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170 DOCUMENTS CONCERNING SWEDENBORG.
" You may see in the work above-mentioned, that there are no more miracles,
at this time ; and the reason why. It is, that they who do not beUeve because
they see no miracles, might easily, by them, be led into fanaticism. I have
seen two volumes, in quarto, of miracles wrought by the Abbe Deacon Paris,*
which are nothing but falsehoods, being partly fantastic and partly magical
;
and it is the same with the other miracles of the Roman Catholics. Examine, I
pray you, what I have said on the subject of miracles in that work. At this day,
faith will be established and confirmed in the New Church, only by the Word
itself and by the truths it reveals ; truths which appear in light to the reader of
my last work, which is itself an indication that the Lord is present and enlight-
ens him. For every truth contained in the Word shines in heaven ; and comes
down from thence into this world, to those who love truth because it is truth.—
I
have the honor to be, &c.,
"Emanuel Swedenborg.
"Amsterdam, July 13, 1771."
XXX.
SWEDENBORG’S LETTER
TO
MR. WENNGRENjt
ONE OF THE .MAGISTRATES OF GOTTENBURG.
" Esteemed Friend,
*«
I have received your letter, together with the records concerning the boy
who can cure diseases ; with respect to him, I cannot at this time explain my-
self, because the subject of religion in regard to my intercourse with the spiritu-
al world MOW makes a stir, as well here as in other parts of the country, and ,
this would in some degree interfere with the subject. Some few days since,
that private concern of my own was determined in the clerical assembly at the
’
Diet. Whether the dean will be as satisfied now as he has been hitherto is
’
best known at Gottenburg ; the clergy and others will probably give some cet-
’
tain account of this next week, by letter : among his party there have been
some merciless slanderers, the expressions of whom have fallen on the ground
like fiery balls from the clouds, and become extinguished.—I remain, &c,,
" Emanuel Swedenborg.
«« Stockholm, Jan. 18, 1770."
* This man was born in the city of Paris, in 1690, of a good family. He became a
priest, took deacon’s orders, and attached himself to the Jansenist, or high orthodox
party. He renounced his inheritance, and devoted himself to poverty and labor; and
at his death in 1727, was buried in the church-yard of St. Medard. In his life he had
acquired a sort of celebrity, and the Jansenists made use of it after his death, to give
them an advantage over their enemies, the Jesuits. Astonishing miracles took place,
or seemed to take place, at his tomb, which it was impossible to account for or explain.
The whole aft’air produced so much excitement and disturbance, that, five years after
his death, the church-yard where he was buried was walled up by order of government
f See above p. 76.
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