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HIS LETTERS TO DR. G. A. BEYER. 177
LETTER VIII.
To Dr. Beyer.
"I received yours of Dec. 2nd this day, also the
printed letter, which at first caused a clamour among a
great part of the clerical body; yet clamour does no
harm, being like the ferment in wine when fermenting,
after which it is purified ; for unless what is wrong
is brought into a state of ventilation, and is thus
rejected, what is right cannot be discerned and received.
I have, indeed been informed of the proceedings of the
deputies in the clerical assembly of the Diet, but I did
not stir one step to defend that cause ; knowing that the
Lord Himself, our Saviour, defends His church, par
ticularly against those who refuse to enter through the
right door into the sheepfold, that is, into the church, and
thus into heaven ; such are called thieves and robbers.
The Lord Himself declares, ’ He that entereth not by the
door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way,
is a thief and a robber ; I am the door, if any man
enters by me, he shall be saved, and he shall find
pasture.’ (John x. 1 , 7, 8, 9. ) I have moreover been
told by an angel from the Lord, that I may rest securely
upon my arm in the night, by which is meant that night,
in wh the world is now immersed, as to what relates to
the church.
"I have also read the appendix to The Spy, No. 48,
and in the concluding expressions I perceive the interior
sense of the author, which is easily discovered.
"With respect to the two clergymen whom your
deceased wife has spoken of, she has not mentioned their
names, for which reason neither can I mention them. It is
well known, that among the clergy there are also erroneous
spirits, in this country as well as in other parts of the
world. When she had related this among other things,
she departed to the dragon spirits (draconicos), who on
the day of her death first spoke through her, and she is
still with them.
"An extract from the records by the dean (Ekebom)
of Dec. 6th has also been communicated to me, in which
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