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Doc. 245.] 325
DR. BEYER’S DEFENCE.
some small treatises I have published on this subject, about
four years ago I happened to read something that Assessor
Swedenborg had written. At first it appeared to me uninter
esting, incomprehensible, and of small value to the study of
theology. But when, led by curiosity, I had with awakened
attention read half a volume, I soon discovered important
reasons for not desisting until I had gone over all his writ
ings of this description; and may I be allowed to observe in
deep humility, that, although I uninterruptedly continued their
perusal for a long time, employing for this purpose every
moment I could spare from my public duties ; and although
I read them over several times, I, nevertheless, wish I could
have studied them for several years longer, on account of
their precious contents, so as to be able to submit to you a
riper opinion respecting them.
"Assessor Swedenborg’s works of this kind are all published
in Latin, in large quarto volumes, viz. eight heavy volumes,
entitled Arcana Calestia, which contain an explanation of
the spiritual sense of every chapter and verse in Genesis
.
and Exodus ; the ’Apocalyse Revealed’ is written in a similar
style. Further, the New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Doc
trine,’ ’The New Jerusalem concerning the Sacred Scripture,’
"
The White Horse,’ The Doctrine of Life for the New
Jerusalem, from the precepts of the Decalogue,’ "The Doctrine
of the New Jerusalem respecting Faith,’ ’Angelic Wisdom
respecting the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom,’ ’Angelic
Wisdom respecting the Divine Providence,’ ’Heaven and Hell,’
’Conjugial and Scortatory Love,’ ’The Last Judgment and the
Destruction of Babylon,’ ’ Continuation concerning the Last
Judgment and the Spiritual World,’ ’
The Earths in the Solar
System and the Starry Heaven,’ ’Brief Exposition of the
Doctrine of the New Church,’ The Intercourse between the
Soul and the Body.’
"It is impossible to pass a correct judgment upon these
works unless several of them have been compared together ; but
before I proceed to give my humble opinion I must consider
what the Lord’s Word and His doctrine require, and in doing
so I must keep in view the statutes of Your Royal Majesty
and of the Church. So long as I allow myself to be directed
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