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AnnSwedDPtitle; E609| Annotations to Swedenborg's Divine Providence t1466
AnnSwedDPtitle; E609| London, 1790
AnnSwedDPtitle; E609| HALF-TITLE [signed]
AnnSwedDP; E609| William Blake
TXTSwedDPpref; E609| TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
TXTSwedDPpref; E609| PAGE V Perhaps there never was a Period . . . which required a
TXTSwedDPpref; E609| Vindication and Elucidation of the Divine Providence of the Lord,
TXTSwedDPpref; E609| more than the present. . . .
TXTSwedDPpref; E609| For if we allow a GENERAL Providence, and yet deny a
TXTSwedDPpref; E609| PARTICULAR one, or if we allow a PARTICULAR one, and yet deny a
TXTSwedDPpref; E609| SINGULAR one, that is, one extending to Things and Circumstances
TXTSwedDPpref; E609| most SINGULAR and minute, what is this but denying a GENERAL
TXTSwedDPpref; E609| Providence?
AnnSwedDPpref; E609| Is not this Predestination?
TXTSwedDPpref; E609| PAGE xviii . . . Nothing doth IN GENERAL so contradict Man's
TXTSwedDPpref; E609| natural and favourite Opinions as TRUTH, and . . . all the
TXTSwedDPpref; E609| grandest and purest Truths of Heaven must needs seem obscure and
TXTSwedDPpref; E609| perplexing to the natural Man at first View--
AnnSwedDPpref; E609| Lies & Priestcraft Truth is Nature
TXTSwedDPpref; E609| --until his intellectual [p xix] Eye becomes
TXTSwedDPpref; E609| accustomed to the Light, and can thereby behold it with
TXTSwedDPpref; E609| Satisfaction
AnnSwedDPpref; E609| that is: till he agrees to the Priests interest
TXTSwedDP; E609| CHAPTER THREE
TXTSwedDP69; E609| 69. But the Man who doth not suffer himself to be led to, and
TXTSwedDP69; E609| enrolled in Heaven, is prepared for his Place in Hell; for Man
TXTSwedDP69; E609| from himself continually tends to the lowest Hell, but is
TXTSwedDP69; E609| continually with-held by the Lord;
AnnSwedDP69; E609| What is Enrolling but Predestination
TXTSwedDP69; E609| and he, who cannot be with-held, is prepared for a certain
TXTSwedDP69; E609| Place there, in which he is also enrolled immediately after his
TXTSwedDP69; E609| Departure out of the World; and this Place there is opposite to a
TXTSwedDP69; E609| certain Place in Heaven, for Hell is in Opposition to
TXTSwedDP69; E609| Heaven;
AnnSwedDP69; E609| Query Does he also occupy that place in Heaven.---See N.
AnnSwedDP69; E609| 185 & 329 at the End See 277 & 307. & 203 where he says
AnnSwedDP69; E609| that a Place for Every Man is Foreseen & at the same time
AnnSwedDP69; E609| provided.
TXTSwedDP185; E610| 185. . . . after Death . . . the . . . great and rich . . . at
TXTSwedDP185; E610| first speak of God, and of the Divine Providence, as if they
TXTSwedDP185; E610| acknowledged them in their Hearts; But whereas they then
TXTSwedDP185; E610| manifestly see the Divine Providence, and from it their final
TXTSwedDP185; E610| Portion, which is that they are to be in Hell, they connect
TXTSwedDP185; E610| themselves with Devils there,. . ..
AnnSwedDP185; E610| What could Calvin Say more than is Said in this Number
AnnSwedDP185; E610| Final Portion is Predestination See N 69 & 329 at the End &
AnnSwedDP185; E610| 277 & 203 Where he says A Place for Each Man is Foreseen & at the
AnnSwedDP185; E610| same time Provided
TXTSwedDP201; E610| 201. If it should be alledged, that the Divine Providence is an
TXTSwedDP201; E610| universal Government, and that not any Thing is governed, but
TXTSwedDP201; E610| only kept in it's Connection, and the Things which relate to
TXTSwedDP201; E610| Government (illuquae Regiminis sunt) are disposed by others, can
TXTSwedDP201; E610| this be called an universal Government? No King hath such a
TXTSwedDP201; E610| Government as this; for if a King were to allow his Subjects to
TXTSwedDP201; E610| govern every Thing in his Kingdom, he would no longer be a King,
TXTSwedDP201; E610| but would only be called a King, therefore would have only a
TXTSwedDP201; E610| nominal Dignity and no real Dignity: Such a King cannot be said
TXTSwedDP201; E610| to hold the Government ,much less universal Government. [Cited in
TXTSwedDP201; E610| Blake's note on 220]
TXTSwedDP203; E610| 203. Since every Man therefore lives after Death to Eternity,
TXTSwedDP203; E610| and according to his Life here hath his Place assigned to him
TXTSwedDP203; E610| either in Heaven or in Hell. . . . it follows, that the Human
TXTSwedDP203; E610| Race throughout the whole World is under the Auspices of the
TXTSwedDP203; E610| Lord, and that everyone, from his Infancy even to the End of his
TXTSwedDP203; E610| Life, is led of Him in the most minute Particulars, and his
TXTSwedDP203; E610| Place foreseen, and at the same Time provided
AnnSwedDP203; E610| Devils & Angels are Predestinated.
