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'In one hundred years, Monsieur Ferelius quotes him as saying, 'my doctrine will guide the Church. He predicted the day and hour of his death. On that day, Sunday, March 29, 1772, hearing the clock strike, he asked what time it was. 'Five o'clock' was the answer. 'It is well, he answered; 'thank you, God bless you. Ten minutes later he tranquilly departed, breathing a gentle sigh.
A declaration made before the Lord Mayor of London gives the details of his last illness and death, in which he received the ministrations of Monsieur Ferelius a Swedish priest of the highest standing, and pastor of the Swedish Church in London, Mathesius being his assistant. All persons present attested that so far from denying the value of his writings Swedenborg firmly asserted their truth.
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