71# “祂的声音如同多水的响声”表示终端的神性真理。这从“响声”和“水”的含义清楚可知：“响声”当来自主时，是指神性真理(参看《属天的奥秘》，219, 220, 3563, 6971, 8813, 8914节, 以及AE 55节)；“水”是指信之真理，以及真理的知识或认知(对此，参看2702, 3058, 5668, 8568, 10238节)。由于真理的知识或认知在终端，所以“祂的声音如同多水的响声”因论及主而表示终端的神性真理。知识或认知属于外在人或属世人，因为它们处于世界之光，因而在终端(参看《属天的奥秘》，5212节；总体上参看《新耶路撒冷及其属天教义》，51节)。由于人们还不知道在圣言中，“水”表示信之真理和真理的知识或认知，或许因它看上去有些牵强，所以我想在此简要说明在圣言中，“水”表示这些事物，或说这就是“水”所表示的。此外，这也是有必要的，因为没有关于“水”的含义的知识，就不可能知道洗礼表示什么，也不可能知道如此频繁提到的以色列教会所遵守的“洗濯”表示什么。“水”表示信之真理，因为“饼”表示爱之良善。“水”和“饼”之所以具有这种含义，是因为属于属灵营养的事物在字义上通过那些属于属世营养的事物来表述；因为饼和水包括了总体上的一切食物和喝的，并滋养身体，而信之真理和爱之良善滋养灵魂。这也是由于对应，因为当“饼”和“水”在圣言中被读到时，天使因是属灵的而理解为滋养他们的事物，这些事物是爱之良善和信之真理。
但我要引用一些经文，从中可以知道“水”表示信之真理，同样表示真理的知识或认知。因此，在以赛亚书：
地充满认识耶和华的知识，好像水覆盖海洋一般。(以赛亚书11:9)
同一先知书：
你们必从救恩的泉源欢然取水。(以赛亚书12:3)
又：
那行在公义中，说话正直的，必有粮食赐给他，他的水可得保全。(以赛亚书33:15–16)
又：
困苦穷乏人寻求水却没有；他们的舌头因口渴而干燥。我要在高处开江河，在山谷中间造泉源；我要使旷野变为水池，使干地变为水泉。好叫他们看见，知道，思想，明白。(以赛亚书41:17, 18, 20)
又：
我要将水浇灌口渴的人，将溪流浇灌干旱之地。我要将我的灵浇灌你的种，将我的福浇灌你的后裔。(以赛亚书44:3)
又：
你的光必在黑暗中升起，你的幽暗必变成正午；你必像浇灌的园子，又像出水口，其水不说谎。(以赛亚书58:10–11)
耶利米书：
我的百姓做了两件恶事；他们离弃了我这活水的泉源，为自己凿出不能存水的池子。(耶利米书2:13)
同一先知书：
他们的贵胄打发他们的小子打水；他们来到池边，却找不到水，就拿着空器皿，蒙羞惭愧回去了。(耶利米书14:3)
又：
他们离弃我这活水的泉源。(耶利米书17:13)
又：
他们要哭泣而来，我要以恳求引导他们，我要领他们到正直路上的水泉旁。(耶利米书31:9)
以西结书：
我必折断粮杖，他们吃饼要按分两，忧虑而吃。喝水也要按制子，惊惶而喝。使他们缺粮缺水，彼此惊惶，因自己的罪孽消瘦。(以西结书4:16–17; 12:18–19; 以赛亚书51:14)
阿摩司书：
看哪，日子将到，我必打发饥荒到地上。饥荒非因无饼，干渴非因无水，乃因不听耶和华的话。他们必飘流，从海到海，往来奔跑，寻求耶和华的话，却寻不着；当那日，美貌的处女和少年的男子，必因干渴发昏。(阿摩司书8:11–13)
撒迦利亚书：
在那日，必有活水从耶路撒冷出来。(撒迦利亚书14:8)
诗篇：
耶和华是我的牧者。我必不至缺乏。祂必领我在可安歇的水边。(诗篇23:1–2)
以赛亚书：
他们必不干渴；祂必为他们使水从磐石流出，分裂磐石，水就涌出。(以赛亚书48:21)
诗篇：
神啊，我要切切地寻求你；我的灵魂干渴，我因无水而疲乏。(诗篇63:1)
又：
耶和华发出祂的话，祂使风刮起，水便流动。(诗篇147:18)
又：
天上的天和天上的水啊，你们都要赞美耶和华。(诗篇148:4)
约翰福音：
当耶稣来到雅各泉旁时，有一个撒玛利亚的妇人来打水，耶稣对她说，请给我喝。你若知道神的恩赐和对你说请给我喝的是谁，你必早求祂，祂也必早给了你活水。妇人对祂说，你从哪里得活水呢？耶稣对她说，凡喝这水的，还要再渴；人若喝我所赐他的水，就永远不渴。我所赐他的水，要在他里头成为水泉，直涌到永生。(约翰福音4:7–15)
同一福音书：
耶稣说，人若渴了，就让他到我这里来喝。凡信我的人，就如经上所说，从他腹中要流出活水的江河来。(约翰福音7:37–38)
启示录：
我要将生命水的泉源白白赐给那口渴的人。(启示录21:6)
又：
天使又指示一道纯净生命水的河，明亮如水晶，从神和羔羊的宝座流出来。(启示录22:1)
又：
灵和新妇都说来。听见的人就让他说来。口渴的人也要让他来。愿意的，就让他白白取生命的水。(启示录22:17)
引用这些经文，是为了让人们可以知道，在圣言中，“水”表示信之真理，因而知道洗礼的水表示什么；对此，主在约翰福音如此教导：
人若不是从水和灵生的，就不能进神的国。(约翰福音3:5)
“水”在此是指信之真理，“灵”是指照之的生活(参看《新耶路撒冷及其属天教义》，202–209等节)。由于人们至今不知道“水”表示信之真理，在以色列人当中建立的一切都代表属灵事物，所以他们以为他们的罪通过吩咐他们的洗濯而抹去了；然而，它们决没有抹去；这些洗濯仅代表通过信之真理和照之的生活而从邪恶和虚假中洁净(参看《属天的奥秘》，3147, 5954, 10237, 10240节)。由此清楚可知，如同多水的声音的声音表示神性真理；在以西结书也是如此：
看哪，以色列神的荣耀从东路而来，祂的声音如同多水的响声，地就因祂的荣耀发光。(以西结书43:2)
诗篇：
耶和华的声音在众水上，耶和华在多水之上。(诗篇29:3)
还有启示录中的这些话：
