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REFUTATION OF FALSE REPORTS .
DOCUMENT 269.
THE CHARGE OF SWEDENBORG HAVING
RETRACTED HIS WRITINGS IN HIS LAST
MOMENTS CRITICALLY EXAMINED.
The history of this charge and of its refutation is given in
full by Mr. R. Hindmarsh225 in his " History of the Rise and
Progress of the New Jerusalem Church. " We thence extract
the following (pp. 35 to 39) :
"Among the various persons, in different parts of the world,
with whom I corresponded, in consequence of its being pretty
generally known, that I was the printer of Swedenborg’s
writings, was an English gentleman at the Hague, William
Gomm, Esq.,241 Secretary to the British Ambassador at that
place, and brother-in-law to the late Lord Malmesbury. He
was a most zealous and cordial approver of the New Jerusalem
doctrines, and took an active part in disseminating them in
the higher circles of society. He translated into the French
language such of the proceedings of our Society,* as he thought
were likely to interest foreigners in favour of the New Church;
and wherever he met with opposition to the truth, or heard
* "The Theosophical Society, instituted [in 1784] for the purpose of
promoting the Heavenly Doctrines of the New Jerusalem, by translating
printing, and publishing the Theological Writings of the Honourable
Emanuel Swedenborg."
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