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HIS LETTERS TO DR. G. A. BEYER. 165
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Beyer presented to his majesty, Jan. 2, 1770, a declaration
of his sentiments in regard to the doctrines of Sweden
borg. Towards the close, the amiable and learned
author expresses himself thus : " In obedience to your
majesty’s most gracious command, that I should deliver
a full and positive declaration respecting the writings of
Swedenborg, I do acknowledge it to be my duty to declare,
in all humble confidence, that so far as I have proceeded
in the study of them, and according to such gifts for
investigation and judgment as I possess, I have found in
them nothing but what closely coincides with the words
of the Lord himself; and they shine with a light truly
divine." The following are certain letters which Swe
denborg wrote to this learned and pious individual, and
which we shall arrange consecutively as to their dates.
LETTER I.
To Dr. Beyer.
"I have now at length arrived at the end of the
Apocalypsis, and send you, Sir, eight copies thereof, two
bound, and six in sheets, which you will please to dispose
of in the following manner : one copy for yourself, one
for the bishop, one for the dean, one for Dr. Rosen, one
for the mayor ( Mr. Petterson), and one for the library ;
the other two you may lend out to your friends. At the
conclusion of every chapter there are memorable relations
separated from the text by asterisks, which you will please
to read over first, whereby a fundamental knowledge will
be acquired of the miserable state to which the reformed
churches are reduced by the doctrine of faith alone. I
am now going from this place for England, where some
disturbance has most likely arisen, as the bishops of
It may be seen in The Intellectual Repository, vol. i. (first
series,) p. 113: it has also been since published in the form of a
small tract: for it contains a masterly vindication of the sen
timents selected by the Consistory for condemnation. This docu
ment we shall adduce below.
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