308# 当知，有一种神性而天上的爱之氛围，不断从主发出，临及凡接受祂教会教义之人；他们如世间婴孩之于父母，顺服祂，亲近祂，并愿由祂滋养，亦即由祂教导。由此天上氛围，遂生出一种自然氛围，即对婴孩与子女之爱；此爱最为普遍，不但感动人类，亦感动飞鸟、走兽，甚至蛇类；且不但及于有生命者，亦及于无生命者。
然主为使自己能在这些自然事物中作工，一如在属灵事物中作工，遂创造太阳，使其在自然界中如父；又创造大地，使其如母。盖太阳如共同之父，大地如共同之母；由二者之婚姻，遂有一切萌芽滋生，装饰地面。由那天上氛围流入自然界，植物从种子至果实、又至新种子的奇妙进程由此而生。亦由此，许多灌木白日如转其面向日，日落则背之而去；亦由此，诸花日出而开，日落而合；亦由此，鸣禽清晨甘美歌唱，及其由母土得养之后，亦复如此。故此类万物皆以其方式尊敬其父与其母。
这一切皆为见证：主藉自然界之太阳与大地，为有生命者与无生命者预备其一切所需。故大卫书云：“你们要从天上赞美雅威，……日头月亮，你们要赞美他；……所有在地上的，大鱼和一切深洋，……结果的树木和一切香柏树，野兽和一切牲畜，昆虫和飞鸟，世上的君王和万民，……少年人和处女。”（诗148:1—12）
约伯记亦云：“你且问走兽，走兽必指教你；又问空中的飞鸟，飞鸟必告诉你；或与地说话，地必指教你；海中的鱼也必向你说明。看这一切，谁不知道是雅威的手作成的呢？”（伯12:7—9）“问而受教”意谓观看、留心，并由此判断：这一切乃主雅威所创造。
308# 必须牢记在心的是，一个爱的神性属天气场不断从主那里向所有信奉祂的教会教义，服从祂，就像世上的孩子服从父母一样，专心于祂，想要被祂喂养，即教导的人发出。从这个属天气场中产生了一个属世气场，该气场是一个爱婴儿和儿童的气场。这是一个最普遍的气场，不仅影响人类，还影响鸟兽，甚至影响爬行动物或蛇，不仅影响有生命的东西，还影响无生命的东西。主为了在自然界的这些事物上进行运作，就像在属灵事物上进行运作一样，就创造了太阳在自然界中作为父亲，创造了大地作为母亲。因为太阳就像一个共同的父亲，大地就像一个共同的母亲，装饰地面的一切植物都是从这两者的婚姻中产生的。植物从种子到果实，再到新种子的奇妙发展，就来自这属天气场进入自然界的流注。正因如此，许多种植物可以说白天把脸转向太阳，太阳落下的时候就转过脸去。也正因如此，有些花在太阳升起时就张开，在太阳落下时就关闭。因此，唱歌的鸟儿在黎明时分甜美地歌唱，同样在被大地母亲喂养后歌唱。所有这些生物都是这样尊敬它们的父母的。它们都证明，在自然界，主通过太阳和大地为有生命和无生命的东西都提供了所有必需品。因此，在诗篇，经上说：
你们要从天上赞美耶和华；日头、月亮啊，你们要赞美祂；龙或鲸鱼和一切深洋，你们要赞美祂；结果的树木和一切香柏树，野兽和一切牲畜，爬行物和飞鸟，地上的列王和众民，少男和少女，你们都要赞美耶和华。（诗篇148:1-12）
约伯记：
请你问走兽，它们必指教你，或问空中的飞鸟，它们必告诉你；或是地上的灌木，灌木必指教你；海中的鱼也必向你说明。从这一切看来，谁不知道是耶和华的手作成这事的呢？（约伯记12:7-9）
“问，它们必指教”表示从这些事物中观察、研究并判断出：是主耶和华创造了它们。
第五诫 不可杀人
308. An important idea to grasp is that a divine field of heavenly love constantly radiates from the Lord to all people who embrace the teaching of his church. Like little children in the world with their father and mother, these people obey the Lord, stay close to him, and want to be nourished, that is, instructed by him.
From this heavenly field an earthly field arises. It is a field of love for babies and children. It is absolutely universal. It affects not only people but also birds and animals, including even snakes. In fact, it affects not only animate things but also inanimate things. In order for the Lord to have an effect on inanimate things as he does on spiritual things, he created a sun that is like a father to the physical world and an earth that is like a mother to it. The marriage of the sun as a father and the earth as a mother produces all the growth that adorns the surface of the planet.
