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988 [Doc. 313.
SWEDENBORG’S WRITINGS.
B. Divine Omnipresence and Omniscience, from nos. 1216-1228.
In summing up the doctrinal subjects which are treated in the
"Apocalypse Explained," we obtain the following list: 1. The Doctrine
of Faith and Love, 2. Good Works, 3. A Life according to the
Commandments, 4. Conjugial Love, 5. Profanation, 6. The Word and
its Sanctity, 7. The Athanasian Creed, 8. The Doctrine of the Lord,
9. Divine Omnipotence, 10. Divine Providence, 11. Influx from the
spiritual into the natural world, or the Life of Animals, and the
Soul of Plants, 12. Divine Omnipresence and Omniscience.
The "Apocalypse Explained" is brought to an abrupt conclusion
in the middle of the explanation of v. 10 of chapter xix. The
reason of this is explained in no. 127.—In the first draught copy three
additional numbers, viz. nos. 1230-1232 are written out.
In no. 1229, with which the copy the author wrote out for the
printer closes, the plan of a work on Divine Love and on Divine
Wisdom is given. This work Swedenborg wrote at a subsequent
period; although the plan of the real work (no. 122) differs consider
ably from that laid down in no. 1229 of the present work.
The MS. of the " Apocalypse Explained" had a chequered existence,
as may be seen from Document 310, Codices 107-109, and also
from Documents 287 and 309, B.
This work was first translated into English by Mr. Wm. Hill,
and, revised by the Rev. John Clowes, was printed in London from 1811
to 1815, partly at the expense of the Manchester Printing Society, and
partly at the expense of Dr. Hodson. The Index, which is now printed
with the English edition of the work, was compiled by J. A. Tulk, Esq.
1759. (107.) De Athanasii Symbolo (The Athanasian Creed),
in MS., pp. 42, 8vo.
This work seems to be an expansion of the dissertation on the
same subject contained in the "Apocalypse Explained" (no. 106) from
nos. 1092-1100 . It contains a thorough analysis of the "Athanasian
Creed," which is, however, not yet reduced into a certain, distinct
shape, but consists in a great measure of detached notes and obser
vations on the subject of the Divine Trinity. Among these are many
most important statements on the subject of the Lord’s glorification.
The preface contains the following statements : "Those things
are to be adduced which the Lord spoke in Matthew concerning
the last state of the Church ; the same words are to be quoted and
explained as in the work on ’Heaven and Hell,’ no. 1. This signifies
the Lord’s Advent, and on this account the Lord discovered the
arcana concerning heaven and hell, the life of man after death, the
Word, the Last Judgment, and the doctrine of the Church. All
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