302# 此诫命在灵义中，表示人由主而来的改造与重生；“六日劳作”表示人对肉体及其私欲的争战，同时也表示人对自身中由地狱而来的恶与伪的争战；“第七日”则表示人与主的结合，并由此而来的重生。
只要此争战尚在持续，人便有属灵的劳苦；但当人已得重生，便有安息。此事可由后文“改造与重生”一章所要陈述者得见，尤其可由其中以下诸点得见：
一、重生的进行，犹如人受孕、在母腹中孕育、出生并受教养。
二、新生的第一阶段称为改造，属于理智；第二阶段称为重生，属于意志，并由意志及于理智。
三、内在人必须先被改造，然后外在人藉内在人而被改造。
四、于是内在人与外在人之间发生争战；得胜者便支配另一方。
五、重生之人有新的意志与新的理智，等等。
此诫命在灵义中表示人的改造与重生，是因为它与主同地狱的劳苦和争战、与祂胜过地狱，以及随之而来的安息相符合。因为主怎样荣耀祂的人性，并使其成为神性，祂也照样改造并重生人，使人成为属灵的人；这就是所谓“跟从祂”。主曾有争战，并且这些争战称为“劳苦”，这从以赛亚书53章和63章可知；同样，“劳苦”也用于人（赛65:23；启2:2，3）。
302# 在属灵意义上，这条诫命表示主对人的改造和重生；“六日的劳碌”表示人与肉体及其欲望的争战，同时与他里面来自地狱的邪恶和虚假的争战；“第七日”表示他与主的结合，以及随之而来的重生。后面关于改造和重生那一章（TCR 571-625节）所说的，将说明，只要这种争战持续，人的属灵劳碌就会持续，但当他重生时，他就可以休息了；尤其那里所讨论的这几点：
（1）实现重生的方式类似于人受孕、在子宫里孕育、出生并接受教育的方式。
（2）新生的第一个阶段被称为改造，属于理解力；第二个阶段被称为重生，属于意愿，由此属于理解力。
（3）内在人必须首先被改造，然后外在人通过内在人被改造。
（4）然后，内在人与外在人之间会发生一场争战；获胜的一方掌控另一方。
（5）重生的人拥有一个新的意愿和一个新的理解力；等等。
这条诫命在属灵意义上表示人的改造和重生，因为它们和主的劳碌、与地狱争战、对它们的胜利，以及随之而来的休息是并行的。主改造和重生人，使他变得属灵的方式，与祂荣耀祂的人身，把它变成神性的方式是一样的；这就是“跟从祂”的意思。主有争战，这些争战被称为“劳碌”，这一点从以赛亚书（53和63章）明显看出来；当论及人时，类似的事也被称为“劳碌”，这一点从以赛亚书（65:23）和启示录（2:2，3）明显看出来。
302. In the spiritual meaning, this commandment refers to our being reformed and regenerated by the Lord. The six days of labor mean battling against the flesh and its cravings and also against the evils and falsities that are in us from hell. The seventh day means our becoming connected to the Lord and our being regenerated as a result. As long as this battle continues, we have spiritual labor; but when we have been regenerated, we rest. This will become clear from the points that will be made below in the chapter on reformation and regeneration [571-625] - especially the following points that are discussed there: (1) Regeneration progresses analogously to the way we are conceived, carried in the womb, born, and brought up. (2) The first phase in our being generated anew is called "reformation;" it has to do with our intellect. The second phase is called "regeneration;" it has to do with our will and then our intellect. (3) Our inner self has to be reformed first. Our outer self is then reformed through our inner self. (4) Then a battle develops between our inner and outer self. Whichever self wins, it will control the other. (5) When we have been regenerated, we have a new will and a new intellect. And so on.
In the spiritual meaning, this commandment refers to our reformation and regeneration because these processes parallel the Lord's labors and battles against the hells, his victory over them, and then rest. The way he glorified his human manifestation and made it divine is the same way he reforms and regenerates us and makes us spiritual. This is what is meant by following him. The battles of the Lord are called labors, and were labors, as is clear from Isaiah 53 and 63. Similar things are called labors in us (Isaiah 65:23; Revelation 2:2-3).
302. In the spiritual sense this commandment means man's reformation and regeneration by the Lord. 'Six days of work' means the fight against the flesh and its lusts, and at the same time against the evils and falsities which are implanted in one by hell. The seventh day means his being linked with the Lord, and his consequent regeneration. It will be shown later on, in the chapter on reformation and regeneration, that, so long as that fight continues, a person is engaged in spiritual labour; but when he is regenerated, he has rest. The important points made there are these:
(i) Regeneration is an exact replica of a person's conception, gestation in the womb, birth and training.
(ii) The first act of a new birth is called the reformation of the understanding, its second act is the regeneration of the will and hence of the understanding.
(iii) The internal man must first be reformed, and the external man by means of the internal.
(iv) At that time a struggle takes place between the internal and external man; the one who wins becomes master over the other.
(v) A person's regeneration is having a new will and a new understanding, etc.