我听见从天上有响声，像多水的响声。(启示录14:2)
我知道，有些人想知道为何圣言提及“水”，却不提信之真理，毕竟圣言的目的就是把人的属灵生活教导给他；如果经上提到的是信之真理，而不是“水”，人们就会知道洗礼和洗濯的水无助于从邪恶和虚假中洁净。但必须注意的是，圣言要成为神性，同时对天堂和教会有用，就必须在字面上完全是属世的；否则，它就不可能成为实现天堂与教会结合的媒介；因为它会像没有地基的房子，像没有身体的灵魂；事实上，终端包括一切内层，是它们的根基(参看AE41节)。世人也在终端，天堂拥有根基在他里面的教会上。这就是为何圣言的风格具有这种性质；因此，当世人根据圣言字义上的属世事物来属灵地思考时，他就与天堂结合，他以其它方式无法与它结合。
71.And his voice as the voice of many waters. That this signifies Divine truth in ultimates, is evident from the signification of a voice, when it is from the Lord, as denoting Divine truth (concerning which see Arcana Coelestia 219, 220, 3563, 6971, 8813, 8914, and above, n. 55), and from the signification of the waters, as denoting the truths of faith, and also the knowledges (cognitiones) of truth (concerning which see n. 2702, 3058, 5668, 8568, 10238); and because the knowledges (cognitiones) of truth are in ultimates, therefore by His voice as the voice of many waters, because it relates to the Lord, is signified Divine truth in ultimates. (That knowledges (cognitiones) and Scientifics (scientifica) belong to the external or natural man, because they are in the light of the world, thus, in ultimates, may be seen, Arcana Coelestia 5212, and in general from what is said in The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem 51.) As it is not yet known that waters in the Word signify the truths of faith and the knowledges (cognitiones) of truth, and, perhaps, because it appears far-fetched, I wish here briefly to show that such things are meant by waters in the Word. This is also necessary because without a knowledge of the signification of waters, it cannot be known what is signified by baptism, nor what by the washings observed in the Israelitish Church, of which mention is so frequently made. Waters signify the truths of faith, because bread signifies the good of love; the reason why waters and bread have such a signification is that the things that pertain to spiritual nourishment are expressed, in the sense of the letter, by those things that have reference to natural nourishment. For bread and water, by which are meant all food and drink in general, nourish the body, and the truths of faith and the good of love nourish the soul. This is also from correspondence; for when bread and water are read in the Word, the angels, being spiritual, understand those things which nourish them; these are the goods of love and the truths of faith.
