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present work has been delayed in its issue
in consequence of the destruction of some of the forms by a fire which con si ^
the building where the printing was carried on. Fortunately the greatei*
of the work had been previously struck off in another office, and was safc^^’
the copy for two forms had to be supplied anew, which could not but oc(
considerable delay. But even had not this accident occurred, as it was re-
to publish the work complete, consisting of fourteen Nos., its appear in’
not have been anticipated at a much earlier date than the present. W
however, it will be found upon perusal to he intrinsically w^orthwaitii
Some idea of its value in this respect will be gained from the Prefaces
present edition.
’* A more interesting volume," says the Intellectual Repository for June,®
"containing so many well authenticated testimonies in illustration of tl
and character of the venerable Swedenborg, can scarcely be imagined ; a^^
can easily conceive the effect which the perusal of this volume will hn^
the mind of the unprejudiced reader, who having become acquainted wi’
theological writings of our aiathor, desires to know something of the li
character of that extraordinary man. He will here find the testimonies
^^
most scientific men of the age, of prime ministers and counsellors of st^
kings and queens, of the most distinguished philosophers and poets,
’^
most esteemed divines, not of one country but of several, all concur
^
demonstrate that the venerable Swedenborg was a man of unblemished
^
exalted piety and virtue, of distinguished eminence as a philosopher in’’
every department of science, honored by the kings under whom he li^
one of the most useful members of the community, revered and loved b^’
merous and respectable circle of aciquaintances in Sweden. Denmark. Ge
Holland, and England. These testimonies also prove tliat, in the econoP’
wise and merciful Providence; he was placed in an extraordinary pos
’
which he could acquire information on the most important subjects reli
wisdom, salvation, and happiness ; which information had hitherto be’
eluded from the eyes of mortals; and that he shed a peculiar ]\mre or
raomentous points of human intelligence, *
which so many
look into, but were not able
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