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192 SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS AND DIARIES. [Doc. 209.
borrowed from the spiritual with which to go to heaven, which
I am unwilling to repay until the very last.
128. April 30XMay 1. I saw some one on guard armed
with a sword; the sword was pointed and sharp ; and he had
something stuck on his coat-sleeves. I was in danger from
him ; for I saw that he was intoxicated, and, consequently, might
do harm. This signifies that on the previous day I had drunk
more than I ought, which is not of the spirit, but of the flesh,
and thus sinful.
129. Afterwards, it seemed to me, I was in company with
my deceased brother Eliezer,* who was attacked by a boar,
which laid hold of him and bit him; I tried to drag the
animal down with a hook, but could not. Afterwards I went
up and saw that he was lying between two boars, which were
eating his head. I could not get any one to help him ; I ran
past. This denotes, I believe, that on the previous day, I had
indulged my appetite and partaken too freely of the necessaries
of life, which is also a work of the flesh, and not of the spirit.
For such is the life of swine, which are forbidden by Paul ; of
such a nature are the so-called feasts (comessationes).
130. On the following day I was more on my guard, but
I fell into a somewhat strong temptation. At the idea that
henceforth I should apply force to my appetite, I came into
a strange condition, and as it were into a state of chagrin ;
yet I was soon relieved from it, after praying and singing a
hymn ; especially when I would no longer be my own, but live
as a new creature in Christ.
131. Afterwards several days in succession I was gene
rally for a few hours in spiritual anxiety, without being able
to tell the cause ; although I seemed to be assured of God’s
grace. In the afternoons, however, I was in a state of great
happiness and spiritual peace.
132. On leaving the Hague in the "treckschuyt" for the
land of the Meuse (Marslandzskuten),‡ which was on the thir
teenth of May, it seemed to me that my brother Jesper52* was
* See Note 161 , ii. See Note 162, i , E.
The Swedish editor suggests Maaslandskuiten, treckschuit från Maas
land, the "treckschuyt" from the land of the Maas or Meuse.
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