812# “若有人用剑杀人，他必被剑杀”表示那些给别人灌输虚假的人也被灌输来自地狱的虚假。这从“剑”和“他必被剑杀”的含义清楚可知：“剑”是指与虚假争战的真理，在反面意义上是指与真理争战的虚假，在此是指与真理争战的虚假；因此，“用剑杀人”表示通过虚假摧毁真理，以及灌输虚假。“他必被剑杀”是指被灌输来自地狱的虚假。这些人之所以被灌输来自地狱的虚假，是因为他们因虚假而向自己关闭了天堂；当天堂向人关闭时，地狱就向他敞开。因为人要么在天堂，要么在地狱；他不可能在这两者之间；因此，当有人向自己关闭天堂时，他就向自己打开地狱，而从地狱涌出的，只有邪恶之虚假，他充满这些虚假。然而，能关闭天堂的，只是邪恶之虚假，而不是其它虚假。因为有各种各样的虚假，例如：无知的虚假，宗教的虚假，出于误解圣言的虚假；简言之，通向邪恶生活，或从邪恶生活发出的虚假因来自地狱而关闭天堂。由此清楚可知，“若有人用剑杀人，他必被剑杀”表示那些给别人灌输虚假的人也被灌输来自地狱的虚假。
主对彼得所说的话具有相同的含义：凡动剑的，必死在剑下。(马太福音26:52)之所以对彼得说这话，是因为他代表信之真理，也代表信之虚假；因此，“动剑和死在剑下”表示接受信之虚假，并因它而灭亡。这“兽”所表示的人，也就是通过推理确认信仰与生活分离的人，就是那些“用剑杀人，并被剑杀”，也就是给别人灌输虚假，自己也被灌输来自地狱的虚假之人，因为唯信的信条排除一切真理，并弃绝一切良善。唯信排除一切真理，是因为他们坚持认为我们只因这一点而得救，即：“主为我们的罪忍受十字架的苦难，由此拿走了律法的定罪，从而救赎了我们。”由于他们的渴望是，单单他们称之为信本身的这一个原则就使人得救，他们不用努力学习真理，尽管正是真理教导人必须怎样生活，而这些真理多种多样。唯信弃绝良善，这一点从这个信条本身可推知，这个信条是唯信称义，无需善行；因此，对神之爱的本质良善和对邻之仁的良善被视为无关紧要。
812. If any one killeth with the sword, he must be killed with the sword. This signifies that those who imbue others with falsities shall be imbued with falsities from hell, is evident from the signification of a sword (gladius) and a sword (machaera), as denoting truth combating against falsity, and, in the opposite sense, falsity combating against truth; in the present case falsity combating against truth. Hence to kill with a sword denotes to destroy truths by falsities, and also to imbue with falsities; and from the signification of, he must be killed with the sword, as denoting to be imbued with falsities from hell.
The reason why these are imbued with falsities from hell is, that they have shut heaven against themselves by falsities. And when heaven is shut against any one, then hell is open to him; for a man must be either in heaven or hell. He cannot be between both. Consequently, when any one shuts heaven against himself, he opens hell to himself; and from hell nothing but falsities of evil can arise, with which he becomes imbued. No other falsities, however, shut heaven, but those that are from evil. For there are falsities of various kinds - falsities of ignorance, falsities of religion, and falsities from a non-understanding of the Word. In short, falsities that lead to a life of evil, and proceed from a life of evil, because they are from hell, close heaven. From these it is evident, that if any one killeth with the sword, he must be killed with the sword, signifies that those who imbue others with falsities will be imbued with falsities from hell.
[2] The signification of the words which the Lord spoke to Peter is similar:
"All those that take the sword, must perish with the sword" (Matthew 26:52).
This was said to Peter, because he represented the truth of faith, and also the falsity of faith. Therefore by taking the sword and perishing with it, was signified to receive the falsity of faith, and to perish thereby.
The reason why those signified by this beast, that is, those who by reasonings confirm the separation of faith from life, are those who kill with a sword, and are killed with a sword, that is, imbue others with falsities, and are themselves imbued with falsities from hell, is, that the dogma concerning faith alone excludes all truths and rejects all goods. That faith alone excludes all truths is evident, for they insist that we are saved by this merely, "That the Lord endured the cross for our sins, and thereby took away the condemnation of the law, and so redeemed us." And because it is their desire that this single principle, which they call faith itself, should be saving, they do not take any pains to learn truths, although it is truths that teach man how he must live; and consequently they are many. That faith alone also rejects goods, follows from the dogma itself, which is that faith alone justifies without good works; so that the essential goods of love to God, and the goods of charity towards the neighbour, are regarded as of no account.
