451# 凡不与信仰结合为一的仁义，若此信仰不是信一位上帝，而这位上帝里面有神性三一，便是假仁义。今日教会的仁义正是如此；它的信仰乃是信同一神性的三个位格，按连续次序分别为父、子和圣灵；又因它信三个位格，而每一个位格都是一位自存的上帝，所以实际上是信三位上帝。仁义可以附加于这种信仰，正如这种信仰的维护者所做的那样；但绝不能与之结合。仅仅附加于信仰的仁义，只是属世的，而非属灵的；因此乃是假仁义。
许多其他异端的仁义也是如此；例如那些否认神性三一的人，因而只趋近父上帝，或只趋近圣灵，或离开救主上帝而趋近父与圣灵的人。仁义不能与这些人的信仰结合；即便被结合，或被附加于其上，也是假仁义。
称之为假仁义，是因为它好比非正当结合所生的子嗣；如同亚伯拉罕从夏甲所生的儿子，他后来被逐出家门（创21:9-10）。这样的仁义又好比不是长在树上、而是用针固定在树上的果子；又好比一辆车，车前的马并非真正套在车上，只是借着缰绳系在车夫手中；马一奔跑，便把车夫从座位上拖走，把车留在后面。
451# 不与对有一个神性三位一体在里面的一位神的信仰结合的一切仁爱都是虚假的。这就是当今教会的仁爱，其信仰是按连续顺序对同一神性的三个位格，即圣父、圣子和圣灵的信仰。由于它是对三个位格的信仰，其中每一个位格都是一位自存的神，所以它是对三神的信仰。仁爱可以依附于这种信仰，如它的支持者所做的那样，但它永远不能结合；只依附于信仰的仁爱是纯属世的，不是属灵的，因而是虚假的。这同样适用于其它许多异端的仁爱，如那些否认神性三位一体，因而只靠近父神，或只靠近圣灵，或靠近这两者，却不靠近神救主之人的仁爱。仁爱不能与这些人的信仰结合，或当与它结合或联结时，这仁爱是一种虚假的仁爱。它被称为虚假，是因为它就像一个私生子，或像夏甲给亚伯拉罕所生的儿子，他被赶出了家门（创世记21:10）。这种仁爱就像不是自然长在树上，而是用针被固定在树上的水果；它就像一辆马车，马只靠驾车者手里的缰绳与马车相连，因此当这些马开始奔跑时，它们就把驾车者从座位上拽下来，把马车留在后面。
451. All goodwill that is not united to faith in the one God, who has a divine trinity inside, is illegitimate. Take for example the goodwill practiced by the modern-day church, which has faith in three persons of the same divinity in succession: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This constitutes a faith in three persons, each of whom is a self-sufficient god, and thus it is a faith in three gods. Goodwill can be appended to this faith - its proponents have in fact done this - but goodwill can never become an integral part of it. Goodwill that is only appended to faith is merely earthly; it is not spiritual. Therefore it is an illegitimate goodwill.
The same applies to the goodwill in many other heresies: for example, the heresy of people who deny the existence of the divine Trinity and therefore turn to God the Father alone or the Holy Spirit alone, or turn to them both rather than to God the Savior. Goodwill cannot become integral to these people's faith. Whether goodwill becomes integral to those faiths or is merely attached to them, in either case the goodwill is illegitimate.
It is called illegitimate because it is like offspring from an unlawful affair, like Hagars son by Abraham, who was thrown out of the house (Genesis 21:9 [and following]).
This kind of goodwill is like fruit that did not grow on a tree but was nailed there instead. It is like a carriage with horses that are attached to it only by the reins in the driver's hands; when the horses start to run, they pull the driver from his seat, leaving the carriage behind.
