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DOCUMENT 14.
*
FOURTH LETTER * OF BISHOP SWEDBERG TO
JOHAN ROSENADLER .
a
Well-born Secretary,
Dear brother,
I have, together with another good Christian,
agreed to print abroad, in octavo, a Swedish Bible which
may be sold for a daler in silver, certainly not for more than
one and a half; and all this for the sole purpose of spreading a
knowledge of God’s Word. Of this project I spoke in my
humble address to His Majesty in the “ Shibboleth,” §. 38. I
am well aware that those who have the privilege of printing the
Swedish Bible are very much opposed to this. But ought not
the honour of God’s name, His Holy Word, and that which may
promote the salvation of many souls, to avail more than the
usury of many, derived from the sale of God’s Word ? I insist
also that our Swedish countrymen in India must rejoice at an
opportunity for letting God’s Word live plentifully among them.
This our godly proposal I herewith, as in duty bound, make
known to you, that, in virtue of your office, you may submit
it humbly to the Royal College of Chancery; and I beg you
to let me know its favourable answer, or any other it may
choose to give.
Again, as the clergy in India have recently written to me
for an abridgment of my "Godly Exercise in the Catechism ,"
I have prepared it. It amounts to about ten sheets. Will
you please, on my account, or rather on account of your office,
to submit this also to the Royal College, and obtain a
* Bergius’ Collection, Vol. IV, p. 9.
11 *
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