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404 TESTIMONY OF CONTEMPORARIES. [Doc. 251.
introduced the doctrine of faith alone; although he is not
among the damned.
5. The transition thence to his own revelation was easy,
since he said that he had often seen and conversed with Dr.
Luther. His principle of knowledge (principium cognoscendi
)
is a supernatural sight and hearing, and the criterion that
both his principle and his revelation are true is this: that
God revealed Himself to him in May 1744, while he was
in London, and that since that time God had prepared
him by a thorough knowledge of all physical and moral powers
(virtutes physicæ et morales) in this world for the reception of
the new revelation ; and ever since that time he has constantly
and without interruption been in communion with God whom
he sees before his eyes like a sun ; he speaks with the angels
and the departed, and knows everything that takes place in
the other world, as well in heaven as in hell, but he does not
know the future.
6. His mission consists in communicating this new light to
the world ; and whoever is willing to accept it, receives it;
the Lord also has granted him this revelation, that he may
make it known to others ; which he has done in Latin, the
most universal language in the world. He alone has received
this revelation, which also is a most particular gift (
donum
particularissimum), by which he profits for the enlightenment
of mankind. He who does not scorn this light, and does not
resist this revelation, receives it; and this revelation is a
living truth. Its object really is, that a New Jerusalem is to
be established among men ; the meaning of which is, that a
New Church is at hand, about the nature of which, and the
way to enter it, his writings really treat.
7. About all this he spoke with a perfect conviction, laying
particular stress upon these words: " All this I see and know
without becoming the subject of any visions, and without being
a fanatic; but when I am alone, my soul is as it were out of
the body, and in the other world; in all respects I am in a
visible manner there, as I am here. But when I think of what
I am about to write, and while I am in the act of writing, I
enjoy a perfect inspiration (så äger jag en full komlig Inspira
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