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HIS LETTERS TO DR. G. A. BEYER. 171
I have sent to all the clergy throughout Holland, and
I intend to convey it to the most eminent in Germany.
I have been informed that they have attentively perused it,
and that some of them have already discovered the truth,
and that others do not know which way to turn them
selves ; for what is written therein, is perfectly convincing
that the doctrine above-mentioned is the cause, that no true
theology now exists in Christendom. I intend sending
you, by the first ship, twelve copies of this work, which
you will please to dispose of in the following manner :
one copy to the bishop, one to the dean, and the rest,
except your own, to the professors of theology at the
colleges, and the clergymen in the city, since no one can
more rightly judge of the same, than he who has funda
mentally received the mysteries ofjustification. After
this little work is perused, be pleased, kindly to request
the dean to declare his opinion thereof in the Consistory.
All those that can, and are willing to see truth, will
accede.
"I am now much inquired of, respecting the New
Church, when it will take place ?-to which I answer : by
degrees, as the doctrine of justification and imputation is
extirpated ; which probably may be effected by this work.
It is known, that the Christian Church did not take
place immediately after the ascension of Christ, but in
creased successively, which is also understood by these
words in the Revelations: And the woman flew into the
desert, into her place, where she is nourished a time,
times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.’
(xii. 14.) The serpent or dragon, is that doctrine.
"In about a month I am going from hence to Paris,
and that with a design, which beforehand must not be
made public.
"With regard to the visions of several mentioned in
your letter, they are nothing but phantastic visions.—
With my respectful compliments to the bishop, &c., I
remain, &c.,
" EMANUEL SWEDENBORG.
"Amsterdam, March 15, 1769."
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