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DECLARATION OF DR. A. G. BEYER. 183
DECLARATION, &c.
66 It is your Majesty’s most gracious order, that there
should be sent in an unequivocal representation of the
light in which the members of the Consistory regard the
principles of Assessor Swedenborg.
“This high order, in agreement with the memorial of
the chancellor of justice, dictates the manner in which
this representation is to be regularly drawn up, after
every possible information has been collected from his
voluminous writings.
" Having been from my infancy watchful respecting
the established form of doctrine, and zealous for its pro
tection, of which some of my poor attempts in writing
are proofs, it happened about four years ago that I met
with some of Assessor Swedenborg’s works. His mode
of writing on theology at first appeared to me incompre
hensible, and without interest ; but being led forward by
curiosity to peruse about half a volume with calm atten
tion, I discovered important reasons to form a resolution
not to desist until I had perused the whole of his writings
on that subject : and, may I be permitted to observe with
the most profound submission, that notwithstanding I de
voted to the perusal of them every moment that could be
spared from the duties of my official situation, by which
I was enabled to read some of them over and over, still
could I wish to be allowed to weigh them many years
longer, in order to qualify myself to give a mature ac
count oftheir important contents. The theological works
of Assessor Swedenborg are all printed, in large quarto, in
Latin.
66
’ Before I proceed to my most humble ’ Declaration,’ it
behoves me seriously to consider what is the power and
testimony of the Holy Word, and at the same time to
keep in sight the rules and orders of the church ; and as
far as I adhere to these, I hope my ’ Declaration’ will be
graciously judged of, as coming from one who is not in
fluenced, on this occasion, by the consideration of who
and where, and by what men of high reputation the
subject of theology has been regarded as decided. Your
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