s shoulder, added,
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we may conclude that they have found nothing repre
hensible in them, and that you have written in conformity
to truth.’ "
A remarkable Anecdote concerning Dr. Beyer and
Emanuel Swedenborg.
"About the year 1766, Swedenborg went to Gotten
burg, intending to embark for England: when he arrived
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