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40 [Doc. 5.
GENERAL BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES.
asked him about the cause of this lamentation, he said : “God
be praised! it is over now . You must not trouble your
selves about me; for whatever happens to me is permitted by
the Lord, and He does not allow me to be tempted more
than He sees that I can bear."
25. Once it was very remarkable, that after such a lamenta
tion he lay down, and did not rise from his bed for several
days and nights. This caused his people much uneasiness;
they talked with one another, and supposed that he had died
from some great fright. They thought of having the door
forced open, or of calling in his intimate friends. At last
the man went to the window, and, to his great joy, saw
that his master was still alive, for he turned himself in bed.
The next day he rang the bell, and then the housekeeper
went in, and told him of her own and her husband’s un
easiness at his condition; whereupon he said with a cheer
ful countenance, that he was doing well, and that he did
not need anything. She was satisfied with this answer, for
neither of his servants dared to interrogate him , as they had
the same opinion of him as the old clergyman in my parish;
and they added that such a wise and learned man would
never distress himself with work and temptations, if he did not
know whence they came.
26. I asked the old housekeeper whether she had ever no
ticed anything unusual in Swedenborg’s eyes after such a
state. I asked this question, because I wanted to know
whether his countenance was at all changed while he was
in the spirit. She answered, that one afternoon, for some
reason or other, she had to go into his room ; and when she
opened the door, the pupils of his eyes had the appearance
of the brightest fire; whereupon she was frightened, stepped
back, and cried out: “ What, in the Lord’s name, is the
matter with you, my master ? You look so terrible." "How,”
said Swedenborg, “do I look ? " And when she told him what
she saw , he said: “ Well! well ! don’t be frightened. The Lord
has opened my bodily eyes, and I have been in the spirit;
but in a little while, I shall be all right again ; and this does
me no harm .” She added, that half an hour afterwards, his
eyes were entirely free from this appearance of fire.
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