The influence of this heavenly field on the physical world occasions the miraculous progression in plants from seed to fruit to new seeds. It also results in many types of plant that turn their faces, so to speak, toward the sun by day and bow them when the sun sets, and in flowers that open when the sun rises and close when it sets. It also induces the songbirds to sing sweetly first thing in the morning and again after they have been fed by their mother, the earth. In these ways all these creatures honor their father and their mother.
All these phenomena are proof that through the sun and the earth the Lord makes available all the necessities for both the living beings and the inanimate things in the physical world. Therefore we read in David,
Praise Jehovah from the heavens. Praise him, sun and moon. Praise him from the earth, great sea creatures and the depths. Praise him, fruit trees and all cedars, the wild beast and every animal, creeping things and birds with wings, the kings of the earth and all peoples, young men and young women. ()
Also in Job:
Please, ask the animals and they will teach you. Ask the birds of heaven and they will make it known to you. Ask the shrub of the earth and it will instruct you. The fish in the sea will tell you the story. Which of all these things does not know that the hand of Jehovah has done this? (Job 12:7-9)
"Ask and they will teach" means watch, pay attention, and judge from these things that the Lord Jehovih created them.
308. It must be grasped that there proceeds constantly from the Lord a Divine sphere of heavenly love towards all who embrace the teaching of His church, and who, just as children in the world obey their father and mother, obey Him, are attached to Him, and seek food, that is, instruction from Him. This heavenly sphere is the origin of the natural sphere of love towards infants and children. This is extremely universal, affecting not only human beings but also birds and beasts, even down to snakes; and not only animate creatures, but even inanimate objects. But the Lord, in order to work on these as He does on spiritual things, created the sun to be a sort of father in the natural world, and the earth to be a sort of mother. For the sun is so to speak the common father, and the earth the common mother, from whose marriage spring all the products of germination which adorn the earth's surface. The action of that heavenly sphere on the natural world produces those wonderful developments of plants from seed to fruit and to new seeds. That too is why there are many kinds of plants which by day turn their faces, so to speak, towards the sun, and turn them away when the sun sets. That too is why there are flowers which open as the sun rises and close as it sets. That too is why song birds sing sweetly in the early morning, and likewise when they have been fed by mother earth. So it is that all these things honour their father and their mother. All of these occurrences are evidence that the Lord, by means of the sun and the earth in the natural world, provides all necessities for living creatures and for inanimate matter. That is why we read in the Psalms of David:
Praise Jehovah from the heavens. Praise Him, sun and moon; praise Him from the earth, whales and deeps. Praise Him, fruit tree and all cedars; wild beast and every animal, reptile and birds with wings; the kings of the earth and all peoples, young men and maidens, Psalms 148:1-12.
And in Job:
Ask, I beg you, the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky, and they will report to you; or the plant of the earth, and it will instruct you; and the fish of the sea will tell you. Who does not know from all these things that the hand of Jehovah has done this? Job 12:7-9.
'Ask and they will teach' means look, pay attention and judge from them that the Lord Jehovih 1 created them.
Footnotes:
1. Here possibly a misprint for 'Jehovah'.
308. It must be kept in mind that a Divine-heavenly sphere of love continually goes forth from the Lord toward all who embrace the doctrine of His church, who are obedient to Him, as children are to their father and mother in the world, who devote themselves to Him, and who wish to be fed, that is, instructed by Him. From this heavenly sphere a natural sphere arises, which is one of love towards infants and children. This is a most universal sphere, affecting not only men, but also birds and beasts and even serpents; nor animate things only, but also things inanimate. But that the Lord might operate upon these even as upon spiritual things, He created a sun to be in the natural world like a father, the earth being like a mother. For the sun is like a common father and the earth like a common mother from the marriage of which all the vegetation that adorns the surface of the earth is produced. From the influx of that heavenly sphere into the natural world, come the marvelous developments of vegetation from seed to fruit, and again to new seed. It is from this also that many kinds of plants turn, as it were, their faces to the sun during the day, and turn them away when the sun sets. It is from this also that there are flowers that open at the rising of the sun and close at his setting. It is from this also that the song-birds sing sweetly at the early dawn, and likewise after they have been fed by their mother earth. Thus do all these honor their father and mother. They all bear testimony that in the natural world the Lord provides through the sun and the earth all necessities both for animate and inanimate things. Therefore it is said in David:
Praise ye Jehovah from the heavens; praise ye Him, sun and moon; praise Him from the earth, ye dragons and all deeps; praise Him, fruitful trees and all cedars; beasts and all cattle; creeping things and flying fowl; kings of the earth and all peoples; young men and maidens (Psalms 148:1-12);
and in Job:
Ask, I pray, the beasts and they shall teach thee; or the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee; or the shrub of the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Who doth not know from all these things that the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this? (Job 12:7-9).
