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ANECDOTES COLLECTED BY MR. PROVO. 93
went lunatic himself, which happened publicly one day
when he was in the Swedish Church, and about to preach :
I was there, and saw it : he has been so ever since, and
sent back to Sweden, where he now is : this was about
four years ago. In general, Swedenborg kept retired,
and sought to avoid company, and a knowledge of where
he was. Some of his friends here spoke against him, and
some were for him : for my own part, I think he was a
reasonable, sensible, and good man : he was very kind to
all, and generous to me. As for his peculiar sentiments,
I do not meddle with them. I do not know of any of
his manuscripts being left here ; and as for his books, I
think Mr. Lindegren can best tell what was done with
them, who is at present in the Royal Exchange Assurance
Office. Swedenborg received his remittances from him.
He always appeared to have money sufficient for him.
A Mr. Grill, in Dunster-court, Mincing-lane, also knows
something of him. I do not remember seeing any books
in his chamber, and, not understanding Latin, I never
read any of his works."
"Mr. Cookworthy related to Mr. Provo, in 1778, that
he had been with Mr. Hartley to see Swedenborg in Cold
Bath Fields, a few years before he died, and that he was
near two hours with him, and well satisfied with his com
pany. A person was there who objected to some things
that Swedenborg said, and argued the point in his way ;
to which Swedenborg said, ’ I converse with angels, or
receive information from them, about such things :’ which
offended that person ; though Mr. Cookworthy saw that
it was the most forcible argument that could have been
used ; and as a proof of his approbation of the testimony,
he afterwards published the first edition of the Treatise
on Heaven and Hell, which cost £100.
" In 1781, Mr. Hartley related to Mr. Provo, that he
had been with Swedenborg in Cold Bath Fields several
times ; that he was a kind and sensible man, and had
something so loving and taking in his manner as highly
delighted those he spoke with : but what his sentiments
of him were, may be seen in the prefaces tothe works on
Influx, Heaven and Hell, and Universal Theology ; and
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