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216 SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS AND DIARIES. [Doc. 209.
dragons, until their wings are discovered.* I was engaged
then in writing on this subject.
200. October 20X21 . It was most gracious and wonderful
that on the previous day I had felt myself unworthy of all
the grace God had been pleased to exhibit towards me ; for
love of my own self and pride were so deeply rooted in
me ; I therefore prayed to God that He would remove them
from me, since this is not in my own power. In the evening
I found myself in a most curious state of mind, such as I
had never experienced before : for I despaired of God’s grace,
although I knew that God is so gracious, and that He has
shown greater grace towards me than towards any one else.
There was an anxiety in the soul, but not in the mind, though
I became conscious of it only in the mind itself, without feeling
any pain in the body.
Afterwards I fell asleep, when it seemed to me as if I
were closely followed by two dogs : after a long time I got
out of their reach, when I was told in my thoughts, that the
object of these strange pains was to cure me of them. When
ever, therefore, the root of what is deeply ingrained in man
is removed, such a feeling of pain is caused ; this is well
worth being remembered and preserved in the thoughts.
201. Afterwards I saw a great King, who was King of
France. He went without a suite, and had but a small regal
No one from these indications could have seen that
he was a king. Some person with me, it seemed, would not
recognize in him a king, whereupon I said that he was of those
who did not care for such things. He was courteous towards
all without distinction, and conversed also with me. On going
out, too, he had no suite, but took upon himself the burdens
of others, and wore garments similar to theirs.
Thence I came into another large society, where I found
every thing much more magnificent.
Afterwards I saw the Queen ; when the chamberlains
entered and bowed before her, she also made a deep reverence ;
and there was no pride in her.-It signifies that in Christ
* See Note 161, xi.
See Note 161, v.
+ See Introduction to Document 208, p. 140.
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