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464 [Doc. 256.
TESTIMONY OF CONTEMPORARIES.
much as then. I had pity on him, and broke off the con
versation." [We must not forget that we have here only one
side of the story ; Swedenborg himself perhaps would have
told a different one. All that Swedenborg needed to tell Cuno
on this subject was to refer him to Volume I of his " Arcana
Cœlestia," where the whole of this subject is abundantly treated
from nos. 190 to 233 ; which also was probably done by him.]
9.* "In the work which appeared last year [De Amore
Conjugiali, p. 328] by which he first became known to me,
he made the following announcement: ’Within two years you
I
will see in its fulness the doctrine of the New Church which
was predicted by the Lord in the Book of Revelation, xxi,
xxii.’ This time appeared to him too long, and already in
the beginning of this year [1769 ] he appeared with a quarto
volume bearing this title : Summaria Expositio doctrinæ Nove
Ecclesiæ, quæ per novam Hierosolymam in Apocalypsi intel
ligitur, ab Emanuele Swedenborg, Sueco, Amstelodami, 1769.
He had long before told me of this intended publication, but
notwithstanding my entreaties he would not show me a single
line of the projected work. I opposed its publication with
all my might ; and as this proved unavailing, and as I did not
like to see the good and honest man run any danger, I thought
my remonstrance might prove more effective, if I should
expostulate with him at table in the presence of a large
company, in these words : ’As your faithful friend I must
advise you not to come out with your new doctrine, or at
least to allow the two years, which you have announced, to
elapse, or you will expose yourself to the danger of being
banished from the city.’ He could not be moved, however,
and before the month of January came to a close, the com
pendium of his new doctrine was printed, bound, and dis
patched to the preachers and priests of all sects, and at the
same time scattered throughout all the towns and universities
of Holland. No less than ten copies were brought to me to
my house. On examining it more closely, I found that this
work was not so dangerous as I had expected. He investigates
the doctrine of the Roman Catholics after the Council of
* See "Aufzeichnungen," &c., p. 145.
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