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ANDERS FRYXELL. 1239
yet Swedenborg published it on his own responsibility, and on his
own resources entirely.
(14) On p. 157 he declares that by his Daedalus Hyperboreus
he became first known to Polhem, viz. in 1715 ; when yet Sweden
borg as early as 1710 spent several months with Polhem (see Docu
ment 38).
(15) On p. 157 he further declares Swedenborg "under Polhem’s
direction worked in the salt boileries ;" when yet it was Swedenborg
himself who started this project (see Documents 69, 73, and 77).
(16) On p. 158 he says that "After the King’s death Swedenborg
undertook a new journey abroad." The King, i. e. Charles XII,
died in 1718, and Swedenborg did not enter upon a new journey
until 1721.
(17) On p. 153 he says that "Swedenborg in his youth was in
clined to mysticism and superstition." There is no evidence what
ever by which Fryxell can prove this assertion.
(18) On the same page Fryxell says that "he was inclined to
rationalism," because he then "shewed a certain inclination to up
hold salvation by works, at the same time with salvation by faith."
Those who uphold the pure doctrine of Scripture Fryxell calls
"rationalists."
(19) Fryxell, who when writing his Life of Swedenborg was
himself eighty-two years old, says of Swedenborg on p. 154, "Cer
tainly his memory must have been here at fault, probably by the debi
lity of age, for in making the above statement to Beyer he was
over eighty years old."
(20) On p. 197 he states that "towards the close of his life, viz.
in his "
True Christian Religion,’ Swedenborg approached more to
wards the views ta the state-church of Sweden" !!! This is
a mere assertion without any foundation.
(21) On p. 204 in a footnote Fryxell says, that the date of the
"Spiritual Diary" is uncertain. We were not aware of this.
(22) On p. 188 he says concerning the doctrine of correspondence
that "this doctrine," according to Swedenborg, "had been communicated
to Enoch, but that since it had been lost by men." Swedenborg
makes no such statement about Enoch.
(23) On the same page he says, "Swedenborg did not explain how
Moses could write his books which are filled with correspondences."
Swedenborg has explained this over and over again in his work
entitled "Doctrine of the Sacred Scripture," and also in the chapter
on the Sacred Scripture in the "True Christian Religion."
(24) On p. 164 he says, "There is not a single proof that he
interested himself in the fine arts, music, painting, sculpture. Fryxell
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