[2] But some passages shall be here adduced, whence it may be known that waters signify the truths of faith, likewise the knowledges (cognitiones) of truth. Thus in Isaiah:
"The earth shall be full of the knowledge (scientia) of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea" (11:9).
Again:
"With joy shall ye draw water out of the fountains of salvation" (12:3).
Again:
"He that walketh in justice, and speaketh uprightnesses, bread shall be given him, and sure waters" (33:15, 16).
Again:
"The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none; their tongue faileth for thirst. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of waters, and the dry land springs of waters. That they may see, and know, and hearken, and understand" (41:17, 18, 20).
Again:
"I will pour out waters upon him that is thirsty; and, floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring" (44:3).
Again:
"Thy light shall arise in obscurity, and thy darkness as the noon-day; that thou mayest be as a watered garden, and as the going forth of waters, whose waters shall not lie" (58:10).
In Jeremiah:
"My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, to hew out for themselves pits that hold no water" (2:13).
Again:
"Their nobles sent their little ones for water; they came to the pits, and found no waters; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded" (14:3).
Again:
"They have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters" (17:13).
Again:
"They shall come with weeping, and with weeping will I lead them; I will lead them to fountains of waters, in a way of rectitude" (31:9).
And in Ezekiel:
"I will break the staff of bread, and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment. That they may want bread and water, and be desolated, a man and his brother, and consume away for their iniquities" (4:16, 17; 12:18, 19; Isaiah, 51:14).
And in Amos:
"Behold, the days come, in which I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for waters, but for hearing the Word of Jehovah. They shall wander from sea to sea, they shall run to and fro, to seek the Word of Jehovah, and shall not find it; in that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst" (8:11-13).
And in Zechariah;
"In that day living waters shall go out from Jerusalem" (14:8).
And in David:
"Jehovah is my shepherd, I shall not want. He will lead me to the waters of rest" (Psalm 23:1, 2).
In Isaiah:
"They shall not thirst; he will make waters to flow for them out of the rock, and he will cleave the rock, that the waters may flow out" (48:21).
In David:
"O God, early will I seek thee; my soul thirsteth, weary without waters" (Psalm 63:1).
Again:
Jehovah "sendeth his Word, he maketh the wind to blow, that the waters may flow" (Psalm 147:18).
Again:
"Praise Jehovah, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters which are above the heavens" (148:4).
In John:
Jesus came to the fountain of Jacob; "A woman of Samaria came to draw water, to whom Jesus said, Give me to drink; - if thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith unto thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest ask of him, and he would give thee living water. The woman said unto him, Whence hast thou that living water? Jesus said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again; but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him, shall be in him a fountain of water, springing up into everlasting life" (4:7-15).
Again:
Jesus said, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture saith, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water" (7:37, 38).
And in the Apocalypse:
"Unto him that is athirst shall be given of the fountain of the water of life freely" (21:6).
And in another place:
The angel showed him "a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb" (22:1).
And again:
"The spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst, come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely" (22:17).
[3] These passages are adduced, that it may be known that by waters in the Word are signified the truths of faith, and hence what is signified by the water of baptism, concerning which the Lord thus teaches in John:
"Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (3:5);
where water denotes the truths of faith, and the spirit a life according to them (as may be seen in 43:2).
