807# 至于英国人：其中较善者居于所有基督徒的中心，原因在于他们有一种较内在的理智之光。这光在自然世界中不向任何人显现，但在灵性世界中却清楚可见；他们得着这光，是由于有言论和写作的自由，并由此有思想的自由。其他人若没有这样的自由，这光便因没有出口而被遮蔽。
然而，这光本身并不主动发挥作用，而是由他人使之成为主动，尤其是由有名望和权威的人使之如此；这些人一说出某种见解，这光便立刻发出光辉。由于这个原因，在灵性世界中有治理者被设立在他们之上，并赐给他们一些以名声著称、且才智卓越的祭司；他们由于自己的这种性情，便安于这些人的判断。
807# 至于英国民族，他们当中更好的人在所有基督徒的中心，因为他们拥有内在的理性之光。在自然界，这光对任何人来说都不明显，但在灵界却很明显。英国人从他们的言论和新闻自由，以及随之而来的思考自由中获得这光。对那些没有这种自由的人来说，这光被抑制了，因为它没有出口。诚然，这光本身并不活跃，但其他人，尤其有声望和权威的人会使它变得活跃。当这些人宣布他们的观点时，这光就闪耀出来。因此，在灵界，英国人有指定给他们的总督，也有指定给他们的声望卓著、才华横溢的牧师，他们因这种固有品质而接受他们的判断或决定。
807. As for the British, the better people among them are at the center of all Christians, because they have a profound intellectual light. This does not appear to anyone in the physical world, but it is blatantly obvious in the spiritual world. They owe this light to their freedom of speech and freedom of the press, and their consequent freedom of thought. (Among other peoples who do not have the same freedoms, that light is stifled because it does not have an outlet.) That light is not automatically activated in them, however; rather it is stimulated by others - particularly by people who are famous or powerful. As soon as they hear the latter make some statement, this light dawns in them. For this reason they are assigned governors in the spiritual world and are given preachers of great reputation and skill. Because of the native character they have, the British go along with the judgments of their governors and preachers.
807. As regards the English nation, the better of them are at the centre of all the Christians, because they enjoy interior intellectual light. No one can see this in the natural world, but in the spiritual world it is plain to see. They get this light from the freedom they have to speak and write, and by this means to think. In the case of others who do not have the same freedom, that light is blocked, not having any outlet. The light, however, is not active of itself, but derives its activity from others, especially from men of reputation and authority. As soon as they utter any remark, the light grows bright. For this reason in the spiritual world the British have rulers set over them and are allotted priests who have famous names and outstanding minds; and their character makes them content with the judgments made by these distinguished people.
807. As to the English nation, the better ones among them are at the center of all Christians, because they have an interior intellectual light; a light that is not manifest to anyone in the natural world, but it is clearly manifest in the spiritual world. This light they acquire from their freedom of speech and of the press, and consequent freedom of thought. With others, who have not such freedom, that light is suppressed because it has no outlet. It is true that such light is not active of itself, but it is rendered active by others, especially by men of repute and authority. As soon as anything is said by them, the light shines forth. For this reason governors are appointed over the English in the spiritual world, and priests are given them who are men of celebrity and of eminent ability, whose judgment they accept because of this inherent quality.
807. As regards the English nation, the better sort among them are in the centre of all the Christians, because they have interior intellectual light. This light, although it is not apparent to any one in the natural world, is quite evident in the spiritual world. The English derive it from their liberty of speaking and writing, and thus of thinking. In others who do not enjoy such liberty, that light is obscured, because it has no outlet. That light, however, is not active of itself, but it is rendered so by others, especially by men of repute and authority; and when such men declare their opinions, that light shines out. For this reason the English in the spiritual world have governors appointed over them and priests of high reputation and great talent assigned to them, in whose decisions from their own native character they are led to acquiesce.
807. Quod ad Gentem Anglicam; meliores ex illis in Centro omnium Christianorum sunt, ex causa, quia illis Lux intellectualis interior est; haec non apparet alicui in Mundo naturali, sed apparet conspicue in Mundo spirituali; hanc lucem trahunt ex libertate loquendi et scribendi, et per id cogitandi: apud alios, qui in tali libertate non sunt, lux illa, quia non habet exitum, offunditur. Verum Lux illa non est activa ex se, sed fit activa ab aliis, imprimis a viris famae et auctoritatis; ut primum ab his aliquid dicitur, Lux illa exsplendescit. Propter hanc causam illis in Mundo spirituali praeficiuntur Moderatores, ac dantur Sacerdotes incluti fama, et praepollente ingenio, in quorum judiciis ex illa sua indole acquiescunt.