"Ask and they will teach," signifies to observe, study, and judge from these things that the Lord Jehovah created them.
308. It should be understood that there continually proceeds from the Lord a Divine celestial sphere of love towards all those who embrace the doctrine of His Church, and who, like children in this world in regard to their father and mother, are obedient and attentive to Him, and desire to be nourished, that is, instructed by Him. From this celestial sphere there arises a natural sphere of love for infants and children. This is a universal sphere, affecting not only men, but also birds and beasts, and even creeping things; and not only animate, but also inanimate things. In order that the Lord might operate upon these things of nature, as He does upon spiritual things, He created the sun to be in the natural world as a father, and the earth, as a mother. For the sun is like a common father, and the earth as a common mother, from whose marriage springs all the vegetation that adorns the face of the earth. The influx of that celestial sphere into the natural world is the cause of those wonderful stages in vegetation from the seed to the fruit and to new seeds. This is the reason why many plants turn to the sun by day, and turn away when he sets; and why some flowers open when the sun rises, and close when he sets. Hence also song-birds sing sweetly at early dawn, and also after being fed by their mother earth. Thus do these honor their father and their mother. All this is evidence that the Lord, by means of the sun and the earth in the natural world, provides all things necessary for animate and inanimate creation. It is therefore said in David,
"Praise ye JEHOVAH from the heavens... Praise ye Him, sun and moon... Praise Him from the earth, ye dragons and all deeps... fruitful trees and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: Kings of the earth, and all people... Both young men and maidens" Psalms 148:1-12;
and in Job: "But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: or the shrub of the earth (A.V., Or speak to the earth), and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of JEHOVAH hath wrought this" 12:7-9.
"Ask and they shall teach" signifies observe, study, and judge from these things that the Lord Jehovih created them.
308. Tenendum est, quod a Domino continue procedat Sphaera Divina coelestis amoris erga omnes, qui Ecclesiae Ipsius doctrinam amplectuntur, et qui sicut infantes in Mundo patri et matri, obediunt Ipsi, se applicant Ipsi, et volunt nutriri, hoc est, instrui ab Ipso: ex hac coelesti Sphaera oritur Naturalis Sphaera, quae est amoris erga infantes et liberos, quae universalissima est, et non modo afficit homines, sed etiam aves et bestias, usque ad serpentes; nec solum animata, sed etiam inanimata, sed ut Dominus in haec, sic ut in spiritualia operetur, creavit Solem, qui in Naturali Mundo esset sicut Pater, ac Terra sicut Mater; est enim Sol sicut communis Pater, et Terra sicut communis Mater, ex quorum conjugio existunt omnes germinationes, 1 quae Telluris superficiem exornant: ex influxu coelestis illius Sphaerae in naturalem Mundum existunt mirabiles illae progressiones vegetationum a semine ad fructus et ad nova semina: inde quoque est, quod sint plura Virgultorum genera, quae interdiu vertunt sicut facies suas ad Solem, et avertunt illas cum Sol occidit: inde quoque est, quod sint Flores qui oriente Sole se aperiunt, et occidente se occludunt: inde quoque est, quod oscines in prima matuta dulciter canant, et similiter postquam a Terra matre sua nutriti sunt; ita haec et illa honorant patrem suum et matrem suam; haec omnia sunt testimonia, quod Dominus per Solem et Terram in Mundo naturali prospiciat vivis et non vivis omnes necessitates; quare dicitur apud Davidem, Laudate Jehovam e Coelis, laudate Ipsum Sol et Luna; laudate Ipsum e terra, balaenae et abyssi; laudate Ipsum arbor fructus, omnes cedri; fera et omnis bestia, reptile, et avis alae; Reges terrae, et omnes populi, juvenes et virgines, Psalm 148:1-12, 2 et apud Hiobum, Quaere quaeso bestias, et docebunt te, aut aves coeli et annuntiabunt tibi, aut virgultum terrae et instruet te, et narrabunt tibi pisces maris; quis non novit ex his omnibus, quod manus Jehovae fecerit illud, 12:7-9; quaere et docebunt, significat specta, attende, et judica ex illis, quod Dominus Jehovih creaverit illa.
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