451. All charity which is not linked to a faith in one God, in whom is the Divine Trinity, is spurious. Such for example is the charity of the present-day church, which believes in three persons in the same Godhead, one after the other, Father, Son and Holy Spirit; and since it believes in three persons, each of whom is God existing by Himself, it believes in three Gods. Charity can be attached to this faith, as in fact is done by those who uphold this faith, but it can never be linked to it. Charity which is attached to faith is merely natural and not spiritual, so it is spurious charity. It is similar with the charity of many other heresies, for instance, of those who deny the Divine Trinity and therefore approach only God the Father, or only the Holy Spirit, or both of these without God the Saviour. Charity cannot be linked with the faith of these people, and if it is linked or attached, it is spurious. It is called spurious, because it springs as it were from an illicit union, like Hagar's son by Abraham, who was cast out of the house (Genesis 21:10). This sort of charity is like fruit which does not grow on a tree, but is pinned on; and it is like a carriage with the horses in front of it attached only by the reins in the driver's hands; and when the horses start to run, they pull the driver from his seat and leave the carriage standing.
451. All charity that is not conjoined with faith in one God in whom is a Divine trinity, is spurious like the charity of the present church, the faith of which is a faith in successive order in three persons of the same Divinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; and being a faith in three persons, each one of whom is a self-subsistent God, it is a faith in three Gods. To such a faith charity may be joined (as has been done by its supporters), but never can be conjoined; and the charity that is only joined to faith is merely natural, and not spiritual, and is therefore a spurious charity. The same is true of the charity of many other heresies, as the charity of those who deny a Divine trinity and thus approach God the Father only, or the Holy Spirit only, or both of these apart from God the Savior. To the faith of such, charity cannot be conjoined, or when conjoined or joined to it it is a spurious charity. It is called spurious, because it is like the offspring of an illegitimate bed, or like the son of Hagar born to Abraham, who was cast out of the house (Genesis 21:10). Such charity is like fruit upon a tree where it has not grown, but has been fastened to it with a needle; and it is like a carriage to which horses are fastened only by the reins in the driver's hands, and when they spring forward, they drag the driver from his seat, and leave the carriage behind.
451. All charity is spurious which is not conjoined with faith in one God, in whom is a Divine Trinity. Such is the charity of the present-day Church, whose faith is in three Persons of the same Divinity in successive order, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. As this is a faith in three Persons, each of whom is a self-subsisting God, it is thus a faith in three Gods. To this faith charity can be adjoined, as has been done in the case of its adherents, but it can never be conjoined; and charity which is only adjoined to faith is merely natural and not spiritual, and consequently it is spurious.
It is the same with the charity of many other heresies, as of those whose supporters deny the Divine Trinity, and therefore approach God the Father alone, or the Holy Spirit alone, or both apart from God the Savior. Charity cannot be conjoined with their faith, and if it is conjoined or adjoined, it is spurious. It is called spurious, because it is like an illegitimate child, as the son of Hagar and Abraham, who was cast out of the house, Genesis 21:9. Such charity is like fruit which does not grow naturally on a tree but which has been fixed to it artificially; or it is like a carriage to which the horses are attached only by the reins in the hands of the driver, so that when they set off they pull him from the seat and leave the carriage behind.
451. Omnis Charitas, quae non conjuncta est Fidei in unum Deum, in quo Divina Trinitas est, est SPURIA; quemadmodum Charitas hodiernae Ecclesiae, cujus Fides est in tres Personas ejusdem Divinitatis in successivo ordine, in Patrem, Filium et Spiritum sanctum, et quia in tres Personas, quarum unaquaevis est Deus subsistens per se, ita in tres Deos; cui Fidei Charitas potest adjungi, sicut etiam a fidei istius assertoribus factum est, sed nusquam conjungi, et Charitas modo adjuncta fidei, est duntaxat naturalis et non spiritualis, quare est Charitas spuria. Similiter Charitas plurium aliarum Haeresium, quemadmodum illorum, qui Divinam Trinitatem negant, et ideo solum Deum Patrem adeunt, vel solum Spiritum sanctum, aut utrumque praeter Deum Salvatorem; horum Fidei non potest Charitas conjungi, et si conjungitur vel adjungitur, est Spuria: dicitur Spuria, quia est sicut Proles ex illegitimo toro, velut Filius Hagaris ex Abrahamo, qui e domo ejectus est, Genesis 21:9[, seq]. Talis Charitas est sicut fructus non adnatus arbori, sed ei acu affixus; et est sicut Currus, ante quem Equi non aliter alligati sunt quam per habenas in manibus Aurigae, qui cum excurrunt, trahunt Aurigam e sede, relicto curru.