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Doc. 209. ] HIS SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE IN 1744. 191
saw King Charles XII., to whom I had previously dedicated
my work; but now it seemed to me as if he had risen from
the dead ; and as if I were going out to dedicate [my work]
to him as to any other.
123. I came out of a certain way, which was a cross-way.
I was directed to go up [a certain eminence], but it seemed to
me as if it were only for a few days, wherefore I went back
again to the plain, where there were many people. I desired
to go away, but was very much pushed about.
124. I gave some fruits to a gardener to sell. He sold
them, and returned me two carolins, but it was said that he
had retained for himself thirteen dalers ; about which I did
not trouble myself.
125. *** I saw a fat and red woman who showed me some
thing repulsive.* I would have nothing to do with her.
126. All this, it seems to me, represents that I must em
ploy my remaining time in writing upon that which is higher,
and not upon worldly things which are far below ; and, indeed,
that I must write about that which concerns the very centre
of all, and that which concerns Christ. May God be so
gracious as to enlighten me respecting my duty ; for I am still
in some obscurity as to the direction whither I am to turn.
127. Some one, it seemed, wrote something short to King
Frederic; he observed that it was short, and gave several
orders to a person, who first was a woman and afterwards a
small man, to worry the writer in various ways with love
intrigues and the like. They did their best, but I saw that
they could not do him any harm or injury. He said that now
between the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh day (so many
days had passed since my temptation) he would borrow a
great deal and go to heaven, and that he would not pay
those from whom he borrowed. This I told to Swab [either
Anders or Anton, see Note 66] that he should report it
to the King. This seems to signify, that if I go on with the
other [work] which I have proposed to myself, I shall have
* See Note 161, iv, C, F.
See Introduction to Document 208, p. 139.
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