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76 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG.
to sail in a few days. During his stay at Gottenburg, Dr. Beyer accidentally met
with him in company, and entertaining, from report, the same sentiments with
many others in that country, with respect to his being a madman, on account
of his assertion, that he had communication with the spiritual world, he was
surprised when he observed that Swedenborg spoke very sensibly, without dis-
covering any marks of that infirmity of which he was suspected ; he therefore
invited Swedenborg to dine with him the day following, in company with Dr.
Rosen. After dinner, Dr. Beyer expressed a desire, in the presence of Dr. Rosen,
to hear from himself a full account of his doctrines ; upon which Swedenborg,
animated by the request, spoke so clearly, and in so wonderful a manner, on
the subject, that the Dr. and his friend were quite astonished. They gave him no
interruption; but when the discourse was ended. Dr. Beyer requested Sweden-
borg to meet him the next day at Mr. Wenngren’s and to bring with him a paper,
containing the substance of his discourse, in order that he might consider it
more attentively. Swedenborg came the day following, according to his pro-
mise, and, taking the paper out of his pocket, in the presence of the other two
gentleman, he trembled, and appeared much affected, the tears flowing down
his cheeks; when, presenting the paper to Dr. Beyer, ’ Sir,’ said he, ’ from this
day the Lord has introduced you into the society of angels, and you are now
surrounded by them.’ They were all greatly affected. He then took his leave,
and the next day embarked for England.
" The Dr. immediately sent for his writings, and to arrange the subjects more
distinctly in his mind, began the Index* {Index Initialis in Opera Swedenborgu
Theologica, ^c), which, as he prepared, he sent, sheet by sheet, to Amsterdam to
be printed. He was thirteen years in completing that work, and on the day he
sent off the last sheet corrected, he sickened, took to his bed, and, in a few days,
it pleased the Lord to call him to himself, to bestow on him the reward of his
useful labors.
t
" After Dr. Beyer had read the writings of Swedenborg, he became so con-
vinced of the truths contained therein, that he declared, not only to many in-
dividuals among the clergy, but likewise in the pubhc consistory, his full assent
to all the doctrines revealed in those works. This was the cause of the violent
persecution he endured to the end of his life, which is, in some measure, evident
from the letters which passed between him and Emanuel Swedenborg."|
* See above p. 55.
t This relation was received by one of the editors of the New Jerusalem Magazine,
published in 1790, from Mr. Wenngren, mentioned above, in the year 1786, who is
now living at Gottenburg, and is one of the magistrates of that place.
I These letters will be adduced below.
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