And in David:
"The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters, Jehovah is upon many waters" (Psalms 29:3).
And in the following words in the Apocalypse:
"I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters" (14:2).
[4] I know that some will wonder why waters are mentioned in the Word, and not the truths of faith, although the purpose of the Word is to teach man about his spiritual life; and if the truths of faith had been mentioned instead of waters, men would have known that the waters of baptism and of washings contribute nothing to his purification from evils and falsities. But it must be noted, that the Word, to be Divine, and at the same time to be for heaven and the church, must be altogether natural in the letter; for unless this were the case, it could not be the medium of effecting the conjunction of heaven with the church; for it would be like a house without a foundation, and like a soul without a body; for the ultimates include all the interiors, and are their foundation (as may be seen above, n. 41). Man also is in ultimates, and heaven has its foundation upon the church in him. This is why the style in which the Word is written is of such a character; therefore, when man thinks spiritually from the natural things which are in the sense of the letter of the Word, he is conjoined with heaven which could not otherwise be the case.
71. And His voice as the voice of many waters, signifies Divine truth in ultimates. This is evident from the signification of a "voice" when it is from the Lord, as being Divine truth (See Arcana Coelestia 219, 220, 3563, 6971, 8813, 8914, and above, n. 55); and from the signification of "waters," as being the truths of faith, and also the knowledges of truth (of which see n. 2702, 3058, 5668, 8568, 10238); and since the knowledges of truths are in ultimates, "the voice as the voice of many waters," because it is said of the Lord, signifies Divine truth in ultimates. (That knowledges and scientifics are of the external or natural man, because they are in the light of the world, thus in ultimates, see Arcana Coelestia 5212, and in general, New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine, n. 51.) As it is not yet known that "waters" in the Word signify the truths of faith and the knowledges of truth, I would like, since this signification may possibly appear remote, to show here briefly that this is what is meant in the Word by "waters." This, moreover, is necessary, because without a knowledge of what "waters" signify, it cannot be known what baptism signifies, nor the "washings" in the Israelitish church so frequently referred to. "Waters" signify the truths of faith, as "bread" signifies the good of love. "Waters" and "bread" have this signification because things that pertain to spiritual nourishment are expressed in the sense of the letter by such things as belong to natural nourishment; for bread and water, which include in general all food and drink, nourish the body, while the truths of faith and the good of love nourish the soul. This also is from correspondence, for when "bread" and "water" are read of in the Word, angels, because they are spiritual, understand the things by which they are nourished, which are the goods of love and the truths of faith.
[2] But I will cite some passages from which it may be known that "waters" signify the truths of faith, likewise the knowledges of truth. Thus in Isaiah:
The earth is full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea (Isaiah 11:9).
In the same:
Then with joy shall ye draw waters out of the fountains of salvation (Isaiah 12:3).
In the same:
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly, bread shall be given him, and his waters shall be sure (Isaiah 33:15-16).
In the same:
The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none; their tongue faileth for thirst. I will open rivers upon the heights, and will place fountains in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness into a pool of waters, and the dry land into a going forth of waters; that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand (Isaiah 41:17, 18, 20).
In the same:
I will pour waters upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour My spirit upon thy seed, and My blessing upon thine offspring (Isaiah 44:3).
In the same:
Thy light shall arise in the darkness, and thy thick darkness be as the noonday; that thou mayest be like a watered garden, and like a going forth of waters, whose waters shall not prove false (Isaiah 58:10-11).
In Jeremiah:
My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, to hew out for themselves pits that hold no water (Jeremiah 2:13).
In the same:
Their nobles sent their little ones for water; they came to the pits and found no waters; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded (Jeremiah 14:3).
In the same:
They have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters (Jeremiah 17:13).
In the same:
They shall come with weeping, 1and with supplications will I lead them; I will lead them unto fountains of waters, in the way of right (Jeremiah 31:9).
In Ezekiel:
I will break the staff of bread, and they shall eat bread by weight and with carefulness; and they shall drink water by measure and with astonishment; that they may want bread and water, and be desolated, a man and a brother, and pine away for their iniquities (Ezekiel 4:16-17; 12:18-19; Isaiah 51:14).
