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120 [Doc. 10 .
SWEDENBORG’S ANCESTRY.
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were the points upon which they rested the condemnation of
a work which had been prepared with so much care and
judgment. The prayer to which they took exception had been
printed before in the appendix to the psalm -book. There the
Saviour, our Mediator, is called upon, as being not only the
Son of God, but also the Son of man. The orthodox bishops
thought this savoured of Arianism.
Judgment had been passed, and was irrevocable. Who
can wonder that this affair deeply grieved Swedberg’s noble
soul, especially when he reflected upon the spirit by which
his opponents were animated ? They tried to find some cause
of accusation against himself, but were not able; it would
not have been very difficult for him to bring charges against
them ; for most of them furnished grounds for such in
abundance.
The King consented to the resolution of the Committee
against Swedberg, but did not agree with them in his heart,
and “ there was many an honest councillor who did not approve
of their judgment." Swedberg knew this, and hoped to obtain
indemnification for the material losses he had suffered by the
failure of a work which at first had such fair prospects. He
therefore went to His Majesty, and represented to him how,
without any fault of his own, he had come into this position,
which was rendered more painful from the circumstance that
the money he had advanced belonged to minors. At his re
quest a court of investigation was appointed by the King, by
which he was declared innocent. The King then ordered that
20,000 dalers in copper should be paid to him, which was the
value of the copies that had been seized at Burchardi’s. The
secretary of state wanted to pay him with an order on Lap
land - perhaps that he might clear something for himself by
this arrangement. But the King would not listen to his pro
posal
. On the contrary, on hearing Swedberg’s remonstrance,
he ordered the whole sum to be paid to him at once. The
remaining 30,000 dalers, which he had invested in this work,
he lost through Burchardi, “who was ruined himself, and was
ever afterwards somewhat disturbed in mind." Amid all the
opposition which Swedberg encountered from men, he comforted
himself with the rich grace of the Lord, “who also restored
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