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266 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG.
of the NewJerusalem, presented to view in all the bright
ness and fulness of truth, and confirmed by the testimony
of the sure Word of prophecy ; and some faint idea may
then be formed of the immense debt of gratitude, owing
at this day from all the families of the earth to their
heavenly Father. For who, except that Father, whose
tender mercies are over all His works, could thus cause
His light to shine in darkness, for the deliverance of His
people from evil, from error, and from destruction, and,
at the same time, for the guidance of their feet into the
ways of righteousness, truth, and salvation ? To his
praises, and most unfeigned thankfulness on this occasion,
the author is lastly urgent to add his ardent prayers, that
the above glorious light may shine in every corner of the
habitable globe, until the whole earth becomes that blessed
tabernacle of God, which was announced to be with
men, in which God will dwell and be with them
their God, and wipe away all tears from their eyes.’
(Rev. xxi. 3, 4.)"
THE REV. J. CLOWES’
AFFECTIONATE ADDRESS *
TO ALL THE
MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST,
ON THE
THEOLOGICAL WRITINGS
OF THE
HONOURABLE EMANUEL SWEDENBORG.
" REV. BRETHREN,
"Deeply impressed with veneration for your sacred
character, as Ministers of the Truth, and with as real a
concern for the interests of that truth of which you are
This Address was first published and widely circulated in the
year 1790.
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