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the true God, and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.' "
In 1770 Cuno again noted in his memoirs—
"Last year I gave my readers many sheets to read respecting my dear old Swedenborg; but I am by no means done yet with this singular man, and as long as my eyes remain open, I shall not so easily turn them away from him. I still hear news concerning him from Sweden, nay, a short time ago he desired to be remembered to me, and sent me word that he hoped to embrace me this summer. The clergy have made an assault upon him with all their power, but they could not do him any harm, because those high in authority, even, it is said, the King and the Queen, love him."
In his "Theory of Pneumatology" J. H. Jung-Stilling—whose name is cited in Kürtz's "Church History" among the five most brilliant and best known names of the faithful sons of the Church who withstood the rationalistic spirit of the age—says—
"As so very much has been written both for and against this extraordinary man, I consider it my duty to make known the pure truth respecting
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