In Amos:
Behold the days come, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but for hearing the Word of Jehovah. They shall wander from sea to sea, they shall run to and fro, to seek the Word of Jehovah, and shall not find it; in that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst (Amos 8:11-13).
In Zechariah:
In that day living waters shall go out from Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:8).
In David:
Jehovah is my Shepherd, I shall not want. He will lead me to the waters of rest (Psalms 23:1-2).
In Isaiah:
They shall not thirst, He will cause waters to flow out of the rock for them, and He will cleave the rock, that the waters may flow out (Isaiah 48:21).
In David:
O God, early will I seek Thee; my soul thirsteth, I am weary without waters (Psalms 63:1).
In the same:
Jehovah sendeth His word, He maketh the wind to blow, that the waters may flow (Psalms 147:18).
In the same:
Praise Jehovah, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens (Psalms 148:4).
In John:
When Jesus came to the fountain of Jacob, a woman of Samaria came to draw water; Jesus said to her, Give Me to drink. If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith unto thee, Give Me to drink, thou wouldest ask of Him, and He would give thee living water. The woman said unto Him, From whence hast Thou living water? Jesus said to her, Everyone that drinketh of this water shall thirst again; but whosoever shall drink of the water that I shall give him shall not thirst for ever; and the water that I shall give him shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up unto everlasting life (John 4:7-15).
In the same:
Jesus said, If any man thirst, let him come unto Me and drink. He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture saith, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (John 7:37-38).
In Revelation:
I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely (Revelation 21:6).
And in another place:
The angel showed unto him a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb (Revelation 22:1).
And again:
The spirit and the bride say, Come. He that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come. And he that wisheth, let him take the water of life freely (Revelation 22:17).
[3] These passages have been cited that it may be known that in the Word "waters" signify the truths of faith, consequently what is meant by the water of baptism, about which the Lord thus teaches in John:
Except a man be born of water and of the spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God (John 3:5).
"Waters" here are the truths of faith, and "spirit" a life according to them (See New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine, n. Ezekiel 43:2).
And in David:
The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters, Jehovah upon many waters (Psalms 29:3).
And in the following words in Revelation:
I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters (Revelation 14:2).
[4] I know that some will wonder why "waters" are mentioned in the Word, and not the truths of faith, since the Word is to teach man about his spiritual life; and since, if the expression the truths of faith had been used, instead of "waters," man would have known that the waters of baptism and of washings contribute nothing to the purifying of man from evils and falsities. But it is to be known, that the Word in order to be Divine, and at the same time useful to heaven and the church, must be wholly natural in the letter, for if it were not natural in the letter there could be no conjunction of heaven with the church by means of it; for it would be like a house without a foundation, and like a soul without a body, for ultimates enclose all interiors, and are a foundation for them (See above, n. 41). Man also is in ultimates, and upon the church in him heaven has its foundations. For this reason the style of the Word is such as it is; and as a consequence, when man from the natural things that are in the sense of the letter of the Word thinks spiritually, he is conjoined with heaven, and in no other way could he be conjoined with it.
Footnotes:
1. The Latin has "weeping and with weeping," the Hebrew "weeping and with supplication," as also found in Apocalypse Explained 239, 483; Arcana Coelestia 3325.
71. "Et vox Ipsius tanquam vox aquarum multarum. "Quod significet Divinum Verum in ultimis, constat ex significatione "vocis", cum a Domino, quod sit Divinum Verum (de qua n. 219, 220, 3563, 6971, 8813, 8914; et supra, n. 55); et ex significatione "aquarum", quod sint vera fidei, et quoque cognitiones veri (de qua n. 2702, 3058, 5668, 8568, 10238); et quia cognitiones veri sunt in ultimis, ideo per "vocem sicut (vox) aquarum multarum", quia de Domino, significatur Divinum Verum in ultimis. (Quod cognitiones et scientifica sint externi seu naturalis hominis, quia in luce mundi, ita in ultimis, videatur n. 5212; et in genere de illis in Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae, n. 51). Quoniam nondum notum est quod "aquae "in Verbo significent vera fidei et cognitiones veri, ex causa fortassis quia remotum apparet, ideo velim paucis hic ostendere quod per "aquas" in Verbo illa intelligantur; quod etiam necessum est, quia absque cognitione quid "aquae" significant, non sciri potest quid significat Baptismus, nec quid lavationes in Ecclesia Israelitica, quarum mentio toties fit. "Aquae" significant vera fidei, quia "panis" significat bonum amoris.
