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EXTRACTS FROM THE MONTHLY REVIEW. 213
I have only to add, go thy way, and leave the book to those that know how to
make a better use of it; and such I trust are not a few among the serious, behig
willing to hope, for the honor of our country, that if such a ludicrous represent-
ation of hell, as passes under the title of The Visions of Don Quevedo, could make
its way among us through no less than ten editions, there will not be wanting
in the land, a sufficient number of persons of sober reflection and contempla-
tive minds, to give all due encouragement to a work so well calculated, as this
is, to promote true wisdom and godliness, by credible testimonies to the world
of spirits, and to the respective states and conditions of departed souls.’
" For a farther account of this extraordinary person, and of his works, see
Review, Vol, xlii. p. 445. Art. * Theosophic Lucubrations on the Nature of Influx
,
Sfc. By the honorable and learned Emanuel Swedenborg.* "
—
M. R. Vol. LIX.
1778, p. 365.
Th*e remaining notice is of
THE HEAVENLY DOCTRINE OF THE NEW JERUSALEM.*
" The Translator informs us, that this work is called the Doctrine of the New
Jerusalem, because by the New Jerusalem, according to our author, is signified
the New Church upon earth, which is now about to be established by the Lord;
and which was foretold, and is particularly described, as to its glory and ex-
cellence, in the 21st chapter of the Revelation, and in many other parts of the
sacred Word. The account which our author gives of this important matter is
as follows :
—The old Christian Church, which was formerly founded by the
Lord, is now at its period, or consummation, in consequence of its successive
corruptions in life and doctrine ; for where genuine charity and genuine faith
are extinguished, there the church is at an end ; inasmuch as charity and faith,
operating in the hearts and actions of men, alone constitute the Hfe and exis-
tence of the church. It hath therefore pleased the Lord of his mercy, to the end
that his kingdom may still remain upon earth, and that he may thence be sup-
plied with members for his glorious kingdom in Heaven, to begin at this time
the establishment of the new church which he had foretold, and to reveal the
doctrine of that church in our author’s writings. This doctrine is called Heavenly,
because it is founded on the spiritual sense of the Word of God, and was re-
vealed to our author, as he expressly declareth, immediately from the Lord out
of Heaven, whilst he was reading the Word.
" Possibly when the doctrine here taught is stripped of its peculiar garb, it will
be found to mean nothing more than that real piety, integrity, and goodness of
heart, which all good men must plead for, and earnestly wish to see universally
prevail. The translator and editor of this tract, has, we suppose, different
views of the subject, and firmly believes in its author as an inspired pro-
phet, raised up to reform the Church. As we shall not dispute with him on this
head, we will only hold, that while we cannot but consider the late Count (.’)
Swedenborg as an enthusiast of the first order, we must also regard him as a
most extraordinary, and, indeed, a most wonderful man !"
—
M. R. Vol. LXIII.
1785, p. 554.
* ** -4 Treatise concerning the New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Doctrine, as revealedfrom
Heaven, to which are prefixed some observations concerning the New Heaven and the New
Earth. Translated from the Latin of the Hon. Emanuel Swedenborg, of the Senatorial
Order of Nobles in the kingdom of Sweden." 8vo. London. 1785.
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