The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-11-04
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| sinn al mta h errnr. Thr language and
! the name al the author al = shari address
| Ia D.. J. |. I.brii. In the last llrg,aian
are tao Inurh a. aIisnn. \ Zeal III this klnd
l. "a Erirefal ,si, uialsd to Iniure the caus,
| u WAS iDtrndrd Ia beaeht. The doctor
had asserted that tie works of iiindniirsi
and Clowes dad ga England sleDced all op
pa~iIion Ia lis fat"tlie y stra. IL. dem
nator rcsenis thr declaration, and premium
crs II grnundless. II IL possible, however
/ he ina, have been little too hasty indeed
| am of oplnI1u that The assertion requires
but little # any qualification /" nuke II NJ
+ together correct. am further at OPINION
+ that when the doctof's correspondents shal
have become better acquainted with the
oHt,cdfd a peel of The system they oppose
they will lar silcnced too. Ii we're tO tell
gentleman beIongiug :" the society 81
frrrnasnns, that some ot their lodge ar.
rangemeAl. did mol pleas; me, liz would
very property reply that ! would be bet
Ter Judge shouid become member. Very
aluri!ar must be the reply ! should receive
from a follower of SWedenborg, under SIM
liar circumstances. There would be, hew
ever, this material difference. could enter
the lodge with hesitation. and ( in my CON
vicIion rs proceeded, agreeable 10 HE or
der Of nature; hut in the other case ! must
frd be convinced. In other waIds, must
have faith in the divine mission of Baron
Swedeuborg, without any evidence, before
could receive his system for the whole
credit of the system depends ON the di,in-
ity Of the mission. 1t is impossible to con
duct an argument To amy favorable issue,
without having some principle ad nltted as
common ground; bat tins controversy adj
mlts Of none. My opponent tells me- that
the science of correspondence is the only
key capable of unlocking the folding doors
which conceal the my stories of the word
Of God from the gaze Of the multitude, aud
that God has laid this key on the shoulders
of Baron Swrdcnborg that without it the
greatest part of the scriptures IS IA mere tls-
sur Of absurdilics and contradictions, cal
cuIated 10 bewlldei the senses---and that
prophets aud apostles were mere novccs
IN spiritual know ledge. This being the ac
tud nature of the controversy, II Is not
wonderful hing If every man who values
his Tune should be put to silence. IL my
neigbbor keeps the only key that can ever
gam admIltancc 10 certain apartment,
why should l spcud moment 10 argue
with him eonocraing what was within. But
there are other considerations sufficient 10
lead a prudent person In be the first to lay
down his pen. A few of them | shall here
IA h.
Published a dictionary, in which the pccu.
lantirs of their mystlclsms are alphabet
cally arranged and many of them are
equally foreign from tr1ie etymoogy and
common sense. The reader may take the
following specimens as examples:
"1D.3.U, not the first of men, but the first
aud most ancient church on this earth, CON
slstIng of perhaps thousands of men, and
described in the WORD by the man aud his
wife Eve the man denollng ihr intrlrc-
tual principle, and the wife the will princi-
Pile. Their new creation aud generation is
described IN the first chapter of Genesis,
by the creation of heaven aud earth +; their
wisdom aud intelligence by the garden oil
Eden and the end oi that church is signi-
nIicdby their eating of the tree of know
J lgc.
".4BOpE, in the spiritual sense, means
within. There are two kinds of order, VIZ
sue cssise aud simultaneous. An idea oil
successive order may be had from Il co.
amn, the head of which is ADORE and the
foot btlOlo but simultaneous order is like
the same column suksidug into plane, in
which case that part, which Termed the
head IN successive order, and was dborc
now bceames tive mddr IN simultaneous
order and is mtthia. The scripture FIRE
qucutly expresses things according to sue
cessive order, which in reality exist accord
ing to simultaneous order. Thus when il
is said that heaven Is ADORE, or ON high W
are to understand chat ii is uiibln, dgreea
bly, to these words Of the Lord, d" The
kingdom of heaven is ieitkin you.
.4D0P1YO.N. signifies reception intc
the spiritual Kingdom of The Lord. Tn,
reason Why they who cnnsttntutethc spr
tual kingdom are called the adopted sons q
the Lord, is, because they are not son,
derived from the essential marriage of goo,
aud truth, rs celestial men are, bat from
certain covenant not 50 strictly conjuSal
they are indeed from the same father, bu
not from the same mother that is, from
the SAME divine Good, hut not from tn,
same divine Truth. These were represcn
ted by the children which Abraham had 3,
his concub,nes for in ancient times a con
cubne representedth the spiritual church, anC
wife the celestial church. Celestial mel
never reason about truth, but have an i'm
mediate perception OF ii, so that with then
the conversation is yea, yea, or nay, nay
Spiritual men, ON the contrary, have n,
o"ledee of truth from any perception
with them, bat believe thing 10 be true
because they have been told so by THEN
parents and masters wherefore with them
there Is nat the genuine marriage of good
aud Truth. Nevertheless, the truth which
they 50 believe is adopted by the Lord a,