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Excerpt from A Vindication of Swedenborg Against the Slanders and Misrepresentations of J. G. Pike and Others
Our Lord says, There shall arise false christs and false prophets, who shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch that (if it were possible) they shall deceive the very elect, Matt. Xxiv. 24; Mark xiii. 22. If so, then signs and wonders, or miraculous performances, are no certain proofs of a divine mission, because they are within the power of impostors and false teachers, and by no means the peculiar characteristics of a divinely authorized prophet. Nay, the power of working miracles is expressly attributed to devils, in Apoc. Xvi. 14: and the very wish or desire to see a sign, in proof of a divine commission, is charged on the Jews as a mark of their being a wicked and adulterous generation, Matt. Xvi. 4. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
