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108 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG.
he paid me in 1778, at my house, then in Grafton-street,
Soho, that three or four days before Swedenborg’s death,
he, together with Dr. Messiter,* waited on him, and, in
the Doctor’s presence, earnestly pressed him openly to
declare, whether all he had written was strictly true, or
whether any part, or parts thereof were to be excepted.
I have written (answered Swedenborg, in a very em
phatic manner,) nothing but the truth, as you will have
it more and more confirmed hereafter all the days of
your life, provided you always keep close to the Lord,
andfaithfully serve Him alone, in shunning evils of all
kinds as sins against Him, and diligently searching His
Holy Word, which from beginning to end bears incon
testible testimony to the truth of the doctrines I have
delivered to the world.’-Dr. Messiter, lately deceased,
has also more than once affirmed to me this plain decla
ration of his intimate friend, Mr. Hartley. As witness
my hand this 9th of May, 1790 :
"BENEDICT CHASTANIER."†
ANECDOTES OF SWEDENBORG
WHILE
IN HOLLAND .
Swedenborg was well known at Amsterdam, having
published many of his works in that city. A gentleman,
named D. Paulus âb Indagine, has left several things
on record concerning Swedenborg, which, although not
* See above p. 37.
+ See New Jerusalem Magazine, 1790, p. 226,
This individual is described in collateral documents, as being
a highly respectable and learned man, resident at Amsterdam.
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