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196 [ Doc. 35.
SWEDENBORG’S ANCESTRY.
on the same day of the year and at the same hour as myself,
who first saw the light of the world on the 28th August, 1653.
If the name Jesper be written Ep. (Jisper ), “he will write,”
the use has also followed the name : for I believe that scarcely
any one in Sweden has written so much as I have: since ten
carts could scarcely carry away what I have written and
printed at my own expense; and get there is much, yea,
nearly as much, unprinted. My son Jesper also has the
same disposition; for he is fond of writing, and writes much.
I am a Sunday child (i. e. born on a Sunday), and the
mother of my children, my late wife, was also a Sunday child :
and all my children are Sunday children, except Catharine, who
was born at Upsal on the 3rd day of Easter. I have put my
sons to that for which God has given them inclination and liking,
and have not brought up any for the clerical profession ; although
many parents do so inconsiderately, and in a manner not
justifiable, by which God’s Church and likewise the ministerial
office suffer not a little, and are brought into contempt. I
have never had my daughters in Stockholm , where many are
sent in order to learn fine manners, but where they also learn
much that is worldly, and injurious to the soul.
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