526# 在整个基督教世界，尚有什么比“人当省察自己”更为昭著呢？因为无论在奉罗马天主教为宗的帝国与王国，还是在奉福音派为宗的帝国与王国，凡欲趋近圣餐者，处处皆受教导与劝诫：人须省察自身，认识并承认自己的罪，并由此更新其生活，改行异于从前之道。
而在英格兰诸领地，此事尤伴以令人战栗的警戒；其圣餐前祷文由主教自祭坛诵读并宣告如下：
“此乃人成为圣餐合宜领受者之道路与方法：其首要者，在于按上帝诫命之准则，省察其一生的行为与交往；凡察觉自己在意志、言语或行为上有所冒犯之处，即当哀悼其败坏之本性，并在全能上帝面前认罪，立定完全改正生活之志。
若察觉此等冒犯不仅违背上帝，亦违背邻舍，则当与其和解，并甘愿尽己所能，对曾施于人的损害与恶行作出赔偿与补偿；亦当同样甘愿赦免他人对自己的冒犯，正如他愿自己的冒犯蒙上帝赦免。否则，领受圣餐非但无益，反更加重其定罪。
因此，你们中若有人亵渎上帝，毁谤并辱骂祂的圣言，或为奸淫者，或怀藏恶毒与怨恨，或陷于其他任何重大罪行，就当为罪悔改；若不然，切勿趋近圣餐。否则，领受之后，魔鬼必进入你们里面，如同进入犹大里面一样；并要使你们充满一切不义，毁灭你们的身体与灵魂。”
526# 在基督教界，还有什么比人应当省察自己更广为人知的呢？因为在所有帝国和王国，无论是信奉天主教的，还是信奉福音派宗教的，人们在靠近圣餐之前，都会被教导和告诫，要省察自己，认识并承认自己的罪，过一种新的、不同的生活。在英国的教会中或领土上，这种告诫伴随着可怕的威胁，因为在圣餐前的祷告中，牧师会在祭坛旁宣读并宣布以下内容：成为配得上领受圣餐者的“途径和方法”是，首先按照神诫命的准则，检查自己生活中的言行，无论你们在哪里察觉自己冒犯了，要么通过意愿、话语，要么通过行为冒犯了，就在那里哀叹自己的罪恶，完全怀着纠正生活的目的而向全能的神忏悔。你们若察觉自己的冒犯是不仅得罪神，还得罪邻舍的那种，就要与他们和解，准备好为你们对他人所造成的伤害和错误而竭尽全力地作出赔偿和补偿；同样准备好饶恕得罪你们的人，就像你们愿自己的过犯在神手里蒙饶恕一样；否则，领受圣餐只会加重你们的诅咒。因此，你们当中若有人亵渎神，阻碍或诽谤祂的圣言，通奸，或怀有恶意，或嫉妒，或犯下其它任何严重罪行，就请你悔改你的罪，否则不要到圣桌前；免得领受圣礼之后，魔鬼进入你，就像进入犹大一样，使你充满一切的罪孽，将你的身体和灵魂尽都毁灭。
526. What could possibly be better known across the entire Christian world than the idea that we should examine ourselves? Everywhere in both Roman Catholic and Protestant empires and monarchies, as people approach the Holy Supper they are given teachings and warnings that they must examine themselves, recognize and admit to their sins, and start a new life of a different nature. In British territories this is done with terrifying threats. During the prayer that precedes communion, the priest by the altar reads and proclaims the following:
The way and means of becoming a worthy partaker in the Holy Supper is first to examine your life and your conversations by the rule of God's commandments. In whatever regard you notice that you have committed an offense of will, speech, or act, then bewail your own sinfulness and confess yourselves to Almighty God, with full purpose of amending your life. If you observe that your offenses are not only against God but also against your neighbors, you shall reconcile yourselves to them, being ready to make restitution and satisfaction to the utmost of your power for all injuries and wrongs done by you to any other, and being likewise ready to forgive others who have offended you, just as you wish to have forgiveness from God for your offenses. Otherwise receiving the Holy Supper does nothing but increase your damnation. Therefore if any of you is a blasphemer of God, or a hinderer or slanderer of his Word, or an adulterer, or someone taken with malice or ill will, or involved in any other grievous crime, repent of your sins. Or else do not come to the Holy Supper; otherwise, after you take it the Devil may enter into you as he entered into Judas, fill you with all wickedness, and bring you to destruction of both body and soul.
