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182 SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS AND DIARIES. [Doc. 209.
away. I went. I nevertheless had another place where I could
see the procession, which had not yet come.
90. As I am certain, however, that God grants His grace
and mercy to all poor sinners, who are willing to be converted,
and who with unshaken faith take refuge in His inconceiv
able mercy and the merit of the Saviour Jesus Christ,* so
also I feel assured of His grace, and leave myself to His
protection, since I believe most firmly that I have received
forgiveness of my sins. This is my consolation, which may
God for the sake of Jesus Christt strengthen.
91. I was this day at intervals in interior anxiety, and
at times in a state of despair ; still I was assured of the
forgiveness of my sins. In consequence of this a cold sweat
(
en stark pers) sometimes broke out on me until 10 o’clock,
when with God’s help I fell asleep.§ A voice then seemed
to say to me that some command would be given me from
within. I slept for an hour and a half; although in the night
I had slept for more than ten hours. With God’s grace I
had a preternatural sleep ; and this has been the case now
for an entire half year.’**
92. April 18X19. It seemed to me as if we were labouring
a long time to bring in a box which contained precious
things ; the time, indeed, was so long, that it reminded one
of Troy ; they persevered with it, and at last removed the
part below. It was then brought in in triumph, and they kept
on sawing and sawing.-This shows how we must labour in
order to gain heaven.‡‡
93. I seemed to have a plain watch with me, but at home
a precious one, which I was not willing to exchange for one
* See Note 165. vi.
See Introduction to Document 208, p. 140.
See Note 165, i.
§ See Note 162, i, E.
** From this it would seem that Swedenborg came into this state about
the middle of October 1743.
++ Swedenborg alludes here to the wooden horse which was with great
difficulty dragged inside the walls of Troy.
See Note 165, x.
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