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388 SWEDENBORG’S CORRESPONDENCE. [Doc. 247.
With respect to the man who is infested by spirits, I
have heard from heaven, that this was caused by a state of
meditation in which he indulged ; but that no danger is to be
apprehended from them, because he is protected by the Lord.
The only means by which he can be cured, is conversion, and
supplication to the Lord our Saviour Jesus Christ. I remain
with profound respect, most serene Duke and Landgrave,
Your most humble servant,
E. S.
[Amsterdam, 1771.]
DOCUMENT 247.
SECOND LETTER FROM SWEDENBORG TO THE
LANDGRAVE OF HESSE-DARMSTADT. 205*
Most Serene Duke,
I have received and read with pleasure the
letter which you addressed to me. I hope that the work
which has just been printed under the title of "The True
Christian Religion," has reached you during the last few days.
If you see fit, I should like you to instruct the learned
among the clergy in your duchy to report concerning it; but
I pray that such among the learned of your clergy be selected
as love the truth and are delighted with it. If they are not
in the way of truth, they will not see light in that work, but
only shade. What is related of the daughter of the Prince
Margrave has no foundation, but has been invented by some
gossiping newsmonger; I never heard of it before; but what is
reported concerning the brother of the Queen of Sweden" is
true ; yet it should not be regarded as a miracle, but only as
* With respect to the original of this letter, see footnote to Docu
ment 246.
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