559、再者，自我之爱是这样的：一旦松开它的缰绳，也就是除去外在的约束（害怕法律及其处罚，害怕丧失名声、尊贵、利益、地位和性命），它就向前狂奔，最终不仅想统治整个世界，还想统治整个天堂，甚至想凌驾于主之上，永无止境。这种倾向潜藏在每个处在自我之爱中的人身上，虽然并没有向世人显明，但它在那里被前面所提到的那些束缚拦阻着。就这样，每个人都能从那些不受制于上述约束的统治者和国王身上看到，他们向前狂奔，征服尽可能多的城邦和王国，渴望无限的的权力和荣耀。更引人注目的是今天的巴比伦，｛注1｝它将自己的统治伸向天堂，将主的一切神性大能全部转移到自己身上，并不断地贪求更多。这些人死后进入来世，与上帝和天堂直接对立，站在地狱一边。这可见于《最后的审判和巴比伦的毁灭》｛注2｝这本小册子。
｛注1｝：【英305】在18世纪路德宗派的思想中，天主教会与《启示录》中（14:8；16:19；17:5；18:2、10、21等）巴比伦的等式在很大程度上被认为是理所当然的。
｛注2｝：【英306】史威登堡1758年的著作《最后的审判》（Last Judgment）。
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559. 自我之爱具有这样的性质: 越松开它的缰绳, 也就是越除去外在约束, 即对法律及其处罚, 以及丧失名声, 尊敬, 利益, 地位和生命的畏惧, 它就越向前狂奔, 直到最终不仅想统治整个世界, 还想统治整个天堂, 甚至想统治主自己, 无有止境. 这种倾向就潜在于每一个陷入自我之爱的人里面, 尽管它并未在世人面前表现出来; 在世上, 它因上述约束而被拦阻. 然而, 从那些不受制于这类约束和束缚的当权者和国王身上, 谁都不难看出这一点. 他们向前狂奔, 极尽所能地征服众多领土和国家, 追求无尽的权力和荣耀. 今日的巴比伦更为显著, 他们将自己的统治伸向天堂, 将主的一切神性大能转到自己这里, 甚至渴望更多. 这种人死后进入来世, 便与神性并天堂直接对立, 倒向地狱那一边; 这一点可见于《最后的审判和巴比伦的毁灭》这本小册子.
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559. 按其本質, 當外在的約束(對遭受法律刑罰或喪失名聲, 利益, 地位, 生命的恐懼)鬆懈時, 我欲將變得瘋狂, 瘋狂到不僅想要統治世界, 甚至想要統治天國, 淩駕於主之上, 無有止盡。凡陷入我欲者都有這種潛在的傾向, 雖然在世人眼中, 因有上述因素的約束而沒有表現出來。
但是, 從不受上述因素約束的帝王, 我們不難看到這一點。他們野心勃勃, 極盡所能地討伐征服, 擴充疆土, 貪圖無盡的權力和榮耀。當今之"巴比倫"顯明了這一點:他們將權欲之手伸入天國, 將主的神聖權柄轉於自身, 還不以此為足。他們與上帝及天國全然對立, 進入心靈世界以後公然與地獄為伍。關於這些, 可參看最後的審判一書。
559. By nature, self-love runs wild to the extent that its reins are loosened, that is, to the extent that the outward restraints constituted by fears of the law and its penalties, fears of losing reputation, esteem, profit, position, and life are taken away. It runs wild even to the extent of wanting to rule not only over the whole globe but even over all heaven and the Lord himself. It knows no bound or limit. This is latent in everyone who is focused on self-love even though it may not show in the world, where the restraints we have mentioned hold it back.
We cannot fail to see this in people in power and kings who are not held back by any such restraints. They run wild and conquer as many territories and kingdoms as they can and aspire to boundless power and glory. This is even clearer in the modern Babylon, which extends its control into heaven and transfers all the Lord's divine power to itself and even craves more.
The reader may see in the booklet Last Judgment that people like this are diametrically opposed to the Divine and to heaven and that they favor hell when they arrive in the other life after death.
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559. Again, love of self is such that so far as the reins are given it, that is, so far as external bonds are removed, which are fears of the law and its penalties, and of the loss of reputation, honour, gain, employment, and life, so far it rushes on until it finally wants to rule not only over the whole terrestrial globe but also over the entire heaven, and over the Divine Himself; knowing no limit or end. This propensity lurks hidden in everyone who is in the love of self; although it is not manifest to the world, where he is held in check by such bonds as have been mentioned. That this is so, no one can fail to see in the case of potentates and kings who have no such restraints and bonds, but rush on and subjugate provinces and kingdoms so far as they are successful, and aspire to power and glory without limit. It is still more strikingly evident from the Babylon of this day, which has extended its dominion into heaven, and has transferred to itself all the Divine power of the Lord, and continually lusts for more. That such men, when after death they come into the other life, are directly opposed to the Divine and to heaven, and are on the side of hell, can be seen in the little work on THE LAST JUDGMENT AND THE DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON.
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559. Again, love of self is such that so far as the reins are given it, that is, so far as external bonds are removed, which are fears of the law and its penalties, and of the loss of reputation, honor, gain, employment, and life, so far it rushes on until it finally longs to rule not only over the entire world but also over the entire heaven, and over the Divine Himself, knowing no limit or end. This propensity lurks hidden in everyone who is in love of self, although it is not manifest to the world, where it is held in check by such bonds as have been mentioned. Everyone can see examples of this in potentates and kings who are subject to no such restraints and bonds, but rush on and subjugate provinces and kingdoms so far as they are successful, and aspire to power and glory without limit; and still more strikingly in the Babylon of this day, which has extended its dominion into heaven, and has transferred to itself all the Divine power of the Lord, and continually lusts for more. That such men, when they have entered after death the other life, are directly opposed to the Divine and to heaven, and are on the side of hell, can be seen in the little work on The Last Judgment and the Destruction of Babylon.
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559. Amor sui etiam talis est, ut quantum illi laxantur frena, hoc est, removentur vincula externa, quae sunt timores pro lege et ejus poenis, proque jactura famae, honoris, lucri, functionis et vitae, tantum ruat, usque tandem ut non modo imperare velit super universum terrarum orbem, sed etiam super totum caelum, ac super ipsum Divinum, nusquam est ei aliquis terminus seu finis hoc latet reconditum in unoquovis qui in amore sui est, tametsi non patet coram mundo, ubi eum dicta vincula retinent. Quod ita sit, nemo non videt apud potentes et reges, quibus non talia frena et vincula sunt, qui ruunt, et subjugant provincias et regna, quantum illis succedit, et adspirant ad potentiam et gloriam ultra limites. Quod ita sit, adhuc manifestius patet ab hodierna Babylonia, quae dominatum extendit in caelum, et omnem potentiam Divinum Domini in se transtulit, et continue cupit ultra. Quod tales sint prorsus contra Divinum et contra caelum, et pro inferno, cum post mortem in alteram vitam veniunt, videatur in opusculo De Ultimo Judicio et de Babylonia destructa.