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594 [Doc. 270.
REFUTATION OF FALSE REPORTS.
MATHESIUS IN 1781.
Mr. Brockmer lay the whole
night restless ; however, he got
up at five o’clock.
He foaming continually cried
out, "But how, how, did the
angel come?" He answered
"No : and now I expect you
will go with me to Dr. Smith."
"The one bids me to
follow you, because you are a
good man, and the other saith,
I shall have nothing to do
with you ; you are good for
nothing.’
....
Quickly he [Swedenborg]
went down stairs, as he had
no business in his [Brockmer’s]
room.
§ 7. When Brockmer came
MATHESIUS IN 1796.
In expectation of the angel
I could not sleep, but lay
awake the whole might. My
wife and children were at the
same time very ill, which in
creased my anxiety. Irose about
five o’clock in the morning.
He foamed and cried again
and again, But how- how
how? Then I reminded him
of our agreement to go to
Dr. Smith. At this he asked
me straight down, Came not
the vision? I answered, No;
and now I suppose you will
go with me to Dr. Smith.
One asks me to follow you,
for you are a good fellow;
the other says I ought to have
nothing to do with you because
you are good for nothing. I
answered, Believe neither of
them, but let us thank God,
who has given us power to
believe in His Word.
He then went down stairs
to his room, but returned im
mediately, and spoke, but so
confusedly that he could not
be understood. I began to be
frightened, suspecting that he
might have a penknife or other
instrument to hurt me. In my
fear I addressed him seriously,
requesting him to walk down
stairs, as he had no business
in my room.
When I came down I found
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