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[Doc. 245.
TRIAL AT GOTTENBURG.
them that it is done at my request. I intend to send a copy
myself to the Chancellor of Justice,196 and one to his Ex
cellency Count Ekeblad.200 I remain with all friendship and
affection,
"Your obedient servant,
"EM. SWEDENBORG.
"Stockholm, April 12, 1770. "
Two days after Swedenborg had addressed the preceding
letter to Dr. Beyer, Dr. Rosén wrote the following letter to
"one ofthe Senators," who had, as the author of "Nya Kyrkan"
says, "desired a detailed account of the case." The following
Document therefore may be regarded as a supplement to the
declaration which Dr. Rosén submitted to the King (Docu
ment 245, Q.) :
S.
DR. ROSEN TO A SENATOR.*
"High well-born Baron , Councillor of His Royal Majesty
and the Kingdom of Sweden, Knight and Commander of
your Order.
"Gracious Sir,
"As Swedenborgianism and I have fallen into
the hands of your Excellency, I will not distress myself about
a fortunate issue of our cause, and my acquittal. The exigency
of the case, nevertheless, requires that, with your gracious
leave, I should explain myself at greater length.
"The severest reproach against the doctrine to which I
bear witness, is its difference from, and in some respects con
flict with, the Confession of Faith, on which we have taken an
oath; my crime also consists in nothing else than refusing, on
that ground, to reject the doctrines of Swedenborg.
"Gracious Sir, the essence of the purity of our doctrine is
its accordance with Scripture ; and the laws of Sweden, especially
* The Swedish original of this Document is printed in "Nya Kyrkan,"
&c., Part I, pp. 51 to 58.
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