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526 TESTIMONY OF CONTEMPORARIES. [Doc. 260.
to pass any judgment upon performances which seem to contain
several things not a little extraordinary. Considering the
excellent character you give the author, I am persuaded he
has the interest of religion at heart, and every friend of that
interest cannot but wish success to intentions so pious and
so disinterested. I am sorry you think the translation of the
Summaria Expositio so ill executed, because it is natural to
apply to the translation for a general notion of the author’s
principles and views ; and, if I mistake not, the original is
not to be found in the parcel which I have received.
"I have the honour to be, with great respect, Sir,
"Your most obedient humble servant,
“R. TRAILL.229
"College, Glasgow, Nov. 3, 1769."
C.
DR. MESSITER TO THE PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF
ABERDEEN.
"Rev. Sir,
"I hope the want of knowledge of your name
will apologize for the direction on the superscription of this
letter, which I address to you in obedience to the desire of
my learned friend the Honourable Mr. Swedenborg, who has
desired me to present you with some late pieces of his writing.
I wish, good Sir, you may think them worthy of your perusal,
as they are the productions of a man whose good qualities,
resulting from his natural, acquired, and blessed abilities, I
can with much truth, from my frequent converse with him,
assert, are a high ornament to human nature. Credulity,
prejudice, or partiality seem to have no share in his com
positions or character, nor is he in the least influenced by
any avaricious or interested view. A proof of this last asser
tion was afforded me by his refusing an offer of any money
he might have occasion for while in England, which was made
him on a supposal that his want of connexions in a place
where he was a stranger might prove an obstacle to his Divine
pursuits. I am inclined to mention this circumstance to obviate
the jealousies most men are apt to entertain of works of this
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