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1100 NOTES TO VOLUME II.
"God’s grace and mercy which is in Christ overlooks man’s
damnable nature" (no. 64).
"Good can come from no other source, except from the Lord
[Jesus]" (no. 138).
"Without Christ no one can come to God" (no. 180).
"In Christ is not the least pride ; He makes Himself equal with
others, although He is the greatest King" (no. 201).
III. In the Diary for 1744 the Son of God is almost constantly called
Christ. And here it must be observed that before October, 1744, when
Swedenborg began writing his work on the "Worship and Love of
od," he always spoke of the Lord as "Christ." In that work, and
also in the Adversaria up to Genesis, chapter iv, he called Him
the "Only begotten of the Highest," or "of God;" from chapter iv
(Vol. I, no. 94) to chapter xxxiv (Vol. II, no. 1545, p. 776)
"Messiah;" and through the rest of the Adversaria "God-Messiah."
This appellation he continued to use in the "Spiritual Diary," until
January 11 , 1748 (no. 460). From that date until January 21
(no. 467) he speaks of "Jesus Christ," and "our Saviour" in connection
with "God-Messiah." From January 21 (no. 489) to February 5
(no. 641) he uses the terms "Jesus Christ," "Saviour of the world,”
and the "Only Lord" (Dominus Unicus) ; he also speaks of “our
Lord" (no. 568), of the "Lord God" (no. 612), and of the "Lord
Jesus" (no. 617), alternating these terms with "the Lord" from
January 26 (no. 564). From February 5 (no. 641) he uses the term
"Lord" exclusively; although on February 9 (no. 689) the expression
the "Word of God-Messiah" occurs once more.
Let us endeavour to show now that, up to the latter part of
1744, when Swedenborg closed his Diary for 1744, in speaking ofthe
Son of God he generally used the term "Christ."
In a dissertation on "faith and good works," written about 1736,
Swedenborg says, "Faith properly consists in this, that man believes
in the Almighty God, in Christ, the Saviour of the world, and in
all that the revealed Word dictates in the Sacred Scripture" (Post
humous Tracts, p. 11).
In Swedenborg’s Common Place Book from 1733 to 1740 (Photo
lithographic MSS., Vol. III, p. 140), we read as follows : "Concern
ing Faith in Christ. 1. It is clear that no one can be saved
except by faith in God ; 2. that no one can be saved except by
Christ. 3. It is asked whether we are saved only by faith in Christ.
4. It is answered that a distinction must be made between those
who know Christ, and those who do not know Him. Those who
know Christ, and who are Christians, cannot separate Christ from
God or the Father; hence they can be saved only by faith in Christ,
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