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216 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG.
"6. That he offends mightily against the analogy of
faith, and teaches the doctrine of the Trinity, not as the
apostles have done, but according to the Schwenkfeldian
method.
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7. That he diminishes the authority of Paul, by not
ascribing to his writings the title of the Word of God.
" 8. That he is not introduced to celebrity by signs
and wonders, at least he does not bring them forth as
open credentials, and that the divine seal is wanting.
" 9. That the prophecy of the New Jerusalem, which
within two years was to have been fulfilled, is refuted by
its non-accomplishment.
10. That the interpretation of the Apocalypse seems
to have been introduced in favour of the new invented
church.
" The above are nearly all the general points of objec
tion, which I find in your writings advanced against Swe
denborg ; after I have laid open to you in truth and
simplicity what I have to oppose to each of these objec
tions, you will judge yourself, whether they justly or
unjustly deprive him of his credit.
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" 1. In a conversation, during which I asked Sweden
borg many questions, I received from him, in the year
1767, amongst others this answer : That it had been
forbidden him to apply to the reading of dogmatical and
systematical writings, until the heavens were opened to
him, and for this reason, because by the study of such
writings, groundless opinions and inventions might easily
insinuate themselves into the mind, which might in pro
cess of time be hard to eradicate. Therefore, (says he,)
when the heavens were opened to me, I was obliged to
learn the Hebrew language, as well as the correspond
ences in which the whole Bible is written ; which has
been a motive for my reading the Word of God more
frequently ; and as the Word of God is the fountain from
whence the whole of theology must be drawn, I acquired
thereby a capacity to receive instructions from the Lord,
who is the Word itself.’ He has likewise, in a letter
from Stockholm, dated 14th November, 1769, given me
a description of the state of his earliest youth. From
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