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170 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG.
of a manger, of the baptism of John, and of Elias.
A manger signifies instruction from the Word, because
mules and horses signify the understanding ofthe Word;
(See Apocalypse Revealed, No. 298. ) and in a manger
is their nutrition ; that there was no room in the inn,
signifies, that there was no place of instruction in Jeru
salem ; wherefore it is said to the shepherds, who signify
the church to come, 66 This shall be the sign unto you;
ye shallfind the babe lying in a manger." (Luke ii. 12. )
The baptism of John prepared the heavens, that the
Jewish people might subsist when God Himself should
appear among them ; and John as well as Elias, who
was the chief ofthe prophets, signifies, all the prophecies
in the Old Testament concerning the Lord and His
advent.
" Since here (in Stockholm), they now begin to think
more of charity than before, and to be persuaded that
faith and charity cannot be separated, therefore faith
alone begins also to be called the Moravian faith.—I
remain, &c.,
66 EMANUEL SWEDENBORG.
" Stockholm, Feb., 1767."
LETTER V.
To Dr. Beyer.
"I had the pleasure of receiving yours, Sir, ofthe 23rd
of November, 1768. The reason why I did not answer
it, was, that I would postpone it until a little work was
published, entitled, A Brief Exposition of the Doc
trine of the New Church, signified in the Revelations
by the New Jerusalem, in which work are fully shewn
the errors of the hitherto conceived doctrine, of justi
fication by faith alone, and the imputation of the
righteousness, or merits, of Jesus Christ. This treatise
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