812. If anyone shall kill with the sword he must be killed with the sword, signifies that those who imbue others with falsities are imbued with falsities from hell. This is evident from the signification of a "sword" [gladius et machaera] as being truth fighting against falsity, and in the contrary sense falsity fighting against truth, here falsity fighting against truth; therefore "to kill with the sword" means to destroy truths by falsities, and also to imbue with falsities. Also from the signification of "he must be killed with the sword," as being to be imbued with falsities from hell. Such are imbued with falsities from hell because they have shut heaven against themselves by falsities; and when heaven is shut against anyone then hell is open to him. For man must be either in heaven or in hell; he cannot be between the two; consequently when anyone closes heaven to himself he opens hell to himself and from hell nothing but falsities of evil spring forth, and with these he becomes imbued. But no other falsities but the falsities of evil close heaven. For there are various kinds of falsities, for instance, falsities of ignorance, falsities of religion, and falsities from misunderstanding the Word; in a word, the falsities that lead to a life of evil, or that proceed from a life of evil, because they are from hell close heaven. From this it is clear that "if anyone shall kill with the sword he must be killed with the sword" signifies that those who imbue others with falsities will be imbued with falsities from hell.
[2] There is a like signification in what the Lord said to Peter:
All they that take the sword must perish by the sword (Matthew 26:52).
This was said to Peter because he represented the truth of faith, and also the falsity of faith; therefore "to take the sword and to perish by it" signified to receive the falsity of faith, and to perish by it. Those who are signified by this "beast," who are such as by reasonings confirm the separation of faith from life, "kill with the sword, and are killed with the sword," that is, imbue others with falsities, and are themselves imbued with falsities from hell, because the dogma of faith alone shuts out all truths and rejects all goods. Faith alone shuts out all truths because such insist that we are saved solely by this, "That the Lord endured the cross for our sins, and thereby took away the condemnation of the law, and that He thus redeemed us." And as they hold that this alone, which they call faith itself, saves, they make no effort to learn truths, although truths are what teach man how he must live, and these truths are manifold. That faith alone rejects goods follows from the dogma itself, which is that faith justifies without good works; thus the essential goods of love to God and the goods of charity towards the neighbor are made of no account.
812. "Si quis machaera occiderit, oportet eum machaera occidi." Quod significet quod illi qui falsis imbuunt alios, falsis ex inferno imbuantur, constat ex significatione "gladii" et "machaerae", quod sit verum pugnans contra falsum, ac in opposito sensu falsum pugnans contra verum, hic falsum pugnans contra verum; inde "machaera occidere" est destruere vera per falsa, et quoque imbuere falsis: et ex significatione "oportet eum machaera occidi", quod sit falsis ab inferno imbui. Causa quod hi imbuantur falsis ex inferno, est quia caelum sibi per falsa occluserunt, et quando caelum alicui est occlusum, tunc infernum ei est apertum: homo enim sive in caelo sive in inferno erit; non potest esse inter utrumque; inde cum quis caelum sibi clausit, infernum sibi aperit, et ex inferno non nisi quam falsa mali exsurgunt; haec tunc imbuunt illum. Sed non alia falsa claudunt caelum quam falsa mali: dantur enim falsa plurium generum, nempe falsa ignorantiae, falsa religionis, et falsa ex non intellecto Verbo; verbo, falsa quae ducunt ad vitam mali, et quae procedunt ex vita mali, illa quia ex inferno sunt, claudunt caelum. Ex his patet quod "Si quis machaera occiderit, oporteat eum machaera occidi", significet quod illi qui falsis imbuerunt alios, falsis ex inferno imbuantur.
[2] Simile per illa significatur quae Dominus dixit ad Petrum,
"Omnes accipientes ad gladium, per gladium perire debent" (Matthaeus 26:52):
haec dicta sunt ad Petrum, quia per illum repraesentabatur verum fidei, et quoque falsum fidei; quare [per] "accipere gladium et perire per illum" significabatur recipere falsum fidei, et perire per illud. Quod illi qui per hanc "bestiam" significantur, qui sunt qui per ratiocinia confirmant separationem fidei a vita, "machaera occidant", et "machaera occidantur", hoc est, alios falsis imbuant, ac ipsi falsis ex inferno imbuantur, est quia dogma de sola fide excludat omnia vera, et rejiciat omnia bona. Quod sola fides excludat omnia vera, est quia statuunt quod per unicum hoc salvemur, "Quod Dominus passus sit crucem pro nostris peccatis, et per id sustulerit damnationem legis, et quod sic nos redemerit"; et quia volunt quod hoc unicum, quod vocant ipsam fidem, salvet, non aliquam operam dant veris addiscendis; cum tamen vera sunt quae docent quomodo vivendum est, quae tamen multiplicia sunt. Quod sola fides rejiciat bona, sequitur ex ipso dogmate, quod fides absque bonis operibus justificet; ita ipsa bona amoris in Deum, et bona charitatis erga proximum nauci faciunt.