526. Is there anything better known throughout the Christian world than that a person ought to examine himself? Everywhere in the empires and kingdoms of Roman Catholic as well as Evangelical religion, people are taught and warned, before coming to the Holy Supper, to examine themselves, to recognise and acknowledge their sins, and to start a new life. This is accompanied by terrifying threats in English lands, where the exhortation read before communion by the priest standing at the altar contains the following declaration:
The way and means to become a worthy partaker of the Holy Supper is first to examine your lives and conversations by the rule of God's commandments, and whereinsoever ye shall perceive yourselves to have offended, either by will, word or deed, there to bewail your own sinfulness and to confess yourselves to Almighty God, with full purpose of amendment of life. And if ye shall perceive your offences to be such as are not only against God, but also against your neighbours, then ye shall reconcile yourselves unto them; being ready to make restitution and satisfaction according to the uttermost of your powers, for all injuries and wrongs done by you to any other; and being likewise ready to forgive others that have offended you, as ye would have forgiveness of your offences at God's hand; for otherwise the receiving of the holy communion doth nothing else but increase your damnation. Therefore, if any of you be a blasphemer of God, a hinderer or slanderer of His Word, an adulterer, or be in malice or envy, or in any other grievous crime, repent you of your sins, or else come not to that holy table; lest, after the taking of that holy sacrament, the devil enter into you, as he entered into Judas, and fill you full of all iniquity, and bring you to destruction both of body and soul. 1
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1. This quotation from The Book of Common Prayer is given in Latin translation in the original
526. Can there be anything better known in the Christian world than that man ought to examine himself? For everywhere in empires and kingdoms, whether in those adhering to the Roman Catholic or to the Evangelical religion, before approaching the holy supper, men are taught and admonished to examine themselves, to recognize and acknowledge their sins, and to live a new and different life. In the English dominions this exhortation is accompanied with fearful threatenings, where, from the address preceding the communion, the following is read and proclaimed by the priest from the altar:
"The way and means" to become a worthy partaker of the holy supper, "is first to examine the deeds and conversations of your life by the rule of God's commandments, and whereinever ye shall perceive yourselves to have offended, either by will, word, or deed, there to bewail your own sinful nature, and to confess yourselves to Almighty God, with full purpose of amendment of life. And if ye shall perceive your offences to be such as are not only against God but also against your neighbor, then ye shall reconcile yourselves unto him, being ready to make restitution and satisfaction, according to the uttermost of your powers, for all injuries and wrongs done by you to any other, and being likewise ready to forgive others that have offended you, as ye would have forgiveness of your offences at God's hand; for otherwise the receiving of the holy communion does nothing else but increase your damnation. Therefore if any of you be a blasphemer of God, a hinderer or slanderer of His Word, an adulterer, or be in malice or envy, or in any other grievous crime, repent ye of your sin, or else come not to that holy table, lest after the taking of that holy sacrament, the devil enter into you as he entered into Judas, and fill you full of all iniquity, and bring you to destruction both of body and soul."
526. 1 There is nothing more widely known throughout the Christian world than that a man ought to examine himself. For in all empires and kingdoms where both Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches find favor, a man is taught and admonished, before approaching the Holy Supper, to examine himself, to recognize and acknowledge his sins, and live a new and different life. And in the English Church this admonition is accompanied by terrible threats, for in the address that precedes the Communion, the following words are read by the priest from the altar:
"The way and means to become a worthy partaker of the Holy Supper is first to examine your lives and conversations by the rule of God's commandments, and wherein soever ye shall perceive yourselves to have offended, either by will, word, or deed, there to bewail your own sinfulness and to confess yourselves to Almighty God, with full purpose of amendment of life. And if ye shall perceive your offences to be such as are not only against God, but also against your neighbors, then ye shall reconcile yourselves unto them; being ready to make restitution and satisfaction according to the uttermost of your powers, for all injuries and wrongs done by you to any other; and being likewise ready to forgive others that have offended you, as ye would have forgiveness of your offences at God's hand; for otherwise the receiving of the holy communion doth nothing else but increase your damnation. Therefore, if any of you be a blasphemer of God, a hinderer or slanderer of His Word, an adulterer, or be in malice or envy, or in any other grievous crime, repent ye of your sins, or else come not to that holy table; lest, after the taking of that holy sacrament, the devil enter into you, as he entered into Judas, and fill you full of all iniquity, and bring you to destruction both of body and soul."
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526. Quid notius potest esse in toto Christiano Orbe, quam quod hominum oporteat se explorare, nam ubivis in Imperiis et Regnis tam Romano-Catholicae quam Evangelicae Religioni addictis, ante accessionem ad Sanctam Coenam docetur et monetur, ut homo exploret se, ac cognoscat et agnoscat sua peccata, et e novo vivat aliter; et hoc cum horribilibus minis in Dominiis Angliae, ubi ex Oratione praecedanea ante Communionem ex Altari ab Antistite leguntur et exclamantur haec, 1 "Haec est via, et hoc est medium, ut fiat dignus particeps sanctae Coenae: primarium est, ut exploret suae vitae facta et commercia secundum normam praeceptorum Dei, et in quibuscunque animadvertit se offendisse voluntate, loquela aut facto, tunc deploret vitiosam suam naturam, et confessionem faciat coram Omnipotente Deo, cum pleno proposito emendandi vitam; et si animadvertit offensas tales esse, ut non modo sint contra Deum, sed etiam contra proximum, tunc reconciliabat se illi, et promptus erit ad restitutionem et satisfactionem ex omni potentia sua, propter injurias et mala alicui facta, et similiter promptus erit ad remittendum aliis offensas, quemadmodum vult ut offensae suae remittantur a Deo; alioquin receptio Sanctae Communionis non aliud facit quam quod aggravet damnationem. Quapropter, si quis vestrum est blasphemator Dei, obtrectator et sugillator Verbi Ipsius, aut adulter, aut in malitia vel in malevolentia, aut in aliquo alio enormi crimine, poenitentiam a peccato age; si non, ad sanctam Communionem ne accedas; alioquin post receptionem ejus, diabolus intraturus est in te, sicut intravit in Judam, et impleturus est te omni iniquitate, et destructurus et corpus et animam." 2
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