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540 TESTIMONY OF CONTEMPORARIES. [Doc. 263.
loving and taking in his manner as highly delighted those
he spoke with : but what his sentiments of him were, may be
seen in the prefaces to the works on Influx, Heaven and
Hell, and Universal Theology; and by his executing the
translation of the Heaven and Hell, when near seventy years
of age, and subject to many bodily infirmities, solely from
a desire to render the work public for the general good of
the world.
D.
TESTIMONY COLLECTED FROM MRS. JOHN LEWIS AND MR. HART.
14. Mrs. Lewis [an advertisement at the end ofthe Delitia
Sapientiæ, &c, states that the works are sold by Mr. Lewis,
Paternoster Row, and Mr. Hart, in Poppin’s- court, Fleet-street,]
told Mr. Provo, about the year 1778, that she thought Sweden
borg a good and sensible man, but that it appeared to her that
he was too apt to spiritualize things (when speaking of their
correspondence). She said he was very abstemious, and lived
chiefly on almonds and raisins.
15. Mr. Hart related to Mr. Provo, about the year 1779,
that he thought Swedenborg a remarkable man, for whilst he
was abroad, old Mr. Hart, his father, died in London. On
Swedenborg’s return he went to spend an evening at Mr. Hart’s
house, in Poppin’s-court. After being let in at the street door,
he was told that his old friend, Mr. Hart, was dead; to which
he replied, "I know that very well, for I saw him in the
spiritual world whilst I was in Holland, at such a time [near
the time he died, or soon after] ; also whilst coming over in
the packet to England: he is not now in heaven," continued
he, "but is coming round, and in a good way to do well." This
much surprised the widow and son, for they knew that he was
just come over, and they said that he was of such a nature
that he could impose on no one, that he always spoke the
truth concerning every little matter, and would not have made
any evasion though his life had been at stake. Mr. Hart, the
father, printed all the Arcana Calestia, in Latin ; Swedenborg
was fond of his company, and often went to spend an evening
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