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136 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG.
the restitution of all things.’ This answer caused my
friend the greatest astonishment. He ejaculated , ’ My
GOD! what in the other world ?" Swedenborg replied,
Certainly; a man takes with him his favourite incli
nations and opinions; and it is very difficult to be divested
of them. We ought, therefore, to lay them aside here.’
My friend took his leave of this remarkable man, perfectly
convinced, and returned back to Elberfeld. What says
highly enlightened infidelity to this ? It says, ’ Sweden
borg was a cunning fellow, and that he employed a secret
spy to get the matter out of my friend.’ To this I can
didly reply, that Swedenborg was of too noble a mind,
and had too much of the fear of GOD ; and my friend
was too discreet to act in such a manner. Such like
evasions may be classed under the head of the trans
figuration of the Redeemer by means of moonshine !’*
6
TESTIMONY
OF
THE REV. JOHN WESLEY,
RESPECTING SWEDENBORG’S INTERCOURSE WITH
THE SPIRITUAL WORLD.†
"Among Mr. Wesley’s preachers, in the year 1772,
was the late Mr. Samuel Smith, a man of great piety
* As taught in the Neological Schools of Theology in Germany,
in which they endeavour to account for all the miracles mentioned
in the Scriptures on merely natural principles. These neologians,
as they are called, are the confirmed Sadducees of the present
day. It must, however, be gladly admitted, that, at the present
time,this absurd and profane system of explaining the Scriptures
is not so prevalent in Germany as it was.
66
† Extracted from Mr. Noble’s " Appeal in Behalf of the Doc
trines of the New Church, &c.," pp. 246-251 . The reader’s
attention is especially referred to this work, as an able vindication
and confirmation of the said " Doctrines."
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