Quod "aquae" et "panis" illa significent, est quia illa quae sunt nutritionis spiritualis exprimuntur in sensu litterae per talia quae sunt nutritionis naturalis; aquae enim et panis, per quae intelligitur omnis potus et omnis cibus in genere, nutriunt corpus, ac vera fidei et bonum amoris nutriunt animam; est quoque hoc ex correspondentia, nam cum "panis" et "aqua" leguntur in Verbo, angeli, quia spirituales, intelligunt illa quae eos nutriunt, quae sunt bona amoris et vera fidei.
[2] Hic aliqua loca afferre velim, ut sciatur quod "aquae" significent vera fidei, tum cognitiones veri:
- Apud Esaiam:
"Plena est terra scientia Jehovae, sicut aquae mare contegunt" (11:9);
apud eundem,
"Tunc haurietis aquas cum laetitia ex fontibus salutis" (12:3);
apud eundem,
"Qui ambulat in justitiis, et loquitur rectitudines; .... panis dabitur et aquae fideles" (33:15, 16);
apud eundem,
"Pauperes et egeni quaerentes aquam, sed non, lingua eorum siti deficit: .... aperiam super clivis fluvios, et in medio vallium fontes ponam, desertum in stagnum aquarum, et terram siccam in scaturigines aquarum; .... ut videant, et cognoscant, et attendant et intelligant" (41:17, 18, 20);
apud eundem,
"Effundam aquas super sitientem, et fluenta super aridam; effundam spiritum meum super semen tuum, et benedictionem meam super natos" (44:3);
apud eundem,
"Exorietur in tenebris lux tua, et caligo tua sicut meridies, .... ut sis sicut hortus irriguus, et sicut exitus aquarum, cujus aquae non mentientur" (58:10 [, 11]);
apud Jeremiam:
"Duo mala fecit populus meus; Me deseruerunt, fontem aquarum vivarum, ad excidendum sibi foveas, quae non continent aquas" (2:13);
apud eundem,
"Magnates miserunt minorennes aquae causa, venerunt ad foveas, nec invenerunt aquas, reversa sunt vasa eorum vacua, pudefacti sunt et ignominia affecti" (14:3);
apud eundem,
"Deseruerunt fontem aquarum vivarum Jehovam" (17:13);
apud eundem,
"Cum fletu venient, et cum 1
precibus adducam eos, ducam eos ad fontes aquarum in via recti" (31:9);
apud Ezechielem:
"Frangam baculum panis, . . . .et comedent panem pondere et in sollicitudine, et aquas mensura et stupore bibent, ut careant pane et aqua, et 2
desolentur vir et frater, et contabescant propter iniquitates" (4:16, 17; 12:18, 19: Esaias 51:14);
apud Amos,
"Ecce dies venient, quibus immittam famem in terram; non famem ad panem, neque sitim ad aquas, sed ad audiendum Verbum Jehovae; vagabuntur a mari ad mare, .... et discurrent ad quaerendum Verbum Jehovae, nec invenient; in die illo deficient virgines pulchra et juvenes siti" (8:11-13);
apud Sachariam,
"In die illo exibunt aquae vivae ex Hierosolyma" (14:8);
apud Davidem,
"Jehovah Pastor meus, non carebo; ad aquas quietum deducet me" (Psalm. 23 [1,] 2);
apud 3
Esaiam,
"Non sitient, .... aquas e petra effluere faciet illis, et findet petram ut fluant aquae" ( 4
48:21);
apud 5
Davidem,
"Deus, mane quaero Te; sitit anima mea, . . . lassus sine aquis" (Psalms 63:2 [B.A. 1]);
apud eundem,
Jehovah "mittit Verbum suum, .... spirare facit ventum, ut fluant aquae" (Psalm. 147:18 6
);
apud eundem,
"Laudate Jehovam caeli caelorum, et aquae quae desuper caelis" (Psalm. 148:4);
apud Johannem,
