BE68.关于義（charity）与信（faith）之间并不相连，可从他们关于唯信称义之教导的相关内容中看出：信乃是出于公义而归算给人，并不需要行为（n.12a）；此信被称为公义并非因義而成就（n.12b）；好行为当完全排除在论及称义和永生的话题之外（n.12f）；好行为并非必需作为得救的原因，得救必须要有好行为这一立场要被拒绝（n.12g，h，i，k）；信仰与救恩不用靠着好行为来保护和保持（n.12m，n）；与称义归给好行为，这样的好行为有害（n.14g）；灵的作工，或恩典的作工——跟随信并作为信的果子——无助于人的得救（n.14d）；以及其它地方。由所有这些内容可明显看出，这样的信与義毫不相关；倘若扯上关系，反而有害于得救，因为对信产生危害，这样就使得信不再成为得救的唯一方法。关于当今教会之信不能与義相联，在前文已作解释（n.47-50）；因此，这可以说是天命如此，改教者们出于他们的信仰势必充满热情地拒绝義与好行为；因为倘若他们将義与信联合，那就好比将猎豹与绵羊、豺狼与羊羔、老鹰和鸽子相联。这样的信还在《启示录》中被描绘为豹（13:2），并在《揭开启示》中加以解读（AR572）。但是，教会无信，无義之信，各是什么呢？没有信与義的婚姻又是什么教会呢？（请参阅n.48。）信与義的结合构成教会本身，它构成由主现在建立的新教会。
68. That there is not any connection between charity and faith in their doctrine of justification, follows from these passages. Faith is imputed for righteousness without works,12(a). Faith does not justify in so far as it is formed from charity,12(b). Good works are to be utterly excluded in treating of justification and eternal life,12(f). Good works are not necessary for salvation, and the assertion of their necessity ought to be totally rejected by the Church,12(g, h, i, k). Salvation and faith are neither preserved nor retained by charity and its works,12(m, n). Good works, when mixed with the business of justification, are pernicious,14(g). Works of the spirit, or of grace, which follow faith as its fruits, contribute nothing to salvation,14(d) and elsewhere.
From all this it inevitably follows that this faith of theirs has no connection with charity; and that, if it had, it would bring about the ruin of salvation, because it would destroy faith which would then no longer be the only means of salvation. That no connection can actually be brought about between charity and such a faith has been shown above, nos. 47-50; wherefore it may be said that it was providentially ordained that the Reformers should reject charity and good works so completely from their faith. For had they conjoined them, it would have been like coupling a leopard with a sheep, a wolf with a lamb, or a hawk with a dove. That this faith is also described in the Revelation by a leopard, may be seen in Revelation 13:2, and in the explanation thereof,THE APOCALYPSE REVEALED 572. But what is a church without faith, and what is faith without charity; consequently, what is a church without the marriage of faith and charity? (See48). This marriage constitutes the Church itself, and it constitutes the New Church which is now being established by the Lord.
68. That there is not any connection between charity and faith, follows from these passages in their doctrine of justification, namely: That faith is imputed for justice without works [n. 12 (a)]. That faith does not justify as being formed from charity [n. 12 (b)]. That good works are to be altogether excluded in treating of justification and eternal life [n. 12 (f)]. That good works are not necessary to salvation, and the assertion of their necessity ought to be totally rejected by the church [n. 12 (g) (h) (i) (k)]. That salvation and faith are neither preserved nor retained by charity and the works thereof [n. 12 (m) (n)]. That good works when mixed with the business of justification, are pernicious [n. 14 (g)]. That the works of the spirit, or of grace, which follow faith as its fruits, contribute nothing to man's salvation [n. 14 (d)], and elsewhere; from all which it inevitably follows, that this faith has no connection with charity, and if it had, it would become injurious to salvation, because injurious to faith, which thus would no longer be the only means of salvation. That no connection between charity and that faith can actually exist, has been shown above (n. 47-50); wherefore it may be said, that it was providentially ordered, that the reformers should be so zealous to reject charity and good works from their faith; for had they conjoined them, it would have been like conjoining a leopard with a sheep, a wolf with a lamb, or a hawk with a dove. That this faith is also described in the Apocalypse by a leopard, may be seen (Revelation 13:2); and also in the explanation thereof, in Apocalypse Revealed 572. But what is a church without faith, and what is faith without charity, consequently what is a church without the marriage of faith and charity (n. 48)? This marriage is the church itself, and is the New Church which is now being established by the Lord.
68. Quod non detur vinculum charitatis et fidei, sequitur ex his in Doctrina justificationis illorum, Quod fides imputetur ad justitiam sine operibus, n. 12. (a) Quod fides non justificet quatenus a charitate formata est, n. 12. (b) Quod bona opera prorsus excludenda sint, dum de justificatione et de vita aeterna agitur, n. 12. (f) Quod bona opera ad salutem non necessaria sint, et quod assertio necessitatis illorum ab Ecclesia plane ejicienda sit, n. 12. (g) (h) (i) Quod salus et fides non conserventur nec retineantur per charitatem et ejus opera, n. 12. (m) (n). Quod bona opera immixta negotio justificationis sint perniciosa, n. 14. (g) Quod opera spiritus seu gratiae, quae sequuntur fidem ut fructus ejus, nec aliquid ad salutem conferant, n. 14. (d) et alibi; ex quibus inevitabiliter consequitur, quod isti fidei non sit aliquod vinculum cum charitate, et quod si foret, perniciem saluti, quia fidei, quae sic non sola salutis administra foret, inferret. Quod actualiter nec dari possit vinculum charitatis cum illa fide, supra n. 47, 48, 49, 50. ostensum est; quare dici potest, quod sit ex proviso et praedestinato, quod Reformatores charitatem et bona opera ex fide sua foras et tam procul ejecerint; nam si conjunxerint illa, foret sicut conjunxissent pardum et ovem, lupum et agnum, ac accipitrem et turturem; quod fides illa in Apocalypsi describatur etiam per Pardum, videatur Cap. 13:2, et Explicatio ibi n. 572. Sed quid Ecclesia absque fide, et fides absque charitate, ita quid Ecclesia absque conjugio fidei et charitatis, n. 48; hoc Conjugium est ipsa Ecclesia, et est Ecclesia Nova, quae nunc a Domino instauratur.