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Doc. 245.] 309
SWEDENBORG TO BEYER.
which she had thought, and spoken to you, her husband, and
with those who led her astray. Were I at this time near you,
I might relate to you many things on this subject, but I am
not permitted to write about them.
"I have no time at present to express myself about the
boy concerning whom you write. *
"With my kindest regards to you and to my friends, and
especially to the Councilmen Wenngren195 and Hammarberg, 194
I remain in all friendship and sincerity, reverend Doctor.
"Your most obedient servant,
"EMAN. SWEDENBORG.
"Stockholm, October 30, 1769.
"P. S. You may show this letter to others, and if you
choose you may have it copied and printed. Two honourable
friends in London† have invited me to England, and I am
considering whether I shall go thither next spring.
"I have been informed that a letter has been printed in
Gottenburg, in which it is stated that in Paris I was ordered
to leave that city. This is a direct falsehood, as can be proved
by Count Creutz,193 our Ambassador in Paris."
On the effect which the printing of this letter produced in
Gottenburg, the author of "Nya Kyrkan," &c. (p. 24) expresses
himself as follows ; "This letter, which was published separately,
serves to show that even in the matter of exegesis Swedenborg
was in advance of his age. But being printed in Gottenburg
at a time when generally throughout Sweden they had not the
faintest idea of the possibility of any other interpretation of
the Bible than that supplied by the Reformers, it could not
but pour oil upon the flames of controversy which raged for
a long time both in the Consistory and in the Diocese. Speak
ing of the necessity of admitting the use of the understanding
in matters of theology, and of the long winter of theology in
the north ; declaring that Romans iii, 28, treats simply of the
faith of Jesus, and not ofthe imputative faith of the merit
* Concerning this boy, see Document 243.
The Rev. Thomas Hartley¹ and Dr. Messiter,2 see Document 1, Vol. 1
(p. 5).
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