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152 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG,
The Letters which Swedenborg wrote to Dr. Oetinger are the following :
—
LETTER I,
To Dr. Oetinger.
" 1 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 re-
specting them, and they are as follows : 1st. The Treatise on Heaven and Hell.
2d. On the New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Doctrine. 3d. Of the Last Judgment. 4th,
Of the White Horse mentioned in the Revelations. 5th. Of the Earths in the Universe.
"I this year published the work entitled The Revelations Revealed, which was
promised in the treatise On the Last Judgment, and from all which writings it may
be plainly seen that I converse with angels. Every person may see, that by the
New Jerusalem is meant a new church or congregation, the doctrines and arti-
cles of whose faith cannot shine in their true splendor, and give light to others,
without the divine aid, because they are only figuratively described in the Reve-
lations, that is to say, according to correspondence,- and the true doctrine of it can-
not be published to the world, but by such as to whom the needful revelation is
made. I can sacredly and solemnly declare, that the Lord Himself has been
seen of me, and that he has sent me to do what I do, and for such purpose has
he opened and enlightened the interior part of my soul, which is my spirit, so
that 1 can see what is in the spiritual world, and those that are therein; and this
privilege has now been continued to me for twenty-two years. But in the pre-
sent state of infidelity, can the most solemn oath make such a thing credible, or
to be believed by any ? Yet such as have received true Christian light and un-
derstanding, will be convinced of the truth contained in my writings, which are
particularly evident In the book of the Revelations Revealed. Who, indeed, has
hitherto known anything of consideration of the true spiritual sense and mean-
ing of the Word of God, the spiritual world, or of heaven and hell; the nature
of the life of man, and the state of souls after the decease of the body ? Is it to
be supposed, that these and other things of a like consequence are to be eternally
hidden from Christians .’
That many very important particulars relating to them
are at this day revealed for the first time, is done in regard to the New Jerusalem
and for the sake of the New Church, because the members thereof are endowed
with a capacity to apprehend them, which others might also have, were it not
for their weak unbelief of the possibility of such things being made known to
any, and by them to the world. These writings of mine do not come under thr
term of prediction, but revelations. Farewell, &c.—I remain, your most ready-
servant,
*’
Emanuel Swedenborg.
" Stockholm, Sept. 23, 1766."
LETTER II.
To Dr. Oetinger.
" You suggest a doubt in respect to Christ’s having power given Him over an
flesh, and yet the angels and heavenly beings {Angeli et Ccelites) have not flesh, hut luci^
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