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The New Jerusalem. nau as Heavenly Doctrine.
Translated from ihe Latin Of
EMANUEL SMEDENBORG-PaIcE 80 CENTS.
sldiS WORK IL a, Ahst ac, OF Compendium.
Il as its ate indicates. of the doct ines of he
SEw JERussLEx cnvgeH. The jollocing are
he subjects Of mh,ch ii treats:
1 ORG lodness and TIu,h.-e. Ofthc Will and
.fnders anding.-3. o. the Internal and Extei nal
dan - OF ,h. nature Of Love in general -.
II the na,nre Of >eii-Love and the Love Of the
World.-6. Of the nature Of Charity or the Love
our Neighbour. II. Of Faith.-8. fPia,y.-
,. Of Iouscience.-i0. OF Liberty y-tt. OF Merit.
liz Of Repentance aud tie Remission of 81 $.
is. Of Regene n'ion.-fl. Of Temptsiion.-
Is. Of Bas tisn. i6. OF the Lord'- Ssppe .-iI.
Jf the ltesusec.ion.-1s. Of Heaven aud tt.li
10. Of the Church 10. OF the sioy Scripture.
al. Ot Providence.-22. ot the l. ri ---2o. vi
.eciesissicai and Civil Go,eramept.
lhese subjects ere Disc ssed paee fully by the
antbar "a has Other works, u which TIN, treatise
ma, he considered introductory; ard they ss,.
.en.,y COM rehend the most important and inter
ct ( a. ue.tivns in theology.
he clam of EaANuRL SwBDENBoRG, TO eie
character OF divinely commissioned messcnees,
b,coming mo'e and more subject OF es'igst'on.
Inst IN The sighteen,h ceS my, d,stin gusshed
10 i adva, Ces ia literature ann philosophy in
Ear pe, the no.t epl ghteeed quar;e Of the c,vii-
lzed eorl an lnciv ,dus, should se of acknc~i.
adg s.ns, lcarning aud sc'euce, proiess'ag TO be
the nefald u he second sdsent TO Jesus hfst, TO
soid iite, OF ee with The inv isib,e wofla, aud To
be the medium Of divine communications, " m in
elIeetaai phenomenon too king 10 pass un-
notices.. Nor l. IL i,s. w..,h Ut enrrk. that The
writings OF this aulbor should be suthcisn,, by
their Internal evidence none, 10 establish h,s
% rty With readers of every capacity, learned and
! q. md In en- al
aomenon, TO invslidate THU evidence Is duty in-
cumbent on those Who deny the claim, AMI rejec,
the proof. 10 such. a know edge Of The wosks Of
>wedenborg Is peculiarly important rs they can.
DOT retire what they do not understand. And
.urely the importance OF this know! ledge will not
he d,nin shed finqui,y should disipae Ptejudice,
aud lead 10 the acknowledgement and eoniess,oD,
shss a great prophets risen up among
he character OF these works. il might be snp-
posed, would excite attention. They Iroiess 10
unfold the mysteries Of nature and Of mud TO il-
lus rate the ob,cur'ty OF revelation ana 70 declare
The name oi Con Mosr HIGH"
lbc Object aud tendency Of these writings sup
port ther claim 10 a candid investigation. What.
ever discoveries they may contain Of natural or
spiritual truth how ever they may enisrge the
unde, standing ,r extend the range Of though, /;
knowledge 10 ev.ry where made sobservient 10 life,
und faith to chsl ,ty.
The divine. who 10 wavtfing between authority
and reason. may hnd in the study Of these work.,
a steady tight to guide his researches. The pho
l,sopher, who n unable to reconcile theological
dog,nas with demons, alive science, nlsy here be
snght to f" look through nature up 10 natures
God"
We live in an age when authority hos lost its
ineuenoe nud human sys ems aIe passing away.
Yet the aaesuaf NHAT is 1Rurn" still re-
main .naao,tet 4 Ia such ass'e Of thing. IL IS
nor pofbags, too'iaSeh - expect, that some vs'l
IN estis lie c.sitas Of = church., ,has r.iiss
me- ther on sniiaai,y rsc tradition. nor connc,is,
nor fstber., bot prnf So. 10 receive i,s doctrines
imoe iiaiev from heay en. Jne %.