125# 雅威上帝若不借着祂的人性，便无法施行、成就救赎相关一切事工，此事可借数则譬喻阐明。
无形之物无法与有形之物对峙相交，更无从直接对话；即便天使与灵立在人身侧旁、近在眼前，也不能直接与人交谈。人的灵魂同样无法对外发言、有所行动，必须依托自身肉身方可达成。
太阳的光与热，无法直接渗入人、走兽与树木，必先透入空气，借着空气发挥功用；太阳亦不能触及水中游鱼，只能经由水体传递作用。凡作用的施展，都必须透过受造物所处的介质方能达成。
人无刀具，便无法为鱼刮去鳞甲；无手指，便不能梳理禽鸟羽毛；若无潜水器具，更无法潜入深湖底部。
总而言之，两方若要相通、彼此产生作用，一方必先调整自身，适配另一方的存在形态。
125# 耶和华神只有通过祂的人身才能进入并完成这些运作，或这样的作为，这一点可通过各种对比来说明；例如，一个不可见的人不能与别人握手或交谈，除非他是可见的；因此，天使或灵人不能与一个人互动，哪怕他们就站在他旁边，站在他面前。任何人的灵魂若不通过他的身体，都不能与别人交谈或共事。太阳及其光和热只有通过先进入空气，并通过空气运作才能进入人、动物或植物；或只有通过水才能进入一条鱼，因为它必须通过主体所住的元素起作用。没有刀，没有人能刮鱼鳞，或没有手指，没有人能拔乌鸦的毛；没有潜水器，没有人能潜入湖底。简言之，任何事物在能与另一个事物联系，或与它一起运作，或反对它之前，必须先适应它。
125. Jehovah God could not have taken these actions and made them effective without a human manifestation, as various comparisons can illustrate.
An invisible person cannot shake hands or talk with a visible one. In fact, angels and spirits cannot shake hands or talk with us even when they are standing right next to our bodies or in front of our faces. No one's soul can talk, or do things, with anyone else except through its own body. The sun cannot convey its light and heat into any human, animal, or tree, unless it first enters the air and acts through that. It cannot convey its light and heat to any fish unless it passes through the water. It has to act through the element the entity is in. None of us could scale a fish with a knife or pluck a raven's feathers if we had no fingers. We cannot go to the bottom of a deep lake without a diving bell. In a word, one thing needs to be adapted to another before the two can communicate and work with or against each other.
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125. Various comparisons may be used as illustrations of the fact that Jehovah God could not set in motion and produce such results except through His Human. For instance, an invisible man cannot shake hands with or talk to anyone except someone who is visible; not even an angel or a spirit can do so with a person, although he stands next to him or right before his face. Neither can anyone's soul talk or deal with another person, except by means of his own body. The sun cannot penetrate any person, animal or tree with its light and heat, unless it first penetrates the air and acts through it; likewise it cannot affect fish except through water.. It must act through the element in which the subject is. No more can anyone take the scales off a fish without 1 a knife, or pluck a crow without fingers; or go down into the depths of a lake without a diving bell. In short, each thing must be suited to the other before communication can be established, and work can be done either against or with it.
Footnotes:
1. The Latin has 'with a knife', but it is corrected in the author's copy.
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125. That Jehovah God could have entered upon and have accomplished such a work only by means of His Human may be illustrated by various comparisons; as, that one who is invisible cannot shake hands or converse with another until he becomes visible; thus an angel or spirit could have no interaction with a man, even if standing close to his body and before his face. Neither can anyone's soul converse with another or act with another except by means of his body. The sun with its light and heat can enter into man, beast, or tree only by first entering the air and operating through it; or can enter into a fish only by means of the water, since it must act through that element in which the subject resides. No one can scale a fish without a knife, or pluck a crow without fingers; or descend to the bottom of a lake without a diving-bell; in a word, any one thing must be adapted to another before it can communicate with it or operate with it or against it.
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125. That Jehovah God could not have entered upon and accomplished these operations except by His Human, may be illustrated by various comparisons; as, for example, one who is invisible cannot shake hands or converse except with one who is visible; nor can angels and spirits with a man, even though they stood beside him and before his face. The soul of any one cannot converse and act with another except by means of his body. The sun cannot influence with its light and heat any man, animal or plant, if it did not first enter the air, and act through it. Similarly it cannot affect fish except through water; for it acts through the medium of the element in which the subject lives. No one can scale a fish with a knife, or pluck a crow, without fingers, or descend to the bottom of a lake without a diving-bell. In short, one thing must be accommodated to another before any communication is made or interaction set up between them.
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125. Quod Jehovah Deus non potuerit talia nisi per Humanum suum in actum mittere et efficere, illustrari potest per varias comparationes; ut quod inconspicuus non possit conserere manus, nec loquelam, cum conspicuo; 1 ne quidem angelus et spiritus cum homine, tametsi juxta corpus ejus et ante faciem ejus staret. Nec potest alicujus anima cum aliquo loqui et agere nisi per suum corpus. Non potest Sol cum sua luce et suo calore intrare in aliquem hominem, bestiam et arborem, nisi prius intret aerem, et per hunc agat; similiter nec in pisces nisi per aquas; aget enim per elementum, in quo subjectum 2 est. Ne quidem potest aliquis desquamare piscem cultro, 3 et deplumare corvum, absque digitis; nec descendere in profundum lacus absque campana urinatoria; verbo, unumquodvis accommodatum erit alteri, antequam fit communicatio, et operatio contra illum aut cum illo.
Footnotes:
1. Sic Rose. Nisi legeris nisi per conspicuum Prima editio: nisi cum conspicuo.
2. Prima editio: subiectum.
3. Nisi legeris piscem sine cultro, sic Worcester et in margine exemplaris scriptoris.