303# “有谁配打开那书卷，松开那七印呢”表示有什么人具有这样的品质，以至于知道并感知到所有人的生命状态呢？这从“谁配”、“书卷”、“打开那书卷，松开那七印”的含义清楚可知。“谁配”是指谁拥有功德和公义，谁拥有全知，因而有什么人具有这种品质。“配”当论及主时，表示功德和公义，这些唯独属于祂(参看AE 293节)。所表示的是全知，这一点从下文清楚看出来，在那里，经上说，“这羔羊从坐宝座的右手里拿了书卷，打开它”，因为“右手”表示全知和全能(参看AE 297节)。“书卷”是指所有人的生命状态，无论总体还是具体(对此，参看AE 299节)。“打开那书卷，松开那七印”是指知道并感知，因为当“书卷”表示所有人的生命状态时，“打开并松开封印”表示知道并感知到这些状态；事实上，知道并感知论及生命的状态，但打开并松开封印论及一本书。因此，内义上的话适合字义上的话所表示的事物，因为它们相对应。因此，“打开”表示知道，“松开封印”表示感知完全向其他人隐藏的东西(AE 300节)。
303. Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? That this signifies whether any one there is of such a quality as to know and perceive the states of the life of all, is evident from the signification of, Who is worthy? as denoting, who has merit and justice, and who has omniscience, thus whether there are any of such a quality. That by worthy, when said of the Lord, merit and justice are signified; these belong to Him alone, as may be seen above (n. 293). And that omniscience is signified is evident from what follows, where it is said, that the Lamb took the book out of the right hand of Him that sat upon the throne, and opened it; for by the right hand is signified omniscience and omnipotence, as may be seen above (n. 297); from the signification of the book, as denoting the state of the life of all in general and in particular (concerning which see just above, n. 299); and from the signification of opening it and loosing the seals thereof, as denoting to know and perceive. For when a book signifies the states of the life of all, then to open and to loose the seals signifies to know and perceive the same; for to know and perceive are said of the state of the life, but to open and loose the seals are said of a book. Thus the words, in the internal sense, are accommodated to the things signified by the words in the sense of the letter, for they correspond; therefore, to open signifies to know, and to loose the seals signifies to perceive what is entirely hidden from others (as above, n. 300).
303. Who is worthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof? signifies, is there anyone there such as to know and to perceive the states of life of all? This is evident from the signification of "Who is worthy?" as being, is there anyone who has merit and righteousness, and who has omniscience, thus whether there is any such? That "worthy," in reference to the Lord, signifies merit and righteousness, which belong to Him alone, see above n. 293. And that omniscience is signified is clear from what follows, where it is said, "the Lamb took the book out of the right hand of Him that sat upon the throne, and opened it;" for "right hand" signifies omniscience and omnipotence (See above, n. 297); it is evident also from the signification of the "book," as being the states of life of all in general and in particular (of which see just above, n. 299); and also from the signification of "to open the book and to loose the seals thereof," as being to know and perceive; for when the "book" signifies the states of life of all, "to open and to loose the seals" signifies to know and perceive those states; for knowing and perceiving are predicated of the state of life, but opening and loosening seals relate to a book; thus the words in the internal sense conform to the things signified by the words in the sense of the letter, for they correspond; therefore, "to open" signifies to know, and "to loose the seals" signifies to perceive what is altogether hidden from others (as above, n. 300).
303. "Quis est dignus aperire librum et solvere sigilla ejus?" - Quod significet num ullus ibi talis est ut sciat et percipiat status vitae omnium, constat ex significatione "Quis est dignus?" quod sit cui meritum et justitia, et cui omniscientia, ita num ullus talis sit. Quod per "dignum", cum de Domino, significetur meritum et justitia, quae Ipsi soli, videatur supra (n. 293); et quod omniscientia, patet a sequentibus, ubi dicitur quod "Agnus acceperit a dextra Sedentis super throno librum, et aperuerit illum "; per "dextram" enim significatur omniscientia et omnipotentia (videatur supra, n. 297): ex significatione "libri", quod sit status vitae omnium in communi et in particulari (de qua mox supra, n. 299); et ex significatione "aperire illum et solvere sigilla ejus", quod sit scire et percipere; nam cum "liber" significat status vitae omnium, tunc "aperire et solvere sigilla", significat scire et percipere illos, scire enim et percipere praedicatur de statu vitae, at aperire et solvere sigilla de libro; ita verba in sensu interno accommodantur rebus quae significantur per verba in sensu litterae, correspondent namque; quare "aperire" significat scire, ac "solvere sigilla" significat percipere quae aliis prorsus recondita sunt (ut supra, n. 300).