第五节 信仰与仁义不可分，且唯从主而活
355# 信仰若无仁义，便非信仰；仁义若无信仰，亦非仁义；二者若非从主而来，皆无生命。
今日教会将信仰与仁义割裂，谓唯独信仰、不凭律法之行为，即能称义并得救；且由此断言仁义不能与信仰相结合，因为信仰出于上帝，而仁义就其在行为中的实际呈现而言，则出于人。此等观念，从未进入任何使徒之心思；此由他们的书信可明白见之。 然而，这种分离与割裂之所以被引入基督教会，乃由于他们将独一上帝分割为三个位格，并将同等神性归属于各位格。至于无仁义则无信仰，无信仰则无仁义，并且二者若非从主而来则无生命，此将在下一命题中加以阐明；此处为铺平论证之路，先证明如下：
一、人能够为自己取得信仰。
二、人也能够为自己取得仁义。
三、人亦能够为自己取得二者的生命。
四、然而，信仰之一切、仁义之一切，以及二者生命之一切，皆无一出于人，而唯独出于主。
355# 当今教会将信仰与仁爱分离，因为它教导，唯信使人称义并得救，无需律法的行为，因此仁爱不能与信仰结合，因为信仰来自神，而仁爱只要以行为来表达，或在行为中成为实际的，就来自人。然而，这些概念从未进入任何使徒的脑海，这一点从他们的书信很明显地看出来；但当基督教会将神分为三个位格，并将同等的神性归于每个位格时，这种分离和分裂就被引入基督教会。但下一章将清楚说明，既不存在没有仁爱的信仰，也不存在没有信仰的仁爱，两者都没有生命，除非来自主。但在这里，为了铺平道路，需要证明以下几点：
（1）人能为自己获得信仰。
（2）也能为自己获得仁爱。
（3）以及两者的生命。
（4）然而，信仰，仁爱，或两者的生命，都不来自人，只来自主。
355. 5. Faith without Goodwill Is Not Faith; Goodwill without Faith Is Not Goodwill; and Neither of Them Is Living Unless It Comes from the Lord.
The church today has separated faith from goodwill. The church says that faith alone apart from the works of the Law justifies us and saves us. It says that goodwill cannot be united to faith, because faith comes from God while goodwill (to the extent that it becomes actual in deeds) comes from ourselves.
These concepts, however, never entered the minds of any apostle, as their letters make obvious. This separation and division was introduced into the Christian church when the one God was partitioned into three persons and each was allotted equal divinity.
The next part of this chapter will illustrate that there is no faith without goodwill or goodwill without faith, and that neither of them has life except from the Lord. Here the following points need to be demonstrated in order to pave the way:
a. We are able to acquire faith for ourselves.
b. The same is true of goodwill.
c. The same is also true of the life within each of them.
d. Nevertheless, no faith, no goodwill, and none of the life within faith or goodwill comes from ourselves; instead they come from the Lord alone.
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355. V. Faith without charity is no faith, and charity without faith is no charity, and both are lifeless unless the Lord gives them life.
It is perfectly plain from the Epistles written by the Apostles that it never so much as entered the mind of any of them, that the present-day church would have separated faith from charity, alleging that faith alone without the deeds prescribed by the law justifies a person and saves him; and that as a result charity cannot be linked with faith, since faith comes from God, and charity, in so far as it is realised in deeds, comes from man. But this separation and division was introduced into the Christian church at the time when they split the one God into three persons, attributing to each equal divinity. It will be explained in the next section that there is no faith without charity, nor any charity without faith, and both are lifeless unless the Lord gives them life, Here to smooth the path I shall prove that:
(i) A person can acquire faith for himself;
(ii) also charity;
(iii) and a life of faith and charity,
(iv) But still faith, charity or life in either of them is not in the least created by man, but only by the Lord.
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355. V. FAITH WITHOUT CHARITY IS NOT FAITH, AND CHARITY WITHOUT FAITH IS NOT CHARITY, AND NEITHER HAS LIFE EXCEPT FROM THE LORD.
It is very evident from their Epistles that it never entered the mind of any of the apostles that the church of this day would separate faith from charity by teaching that faith alone justifies and saves apart from the works of the law, and that charity therefore cannot be conjoined with faith, since faith is from God, and charity, so far as it is expressed in works, is from man. But this separation and division were introduced into the Christian church when it divided God into three persons, and ascribed to each equal Divinity. But that there is no faith apart from charity, nor any charity apart from faith, and that neither has life except from the Lord, will be made clear in the following chapter. At present, to prepare the way, it shall be shown:
(1) That man can acquire for himself faith.
(2) And also charity.
(3) And also the life of both.
(4) And yet that nothing of faith, of charity, or of the life of either, is from man, but from the Lord alone.
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355. V. FAITH WITHOUT CHARITY IS NOT FAITH, AND CHARITY WITHOUT FAITH IS NOT CHARITY, AND NEITHER HAS ANY LIFE EXCEPT FROM THE LORD.
The present day Church has separated faith from charity by declaring that faith alone, without the works of the law, justifies and saves; and also, that charity cannot be united with faith, because faith is from God, while charity, so far as it finds expression in works, is from man. That the Church would adopt such a position never entered the mind of any of the apostles, as is evident from their epistles; but this separation and division was introduced into the Christian Church when they divided the one God into three persons, and ascribed to each equal divinity. It will be shown in the succeeding section that there is no faith without charity, and no charity without faith, and that neither has life except from the Lord; but here, in order to prepare the way, proof of the following propositions will be presented:
(1) A man can acquire faith for himself;
(2) And also charity;
(3) And further, the life of both;
(4) But nothing of faith, or of charity, or of the life of both, is from man, but from the Lord alone.
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355. V. Quod Fides absque Charitate non sit fides, et quod Charitas absque fide non sit charitas; et quod utraque nisi a Domino non vivat.
Quod hodierna Ecclesia fidem separaverit a Charitate, dicendo, quod Sola Fides absque operibus legis justificet et salvet, et quod sic Charitas non possit cum Fide conjungi, quoniam Fides est a Deo, ac Charitas quantum est actualis in operibus, ab homine, nusquam in alicujus Apostoli mentem venit, ut manifeste patet ex Epistolis illorum: sed haec separatio et divisio in Ecclesiam Christianam introducta est, quando Deum unum partiti sunt in tres Personas, et unicuique addicaverunt aequalem Divinitatem. Quod autem non sit Fides absque Charitate, nec Charitas absque fide, et quod utrique non sit vita nisi a Domino, in sequente Lemmate illustrabitur; hic ad applanandam viam demonstrabitur. 1. Quod homo sibi comparare possit fidem. 2. Quod etiam Charitatem. 3. Et quoque utriusque Vitam. 4. At quod usque nihil fidei, nihil charitatis, et nihil vitae utriusque sit ab Homine, sed a Solo Domino.