BE87.二十、启示录中的“龙”、他的两个“兽”、“蝗虫”都象征那些固执于当今“唯信称义”之教条者;被确证后的这个信仰还以“大城”(按着灵意叫所多玛和埃及,两个见证人在这里被杀害)和“无底坑”(蝗虫从这里出来)来象征。
87. XX. Those who have confirmed themselves in the present belief in Justification by Faith Alone are meant in the Revelation by the Dragon, his two Beasts, and the Locusts: and this Faith, when confirmed, is meant there by the Great City, which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where the Two Witnesses were slain also by the Pit of the Abyss from which the Locusts came forth.
87. XX. They who have confirmed themselves in the present justifying faith are meant in Revelation by "the dragon and his two beasts," and by "the locusts"; and this same faith, when confirmed, is there meant by "the great city which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where the two witnesses were slain," as also by "the pit of the abyss, from which the locusts went forth."
87. XX. Quod illi, qui in hodierna Fide justificante se confirmaverunt, in Apocalypsi per Draconem, duas ejus Bestias, et per Locustas, et quod ipsa illa Fides confirmata, ibi per magnam Urbem quae spiritualiter vocatur Sodoma et Aegyptus, ubi bini testes occisi sunt, ut et per Puteum abyssi, ex quo Locustae exiverunt, intelligantur.