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DOCUMENT 294.
DOCUMENTS COLLECTED BY MR. WILLIAM
WHITE.267
These documents, consisting of letters written by Bishop
Swedberg, Swedenborg’s father, are contained in the following
publication by Mr. White : "Emanuel Swedenborg : His Life
and Writings," second edition, London, 1868. As he does not
furnish the sources whence he derived these documents, we
give them on his authority. His character as an impartial
witness in re "Swedenborg," will be investigated in Note 267.
A.
FIRST LETTER ADDRESSED BY BISHOP SWEDBERG TO KING CHARLES XII
"Most Mighty King, Most Gracious Lord,
"My disposition, thank God, has ever been far
from selfish, and for this cause He has most richly blessed
me. By His help I have been able to spend large sums in
printing expensive books for the service of His Church and
the edification of many souls. Were I to continue this expen
diture when misfortune and misery cry aloud, I should yield
my people to wretchedness, and were I to keep silence, I should
be lost in despair. I am therefore forced to complain, and
bring my necessities before those who are bound by their
position under God to succour them who are in distress, and
who cannot therefore allow me or mine to go to ruin.
* See Mr. White’s work quoted above, p. 27.
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