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DOCUMENT 3.
LETTER FROM THE REV. THOMAS HARTLEY
TO EMANUEL SWEDENBORG ;
IN ANSWER TO THE PRECEDING . *
Most respected and beloved Sir,
Your late kindness towards me, as well as your
letter, which I received reverently, as if it had come down to
me from heaven, I acknowledge with heart-felt joy and thank
fulness. Your exhortation to perseverance I shall treasure up and
cherish in the depth of my heart. May I never, after having
once been made the participant of the gifts of heaven, suffer
myself to be drawn away from the truth ; for of what profit
is it to gain the whole world, and lose one’s own soul ?
You, who are gifted with illumination, have, in your friendly
reply, most abundantly satisfied me on the questions I had
proposed to you. This is, and will be, of the greatest use to
me. Should I be called upon to defend the truth in public,
the enemy will not find me altogether unprepared ; and I am
confident the Lord will provide me with the necessary
strength. I neither seek nor avoid such contests. The Lord’s
will be done in everything.
Allow me to congratulate your noble country on your perform
ing the office of your apostolic mission among your countrymen ;
and on your being thus honoured by its princes, its governors,
and high councillors. O happy Swedish nation , and happy
O
ye its chiefs, who acknowledge and receive the Lord in your
* This letter, which was formerly in the library of Count Engeström, is
now preserved in connection with Document 1 in the Royal Library in Stock
holm. From this answer it appears that Dr. Hartley did not publish the
whole of Document 2 ; for Swedenborg had evidently written to him on some
points which are not mentioned in the letter, as it has been published
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