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178 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG.
he still continues his usual indecent invectives, which I
may consider as barkings, against which we must not
attempt to take up a stone to cast at them and to drive
them away.
"I am glad that you are translating into Swedish the
little work of The Intercourse between the Soul and
Body. It has been very well received abroad in all
places, as well as by many intelligent persons here in
Stockholm.-I remain, &c.,
"EMANUEL SWEDENBORG.
Stockholm, Dec. 29, 1769."
66
LETTER IX.
To Dr. Beyer.
"6
I received your letter dated the 18th March, together
with a copy of that which you delivered to his Majesty.
You mention also that a report has arrived at Gottenburg,
concerning a resolution which was to have been proposed
in the senate ; but that, since the copy of that letter which
I wrote you has been communicated to senator Count
Ekeblad, and to the great chancellor of justice, this
matter has been brought forward again, and terminated
agreably to the letter from the great chancellor of justice
to the Consistory at Gottenburg, ofwhich letter I request
you to send me a copy. Had the first proposal been estab
lished, that Swedenborgianism, as they call it, should not
be spoken of, and this, notwithstanding, signifies the wor
ship of the Lord, what would have been the result, but a
fear in the clergy to speak about Christ and his protection of
the human race ; for in such case they would have run the
risk of being insulted as supporters of Swedenborgianism,
and in consequence thereof, Christianity in Sweden would
decrease and become Socinianism, and finally Heathenism ,
which may be confirmed from Matthew xii. 30, and Mark
ix. 40. Such would have been the offspring born from
that first proposal. This is the reason, that when certain
zealous clergymen in this city first heard the rumour
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