TXTSwedDP; E610| CHAPTER ELEVEN
TXTSwedDP220; E610| 220. . . . when a Man . . . cannot but think . . . that the State
TXTSwedDP220; E610| was made for him, and not he for the State; he is like a King
TXTSwedDP220; E610| who thinks his Kingdom and all the Men in it are for
TXTSwedDP220; E610| him, and not he for the Kingdom and all the Men of which
TXTSwedDP220; E610| it consists. . . .
AnnSwedDP220; E610| He says at N 201 No King hath such a Government as
AnnSwedDP220; E610| this for all Kings are Universal in their Government otherwise
AnnSwedDP220; E610| they are No Kings
TXTSwedDP; E610| CHAPTER THIRTEEN
TXTSwedDP274; E610| 274. That a Doubt may be inferred against Divine Providence,
TXTSwedDP274; E610| because it was not known heretofor[i.e. before
TXTSwedDP274; E610| Swedenborg's preaching], that Man liveth after Death; and
TXTSwedDP274; E610| this was not discovered till now. . . . But yet all who
TXTSwedDP274; E610| have any Religion, have in them an inherent Knowledge, that Men
TXTSwedDP274; E610| live after Death. . .[Bracketed]
AnnSwedDP274; E610| It was not Known & yet All Know
TXTSwedDP; E610| CHAPTER FOURTEEN
TXTSwedDP277; E610| 277.2. . . he who is in Evil in the World, the same is in Evil
TXTSwedDP277; E610| after he goes out of the World; wherefore if Evil be not
TXTSwedDP277; E610| removed in the World, it cannot be removed afterwards
AnnSwedDP277; E610| Cursed Folly!
TXTSwedDP277; E610| where the Tree falls, there it lieth; so also it is with the
TXTSwedDP277; E610| Life of Man; as it was at his Death, such it remaineth; everyone
TXTSwedDP277; E610| also is judged according to his Actions, not that they are
TXTSwedDP277; E610| enumerated, but because he returns to them, and does the like
TXTSwedDP277; E610| again; for Death is a Continuation of Life; with this Difference,
TXTSwedDP277; E610| that then Man cannot be reformed.
AnnSwedDP277; E610| Predestination after this Life is more Abominable than
AnnSwedDP277; E610| Calvins & Swedenborg is Such a Spiritual Predestinarian--witness
AnnSwedDP277; E610| this Number & many others See 69 & 185 & 329 & 307
TXTSwedDP; E610| CHAPTER FIFTEEN
TXTSwedDP307; E610| 307....... That the Wicked, who are in the World, are governed in
TXTSwedDP307; E610| Hell by the Lord; . . . because Man with Respect to his Spirit is
TXTSwedDP307; E610| in the spiritual World. . . . in an infernal
TXTSwedDP307; E611| Society if he is wicked, and in a celestial Society if good; . . .
TXTSwedDP307; E611| wherefore according to his Life and the Changes thereof, he is
TXTSwedDP307; E611| translated by the Lord from one Society of Hell to another, [or]
TXTSwedDP307; E611| led out of Hell and introduced into Heaven, and there also . . .
TXTSwedDP307; E611| translated from one Society to another, and this until the Time
TXTSwedDP307; E611| of his Death, after which he is no longer carried from one
TXTSwedDP307; E611| Society to another, because he is then no longer in any State of
TXTSwedDP307; E611| Reformation, but remains in that in which he is according to his
TXTSwedDP307; E611| Life; wherefore when a Man dies, he is inscribed in his own
TXTSwedDP307; E611| Place. . . .
AnnSwedDP307; E611| Predestination
TXTSwedDP; E611| CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
TXTSwedDP329; E611| 329. . . . there is not wanting to any Man a Knowledge of the
TXTSwedDP329; E611| Means whereby he may be saved, nor the power of being saved if he
TXTSwedDP329; E611| will; from which it follows, that all are predestined or intended
TXTSwedDP329; E611| for Heaven, and none for Hell. But forasmuch as there prevails
TXTSwedDP329; E611| among some a Belief in Predestination to no Salvation, which is
TXTSwedDP329; E611| Predestination to Damnation, and such a Belief is hurtful, and
TXTSwedDP329; E611| cannot be dispelled, unless Reason also sees the Madness and
TXTSwedDP329; E611| Cruelty of it, therefore it shall be treated of in the following
TXTSwedDP329; E611| Series. 1.That any other Predestination, than Predestination to
TXTSwedDP329; E611| Heaven, is contrary to the Divine Love and it's Infinity. 2. That
TXTSwedDP329; E611| any other Predestination, than Predestination to Heaven, is
TXTSwedDP329; E611| contrary to the Divine Wisdom and it's Infinity. 3. That it is an
TXTSwedDP329; E611| insane Heresy, to suppose that they only are saved who are born
TXTSwedDP329; E611| within the Church. 4.That it is a cruel Heresy, to suppose that
TXTSwedDP329; E611| any of the human Race are predestined to be damned.
AnnSwedDP329; E611| Read N 185 & There See how Swedenborg contradicts himself &
AnnSwedDP329; E611| N 69
AnnSwedDP329; E611| See also 277 & 203 where he Says that a Place for Each Man
AnnSwedDP329; E611| is foreseen & at the same time provided