372# 四、与人之间这种相互结合，是由仁义与信仰而成。
今日已知，教会构成基督的身体；凡其内有教会者，亦各按其位分，属于此身体之某一肢体。保罗即如此说：“教会是他的身体，是那充满万有者所充满的。”（弗1:23）又说：“你们就是基督的身子，并且各自作肢体。”（林前12:27）又说：“正如我们一个身子上有好些肢体，肢体也不都是一样的用处；我们这许多人，在基督里成为一身，互相联络作肢体。”（罗12:4-5）
然而，所谓基督的身体，究竟为何？岂非神性良善与神性真理乎？主在约翰福音中所言，正指此义：“吃我肉、喝我血的人常在我里面，我也常在他里面。”（约6:56）盖主的“肉”，如同“饼”，是指神性良善；祂的“血”，如同“酒”，是指神性真理。此二者确为此义，将在论圣餐一章中显明。
由此可断言：人有多少处于仁义的良善与信仰的真理之中，就有多少在主里面，主也有多少在他里面。因为与主的结合乃属灵的结合；而属灵的结合，唯由仁义与信仰而成。主与教会的结合，并由此而来的良善与真理的结合，贯通于圣言的全体及其各部，这一点已在论圣言一章中说明（248-253节）。又因仁义是良善，信仰是真理，故圣言中处处皆有仁义与信仰的结合。
由以上所论遂可推出：主是人里面的仁义与信仰，而人是在主里面的仁义与信仰。因为主乃在人之属世仁义与属世信仰中的属灵仁义与属灵信仰；而人则是由主之属灵仁义与属灵信仰所生的属世仁义与属世信仰。二者相结合，遂构成属灵之属世（属灵之自然层）的仁义与信仰。
372# （4）主与人的这种相互结合是通过仁爱和信仰实现的。如今人们知道，教会构成基督的身体，有教会在里面的每个人都在这身体的某个部位中，如保罗所说的（以弗所书1:23; 哥林多前书2:27; 罗马书12:4，5）。基督的身体不就是神性良善和神性真理吗？主在约翰福音中的话就是这个意思：
吃我肉、喝我血的人住在我里面，我也住在他里面。（约翰福音6:56）
主的“肉”，以及“饼”是指神性良善；祂的“血”，以及“酒”是指神性真理，这将在圣餐那一章（TCR 702-709节）中看到。由此可知，人越处于仁之良善和信之真理，就越在主里面，主也在他里面；因为与主的结合是属灵的结合，属灵的结合只有通过仁爱和信仰才能实现。在关于圣经那一章（TCR 248-253节）中，我已经说明，主与教会的结合，因而良善与真理的结合，就存在于圣言的一切细节中。由于仁爱是良善，信仰是真理，所以圣言处处都有仁爱与信仰的结合。从前面所说的可以推知：主是人里面的仁爱和信仰，人是主里面的仁爱和信仰；因为主是在人的属世仁爱和信仰里面的属灵仁爱和信仰，人是来自主的属灵仁爱和信仰的属世仁爱和信仰；当这两者结合时，它们就会产生属灵-属世的仁爱和信仰。
VIII. 仁爱和信仰一起在善行中
372. (d) This reciprocal partnership between the Lord and us comes about through goodwill and faith. Today people know that the church constitutes the body of Christ. People also know that everyone who has the church inside is in some part of that body, as Paul says (Ephesians 1:23; 1 Corinthians 12:27; Romans 12:4-5). Is the body of Christ anything except divine goodness and divine truth? This is what the Lord's words in John mean: "Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood live in me and I in them" (John 6:56). "The Lord's flesh" means divine goodness, as does "bread. " "The Lord's blood" means divine truth, as does "wine. " Below in the chapter on the Holy Supper you will see that these are their true meanings [702-709].
It follows that the more involved we are in acts of goodwill and in truths that relate to faith, the more we are in the Lord and the Lord is in us. Our partnership with the Lord is a spiritual partnership, and spiritual partnerships take place only through goodwill and faith.
I have shown in the chapter on Sacred Scripture that a partnership between the Lord and the church and thus a partnership between goodness and truth exists in every detail of the Word, 248-253. Because goodwill is goodness and faith is truth, there is also a partnership between goodwill and faith throughout the Word.
From all this it now follows that the Lord is goodwill and faith within us, and we are goodwill and faith within the Lord. The Lord is spiritual goodwill and faith in our earthly goodwill and faith; and we are earthly goodwill and faith from the Lord's spiritual goodwill and faith. As the two types of goodwill and faith forge a partnership, they become a goodwill and a faith that are spiritual-and-earthly.
372. (iv) This reciprocal link between the Lord and man is created by means of charity and faith.
It is known at the present time that the church constitutes the body of Christ, and that each individual, in whom the church is, is in some member of that body, as Paul says (Ephesians 1:23; 1 Corinthians 12:27; Romans 12:4-5). But what is the body of Christ but Divine good and Divine truth? This is what is meant by the Lord's words in John:
He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him, John 6:56.
The Lord's flesh means Divine good, as bread does too; His blood means Divine truth, as wine does too; for these meanings, see the chapter on the Holy Supper [698-752].
