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206 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG.
"God may have appeared to Swedenborg in a way
which we may not fully understand ; but he is certainly a
phenomenon, such as the world never saw before."
"Concerning the Jure talionis, the Scripture has said
but little, but Swedenborg has spoken abundantly and
beautifully about it."
"No example of divine influences can be found so
brilliant as in Swedenborg."
We might continue these extracts from the writings of
Oetinger respecting the works and character of Sweden
borg, but we will conclude with one from his book
entitled The High Priesthood of Christ, published in
1772. At p. 47, he says, " Swedenborg was from youth
innocent, pious, and exemplary, and by no means ad
dicted to imaginary pursuits. Geometry, algebra, and
mechanics, had guarded him against every thing like
phantastic studies. Diotrephes barked loudly against
John, the beloved disciple of Jesus ; and why should we
wonder that Swedenborg is so misrepresented and calum
niated ? Satan has his greatest delight, and his most
delicious feast, when he can set theologians by the ears,
and excite strife and animosity amongst them. But the
Lord will bring to light that which has been concealed in
darkness."
The letters which Swedenborg wrote to Dr. Oetinger
are the following:
LETTER I.
To Dr. Oetinger.
"I arrived this day from my voyage to England and
Holland, and received the two letters you sent me, one of
which is dated the 13th of October, 1765, and for both
of which I return you many thanks. There are five
treatises under the title, Ex Auditis et Visis, that is from
what I have personally heard and seen respecting them,
and they are as follows : 1st. The Treatise on Heaven and
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