The reason why this commandment in the spiritual sense means a person's reformation and regeneration is that it parallels the Lord's toils and battles with the hells, and His victory over them, followed by rest. For the way in which the Lord glorified His Human and made it Divine is the same as the way in which He reforms man and regenerates him, making him spiritual. This is what is meant by 'following Him'. This is plain from Isaiah chapters 53 and 63 that the Lord engaged in battles and these are called toils; and similar events with men are called toils (Isaiah 65:23; Revelation 2:2-3).
302. In the spiritual sense, this commandment signifies man's reformation and regeneration by the Lord, "the six days of labor" signifying his warfare against the flesh and its lusts, and at the same time against the evils and falsities that are in him from hell, and "the seventh day" signifying his conjunction with the Lord, and regeneration thereby. That man's spiritual labor continues as long as that warfare lasts, but when he is regenerated he has rest, will be shown in what is to be said hereafter in the chapter on Reformation and Regeneration, especially under the following sections there:
(1) Regeneration is effected in a manner analogous to that in which man is conceived, carried in a womb, born, and educated
(2) The first act in the new birth is called reformation, which belongs to the understanding; and the second is called regeneration, which belongs to the will and therefrom to the understanding.
(3) The internal man is to be reformed first, and through that the external.
(4) Then a conflict arises between the internal and the external man, and the one that conquers rules the other.
(5) The regenerate man has a new will, and a new understanding; and so forth.
The reformation and regeneration of man are signified by this commandment in the spiritual sense, because they coincide with the labors and combats of the Lord with the hells, and with His victory over them, and the rest that followed. For the Lord reforms and regenerates man and renders him spiritual in the same manner in which He glorified His Human and made it Divine; and this is the meaning of the command to "follow Him." That the Lord had combats, which are called "labors," is evident fromIsaiah 53, 63; and that like things are called "labors" in reference to men, fromIsaiah 65:23; Revelation 51:2-3.
302. This commandment in the spiritual sense signifies the reformation and regeneration of man by the Lord. The six days of labor signify man's combat against the flesh and its lusts, and, at the same time, against the evils and falsities that are in him from hell; while the seventh day signifies his conjunction with the Lord, and consequent regeneration. That during this combat man undergoes spiritual labor, but enters into rest when he is regenerated, will appear from what is said in a later chapter on Reformation and Regeneration, particularly under these headings:
(1) Regeneration takes place in a manner like that in which a man is conceived, carried in the womb, born and educated.
(2) The first step of the new birth is called reformation, which is of the understanding; and the second is called regeneration, which is of the will, and thence of the understanding.
(3) The internal man has first to be reformed, and afterwards the external man by means of the internal.
(4) A combat then arises between the internal and the external man; and whichever conquers rules over the other.
(5) The regenerate man has a new will and a new understanding;
and from the rest of the chapter.
The reformation and the regeneration of man are signified by this commandment in the spiritual sense because they are analogous to the Lord's labors and combats with the hells, to His victory over them, and to His subsequent rest. For the Lord reforms and regenerates man, and makes him spiritual, in the same way as He glorified His Human and made it Divine. This is what is meant by "following Him." That the Lord had His combats, and that they are called labors, is evident from Isaiah 53 And 63; and that man's struggles are also called labors may be seen in Isaiah 65:23, and Revelation 2:2-3.
302. Per hoc Praeceptum in SENSU SPIRITUALI significatur hominis Reformatio et Regeneratio a Domino; per sex dies laboris pugna contra carnem et ejus concupiscentias, et simul tunc contra mala et falsa quae apud se ab Inferno sunt; et per diem Septimum significatur ejus conjunctio cum Domino, et per id regeneratio; quod quamdiu pugna illa perstat, sit homini Labor Spiritualis, at quod cum regeneratus est, sit illi Quies, constabit ex illis, quae in Capite de REFORMATIONE ET REGENERATIONE posthac dicentur; imprimis ex his ibi, I. Quod Regeneratio fiat ad instar sicut homo concipitur, gestatur in utero, nascitur, et educatur. II. Quod Primus actus novae Generationis dicatur Reformatio qui est intellectus, et quod Secundus ejus dicatur Regeneratio, qui est Voluntatis et inde intellectus. III. Quod Internus homo primum reformandus sit, et per hunc Externus. IV. Quod tunc pugna inter Internum et Externum hominem oriatur, et quod qui vincit, dominetur super alterum. V. Quod homini Regenerato sit nova Voluntas et novus Intellectus, etc. Quod Reformatio et Regeneratio hominis per hoc Praeceptum in spirituali sensu significetur, est quia coincidit cum laboribus et pugnis Domini cum Infernis, et cum Victoria super illa, et tunc Quiete; nam modo, quo Dominus glorificavit Humanum suum, et illud Divinum fecit, illo etiam reformat et regenerat hominem, et eum spiritualem reddit; hoc est quod intelligitur per SEQUI IPSUM. Quod Pugnae Domino fuerint et dicantur Labores, patet apud Esajam 53 et 63: et quod similia dicantur Labores de hominibus, Esaias 65:23; Apocalypsis 2:2-3.