Jesus venit ad fontem Jacobi; "venit mulier e Samaria ad hauriendum aquas; cui dixit Jesus, Da Mihi bibere; . . . si scires donum Dei, et quis sit qui dicit tibi, Da Mihi bibere, tu peteres ab Ipso ut daret tibi aquam viventem. Dicit Ipsi mulier, . . . Unde habes aquam viventem? .... Dixit ei Jesus, Omnis qui bibit ex hac aqua, sitiet iterum; qui vero biberit ex aqua quam Ego dabo, non sitiet in aeternum; et aqua quam Ego dabo, fiet in eo fons aquae salientis in vitam aeternam" (4:7-15);
apud eundem,
Jesus dixit, "Si quis sitiverit, Venito ad Me et bibito; quisquis credit in Me, sicut dicit Scriptura, flumina e ventre ipsius fluent aquae viventis" (7:37, 38);
in Apocalypsi,
"Sitienti dabitur e fonte aquae vitae gratis" (21:6);
et alibi,
Angelus ostendit illi "fluvium aquae vitae, splendidum sicut crystallum, exeuntem ex throno Dei et Agni" (22:1);
et adhuc ibi,
"spiritus et Sponsa dicunt, (Veni); qui audit, dicat Veni; et qui sitit veniat; et qui vult, accipiet aquam vitae gratis" (22:17).
[3] Haec allata sunt, ut sciatur quod per "aquas" in Verbo significentur vera fidei, et inde quid per aquam Baptismi, de quo ita Dominus docet apud Johannem:
"Nisi homo generatus fuerit ex aqua et spiritu, non potest ingredi in regnum Dei" (3:5);
"aquae" ibi sunt vera fidei, et "spiritus" est vita secundum illa (videatur in Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae, n. 202-209, seq.). Quia non notum fuerat quod "aquae" significarent vera fidei, nec quod omnia quae apud filios Israelis instituta fuerunt essent repraesentativa spiritualium, ideo creditum est quod per lavationes illis mandatas abstersa fuerint illis peccata, cum tamen ne hilum; repraesentabant modo purificationem a malis et falsis per vera fidei et vitam secundum illa (videatur in Arcanis Caelestibus, n. 3147, 5954, 10237, 10240). Ex his nunc patet quod per "vocem", quae sicut "vox aquarum multarum", intelligatur Divinum Verum; ut quoque apud Ezechielem,
"Ecce gloria Dei Israelis venit a via orientis, et vox Ipsius sicut vox aquarum multarum, et terra illustrata a gloria Ipsius" (43:2 7
);
apud Davidem,
"Vox Jehovae super aquis, .... Jehovah super aquis multis" (Psalms 29:3);
et in sequentibus in Apocalypsi,
"Audivi vocem e caelo tanquam vocem aquarum multarum" (14:2).
[4] Scio quod miraturi sint quidam quare in Verbo "aquae" nominantur, et non vera fidei, cum tamen Verbum docebit hominem de vita spirituali ejus; et si vera fidei loco "aquarum" dicta fuissent, scivisset homo quod non aquae Baptismi et lavationum aliquid ad purificationem hominis a malis et falsis fecissent: sed sciendum est quod Verbum, ut Divinum sit, et simul pro caelo et pro ecclesia, omnino naturale erit in littera; nam nisi naturale esset in littera, non foret per illud conjunctio caeli cum ecclesia, foret enim sicut domus absque fundamento, et sicut anima absque corpore; ultima enim concludunt omnia interiora et fundant illa (videatur supra, n. 41): homo etiam est in ultimis, et super ecclesia apud illum fundatur caelum. Inde nunc est quod talis stylus in Verbo sit; quare homo, cum cogitat spiritualiter ex naturalibus, quae sunt in sensu litterae Verbi, conjungitur caelo, cum quo non alioquin conjungeretur.
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