306# 启5:4.“于是我就大哭，因为发现没有人配打开、阅读、观看那书卷”表示如果没有人能知道、认识和探究所有人，以及属于他们的一切事物，由于一切事物的混乱和毁灭而内心悲伤。这从“哭”和“发现没有人配打开、阅读、观看那书卷”的含义清楚可知：“哭”是指悲伤；因此，“大哭”表示发自内心的悲伤，或内心的悲伤；很快会看到，这是由于一切事物的混乱和毁灭。“发现没有人配打开、阅读、观看那书卷”是指没有人能知道总体上所有人和具体的每个人的生命状态(对此，可参看前文，AE 303, 304a节)；或也可说，没有人能知道、认识和探究所有人，以及属于他们的一切事物。
至于内心的悲伤(由“我大哭”来表示)，是由于如果没有人能知道、认识和探究所有人，以及属于他们的一切事物，一切事物的混乱和毁灭，我要简单解释一下。天使天堂可以存在并持续存在，那里的一切事物都必须处于秩序；因为除非天堂处于秩序，否则它必消散；事实上，天使天堂被分成各个社群，各个社群照着对真理和良善的情感来排列，这些情感多种多样，并且不计其数。这种排列完全取决于知道一切事物，认识一切事物，探究一切事物，由此布罩和排列一切事物的那一位的无限智慧。这一位是独一的主；因此，在圣言中，经上说，审判是祂的，祂拥有天上地上的一切权柄；在此说，祂拿起书卷，松开其封印。此外，除非天堂处于秩序，否则世界，也就是地上的人不能存在并持续存在，因为世界依赖于天堂及其进入世人的属灵和理性事物的流注；总之，一切事物都会灭亡。不过，从《天堂与地狱》，以及《最后的审判》的阐述，事实上若仔细阅读，从那里的一切内容能更好地理解这些事。之所以说知道、认识和探究，是因为这些事由“打开、阅读、观看那书卷”来表示；因为“书卷”表示与世人、灵人和天使同在的一切事物，或他们在爱和信方面的生命状态；因此，“打开书卷”表示知道这些事物；“阅读书卷”表示认识它们，“观看书卷”表示探究它们。
306. (303, 304); or, what is the same, that no one is such as to be able to know, have cognisance of, and explore all men, and all things pertaining to them.
As to what concerns grief of heart, which is signified by, "I wept much," on account of the disorder and ruin of all, if no one is such as to be able to know, have cognisance of, and explore all men, and all things pertaining to them, I will briefly explain:- In order that the angelic heaven may exist and subsist, all things therein must be in order; for, unless it were in order, it would be dissipated; for the angelic heaven is divided into societies, and the societies are arranged according to the affections of truth and good, which are manifold and innumerable. This arrangement depends solely on the infinite Wisdom of the One who knows all things, has cognisance of all things, and explores all things, and hence disposes and arranges them. This One is the Lord alone; therefore it is said in the Word, that judgment is His, and that He has all power in the heavens and on earth, and here that He took the book and loosed the seals thereof. Moreover, unless heaven were in order, the world, that is, men on the earth, could not exist and subsist; for the world depends upon heaven and its influx into the spiritual and rational things of men; in a word, all things would perish. But these things may be better comprehended from what is set forth in the work concerning Heaven and Hell, and also in the small work concerning the Last Judgment, and indeed from everything there, if read with attention. The reason why it is said to know, to have cognisance of, and to explore, is, because these things are signified by opening the book, by reading and looking into it; for by the book are signified all things with men, spirits, and angels, or all the states of their life as to love and faith; therefore by opening the book, is signified to know those things; by reading the book, is signified to have cognisance of them: and by looking into the book, is signified to explore them.
306. Verse 4 (303, 304); or, what is the same, that no one is such as to be able to know, recognize, and explore all men, and all things pertaining to men. In regard to grief of heart (which is signified by "I wept much"), on account of the disorder and destruction of all things if no one is such as to be able to know, recognize, and explore all men, and all things pertaining to men, I will briefly explain. That the angelic heaven may exist and subsist all things therein must be in order; for unless heaven were in order it would be dissipated; for the angelic heaven is divided into societies, and the societies are arranged according to the affections of truth and good, and these are manifold and numberless. This arranging depends solely on the infinite wisdom of the One who knows all things, recognizes all things, and explores all things, and thence disposes and arranges all things. This One is the Lord alone; therefore it is said in the Word, that to Him belongeth judgment; and that He has power in the heavens and on the earth; and here that "He took the book and loosed the seals thereof." Moreover, unless heaven were in order, the world, that is, men on the earth, could not exist and subsist, since the world depends upon heaven and its influx into the spiritual and rational things of men; in a word, all things would perish. (But this may be better comprehended from what is set forth in the work on Heaven and Hell, also in the little work on The Last Judgment, and in fact, from everything there if read with attention. ) It is said to know, to recognize, and to explore, because this is signified by "to open the book, to read, and to look thereon;" for the "book" signifies all things with man, spirit, and angel, or all the states of their life in respect to love and faith; therefore "to open the book" signifies to know these things; "to read the book" signifies to recognize them, and "to look upon the book" signifies to explore them.
306. [Vers, 4.] "Et ego flebam multum, quod nemo dignus inventus aperire et legere librum nec inspicere eum." - Quod significet dolorem cordis ob inordinationem et interitum omnium, si nemo posset omnes et omnia eorum scire, cognoscere et explorare, constat ex significatione "flere" quod sit dolere, inde "flere multum" est dolere ex corde seu dolor cordis; [I] quod sit ob inordinationem et interitum omnium, sequitur: et ex significatione "quod nemo dignus inventus aperire et legere librum nec inspicere eum", quod sit quod nemo talis sit ut scire possit status vitae omnium in communi et singulorum in particulari (de qua supra, n. 303, 3O4 [a]); seu quod idem, quod nemo talis sit ut possit omnes et omnia eorum scire, cognoscere et explorare. Quod attinet dolorem cordis (qui significatur per "flebam multum") ob inordinationem et interitum omnium, si nemo talis sit ut possit omnes et omnia eorum scire, cognoscere et explorare, velim paucis exponere:-Ut caelum angelicum existat et subsistat, erunt omnia ibi in ordine; illud enim, nisi in ordine foret, dissiparetur: caelum namque angelicum distinctum est in societates, et societates ordinatae sunt secundum affectiones veri et boni, et hae sunt multiplices et innumerae; haec ordinatio unice dependet ex infinita Sapientia Unius qui scit omnia, cognoscit omnia, et explorat omnia, et inde disponit et ordinat omnia. Hic Unus est solus Dominus; quapropter in Verbo dicitur, quod Ipsi judicium, quodque Ipsi potestas in caelis et in terris; et hic, quod "Ipse acceperit librum et solverit sigilla ejus." Praeterea, nisi caelum in ordine foret, non potuisset mundus, hoc est, homines in terris, existere et subsistere; nam mundus dependet a caelo et ejus influxu in spiritualia et rationalia hominum; verbo, interirent omnia. (Sed haec melius comprehendi possunt ex illis quae in opere De Caelo et Inferno, et quoque in opusculo De Ultimo Judicio, ostensa sunt, et quidem ex singulis ibi, si cum attentione legantur.) Quod dicatur scire, cognoscere et explorare, est quia illa significantur per "librum aperire, legere et inspicere"; per "librum" enim significantur omnia quae sunt apud hominem, spiritum et angelum, seu omnes status vitae eorum quoad amorem et fidem; quare per "aperire librum" significatur scire illa, per "legere librum" significatur cognoscere illa, et per "inspicere librum" significatur explorare illa.