[2] It follows from this that in so far as a person is in possession of the kinds of good which make up charity and the truths which make up faith, so far is he in the Lord and the Lord is in him. For linking with the Lord is spiritual linking, and this takes place solely through charity and faith. It was shown in the chapter on the Sacred Scripture (248-253) that every detail of the Word contains a linking of the Lord and the church, and so of good and truth; and because charity is good and faith is truth, there is at every point in the Word a linking of charity and faith. From these propositions it now follows that the Lord is charity and faith in a person, and a person is charity and faith in the Lord. For the Lord is the spiritual charity and faith in a person's natural charity and faith, and a person is the natural charity and faith coming from the Lord's spiritual charity and faith. These when linked constitute spiritual-natural charity and faith.
372. (4) This reciprocal conjunction of the Lord and man is effected by means of charity and faith. It is known at the present day that the church constitutes the body of Christ, and that everyone in whom the church is, is in some member of that body, according to Paul (Ephesians 1:23; 1 Corinthians 12:27; Romans 12:4, 5). But what is the body of Christ but Divine good and Divine truth? This is meant by the Lord's words in John:
Be that eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood abideth in Me and I in him (6:56).
By the Lord's "flesh" and by "bread" the Divine good is meant, and by His "blood" and "wine" Divine truth is meant, as will be seen in the chapter on the Holy Supper. From this it follows, that so far as man is in the goods of charity and the truths of faith, so far he is in the Lord and the Lord in him; for conjunction with the Lord is spiritual conjunction, and spiritual conjunction is effected solely by means of charity and faith. That there is a conjunction of the Lord and the church, and consequently of good and truth, in each and all things of the Word, has been shown in the chapter on the Sacred Scripture (n. 248-253); and since charity is good and faith is truth, there is everywhere in the Word a conjunction of charity and faith. From the foregoing it now follows, that the Lord is charity and faith in man, and that man is charity and faith in the Lord; for the Lord is spiritual charity and faith in man's natural charity and faith, and man is natural charity and faith from the Lord's spiritual charity and faith, and these two conjoined produce a spiritual-natural charity and faith.
372. (4) This reciprocal conjunction of the Lord and man is effected by means of charity and faith. It is general knowledge to-day that the Church constitutes the body of Christ, and that every one in whom the Church is present is in some member of that body, according to what is said by Paul,
Ephesians 1:23; 1 Corinthians 12:27; Romans 12:4-5.
Now what is the body of Christ but Divine Good and Divine Truth? This is meant by the Lord's words in John,
"He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him" John 6:56.
The Lord's flesh, and also bread, mean Divine Good; and His blood, and also wine, mean Divine Truth. That this is their meaning will be seen in the chapter on the Holy Supper. It therefore follows that so far as a man is in the good of charity and in the truth of faith, he is in the Lord, and the Lord is in him; for conjunction with the Lord is spiritual, and spiritual conjunction is effected only by means of charity and faith. That there is a conjunction of the Lord and the Church, and consequently of good and truth, throughout the whole of the Word in all its details, was shown in the chapter on the Sacred Scripture, 248-253; and because charity is good, and faith is truth, there is in every part of the Word a conjunction of charity and faith. From what has been said it now follows that the Lord is charity and faith in man, and that man is charity and faith in the Lord. For the Lord is spiritual charity and faith in man's natural charity and faith, and man is natural charity and faith from the spiritual of the Lord; and these, when united, produce charity and faith, which are spiritual natural.
372. IV. QUOD HAEC RECIPROCA CONJUNCTIO DOMINI ET HOMINIS SIT PER CHARITATEM ET FIDEM. Hodie scitur, quod Ecclesia faciat 1 Corpus Christi, et quod unusquisque, in quo Ecclesiae est, sit in aliquo Membro istius Corporis, secundum Paulum, Ephesos 1:23, 2 1 Corinthios 12:27; Romanos 12:4-5. Sed quid Corpus Christi, nisi Divinum Bonum et Divinum Verum; hoc intelligitur per Domini verba apud Johannem, Qui manducat meam Carnem et bibit meum Sanguinem, in Me manet et Ego in illo, 6:56 per Carnem Domini ut et per Panem, intelligitur Divinum Bonum, et per Sanguinem Ipsius ut et per Vinum, intelligitur Divinum Verum; quod haec intelligantur, videbitur in Capite de SANCTA COENA;
[2] inde sequitur, quod quantum homo in Bonis charitatis et in Veris fidei est, tantum sit in Domino et Dominus in illo; conjunctio enim cum Domino est Conjunctio spiritualis, et conjunctio spiritualis unice fit per Charitatem et Fidem. Quod Conjunctio Domini et Ecclesiae, et inde Boni et Veri, sit in omnibus et singulis Verbi, in Capite de SCRIPTURA SACRA 248-253, ostensum est; et quia Charitas est Bonum, et Fides est Verum, est ubivis in Verbo Conjunctio charitatis et fidei. Ex his nunc sequitur, QUOD DOMINUS SIT CHARITAS ET FIDES IN HOMINE, ET QUOD HOMO SIT CHARITAS ET FIDES IN DOMINO; est enim Dominus Charitas et Fides spiritualis in Charitate et Fide naturali hominis, et Homo est Charitas et fides naturalis a spirituali Domini, quae conjunctae faciunt Charitatem et Fidem spiritualem naturalem.
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