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Doc. 313.] 991
CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT.
Word), in MS . , oblong folio, and containing in Dr.
Im . Tafel’s reprint pp. 125, 8vo.
The Author’s intention in writing the above work seems to have
been to make an abstract of the internal sense of the whole Sacred
Scripture, which he was enabled to do after his extensive exploration
of the internal sense in the "Apocalypse Explained." For after
finishing his summary explanation of the internal sense of the
Prophets and Psalms, he took up the historical books of the Old
Testament beginning with Genesis, of which he gave an abstract
of the internal sense as far as chapter xvi, when he discontinued
this work, referring for the rest to the Arcana Cœlestia.
Short extracts from this work are given in the "Apocalypse
Revealed," nos. 239 and 707 ; thus showing that it was written
before 1766. That it was written before 1763 is, however, proved by
the fact that on p. 1 of the original MS. there is a "List of books
to be published" (Quæ edenda), which was printed by the Author
in the preface to the "Doctrine of the Lord," which appeared in
1763. On comparing these two lists, however, it appears that the title
of the Continuatio de Ultimo Judicio (Continuation concerning the
Last Judgment), which is included in the preface to the "Doctrine
of the Lord," is wanting in the list as given in the present work;
so that the composition of the present work must be assigned to a time
when the author had not yet determined to write the "Continuation
concerning the Last Judgment." The preparations for that work are
contained in nos. 111 and 113, as will be shown hereafter.
For further particulars respecting the original MS. of this work,
and its printed editions, see Document 310, Codex 1 .
1760. ( 110.) Riksdagsskrifter (Papers prepared for the
Swedish Diet), in MS., which consist of about 100 pages, folio.
From these papers, which furnish the substance ofmost ofthe Documents
between nos. 174 and 196 in Vol. I of the present work, it appears
that Swedenborg after his return to Sweden in 1759 took a very
active part in the affairs of the Swedish Diet. One of his reasons
for doing so was probably to furnish evidence to his countrymen of
the perfect sanity of his mind; for in the winter of 1759 to 1760
the fact of his having intercourse with the inhabitants of the spiri
tual world became first publicly known, as is proved by Document 239.
For further particulars, see Document 310, Codex 56.
1760. (111.) De Ultimo Judicio (The Last Judgment), in
MS., pp. 100, oblong folio.
In the composition of his doctrinal writings Swedenborg drew on
sources of information, 1. The internal sense of the Sacred
two
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