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DECLARATION OF DR. G. A. BEYER. 185
petent, who has altogether devoted himself to sensual
indulgences, and the love of the world.
"But, on the other hand, the lover of truth, whose
head and heart are free from the foregoing shackles, —
who will impartially try the spirits, whether they are of
GOD, ( 1 John iv. I. ) and who prays to the Lord for illu
mination, will discover many remarkable circumstances
in the works of this enlightened author which give them
a claim on his attention. For instance, though it is now
twenty years since they were first published and spread
abroad amongst most of the European states, univer
sities, libraries, and learned men, they stand, as far as
we know, without a single refutation to this hour, if we
except some partial reviews, filled with crude and calum
niating judgments, and void of all rational arguments.
It will also be seen, that there beams forth throughout
the writings of Assessor Swedenborg the most satisfactory
evidence of his intimate acquaintance with the Hebrew,
Greek, and Arabic languages, to say nothing of the
Latin ; and a most abundant illustration and corrobora
tion of the subjects he treats of, from all the commen
dable and useful sciences ;-such as philosophy in its
deepest and most exalted recesses, mathematics, astro
nomy, chemistry, experimental philosophy, natural his
tory, architecture, history, and above all, anatomy.
And further, throughout all his works, there is discover
able a complete harmony, an uninterrupted order in the
subjects, and such a coherence in their proofs, as links
them together in as close a connexion as those of any
mathematical demonstration : indeed, when viewed by
those who are willing to accompany the author in his
chain of evidence, they are such as must carry conviction
to every candid mind. It will likewise be discovered, that
the fundamental opinions with which the author first sets
out are the same throughout, and are proceeded upon in
the other works, which every where harmonise and agree
with them. In short, it will be found, that in the whole
history of learned men no example can be produced,
which can, in all the above considerations, be compared
with that of our author.
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