449# 对那些爱别人里面的良善，即爱公义、公平、诚实和基于仁爱的善举，尤其爱对主之信和对主之爱的人来说，情况就完全不同了。由于这些人爱人里面的东西，并不关注他的外在品质，所以死后，当他们在他身上感知不到这些东西时，他们就会立刻断绝与他的一切友谊，并且主将他们与那些处于相似良善的人联系在一起。有人可能会反对说，没有人能调查与他有联系或交往之人的心智内层；然而，这种调查是没有必要的；只要让他提防，不要与任何人建立爱的友谊关系。为了各种功用而建立的纯外在友谊则没有害处。
XVI. 有虚假的仁爱，虚伪的仁爱和死的仁爱
449. 愛別人裡面的良善, 這類人的情形就截然不同了。例如, 這類人愛別人裡面的源自於義的公平,理智,真誠與仁慈, 特別是愛別人對主的信與愛。他們愛其他人內在的品性(獨立於外在的品性)。因此在死後, 如果他們在其他人裡面沒發現上述的品性, 就馬上撤銷他們的友誼, 由主安排與那些擁有類似良善之人相交往。
值得一提的是, 沒有人能查考出與他交際相處之人思想的內在性質如何。不過這樣的查考並無必要, 只要注意避免與任何人建立這種交心的友誼關係。為了各樣利益的外在友誼並無傷害。
449. Something completely different happens to people who love what is good in another person - people who love the justice, judgment, honesty, or benevolence that comes from goodwill in the other person, and especially people who love the other person's faith in and love for the Lord. They love these qualities inside the other person independently of that person's outer qualities. Therefore if they do not find these same qualities inside the other person after death, they immediately withdraw from the friendship, and the Lord connects them to people who have a similar kind of goodness.
It might be worth saying that it is impossible for any of us to investigate the inner qualities of mind in people with whom we socialize and interact. But this type of investigation is not necessary provided we take care not to form bonds of love with just anyone. Outward friendship formed for the sake of various benefits does no harm.
449. The case of those who love the good in another is totally different; those, for instance, who love fairness, judiciousness, sincerity and the kindness that comes from charity, and particularly those who love faith in and love to the Lord. They do so because they love what is inside a person without regard to what is outside him. If therefore they do not observe the same features in a person after death, they at once break off their friendship, and are associated by the Lord with those who share a like good. It might be said that no one can search out the interiors of the minds of those in whose company he is and with whom he has dealings. But there is no need for this; one must just take care to avoid a bosom friendship with anyone at all. Outward friendship for various purposes does no harm.
449. It is wholly different with those who love the good in another, that is, who love justice, judgment, sincerity, and benevolence arising from charity, and especially with those who love faith in the Lord and love to Him. Because these love the things within man apart from the things without, when they do not discover the same things in the person after death, they at once withdraw from the friendship and are associated by the Lord with those who are in like good. It should be said that no one is able to explore the interiors of the mind of those with whom he associates or deals; and this is not necessary; only let him guard against a friendship of love with anyone. External friendship for the sake of various uses does no harm.
449. It is quite otherwise with those who love the good in another, that is, who love righteousness, judgment, sincerity, benevolence grounded in charity, and particularly faith and love to the Lord. They love what is within a man apart from his external qualities; and if they do not perceive the same things in him after death, they at once break off all friendship with him, and they are associated by the Lord with those whose good is similar to their own. It may be objected that no one can know the interiors of the mind of those with whom he associates, or has dealings. This knowledge, however, is not essential; one must only guard against forming a friendship grounded in love with anyone indiscriminately. Mere external friendship, contracted for the sake of various uses, is not harmful.
449. Aliter prorsus fit cum illis qui amant bonum in altero, ita qui amant justitiam, judicium, sinceritatem, benevolentiam ex charitate, imprimis qui fidem et amorem in Dominum; illi amant 1 illa quae intra hominem sunt abstracte ab illis quae extra illum sunt, quare si non animadvertunt eadem in persona post mortem, illico ab amicitia recedunt, et a Domino associantur illis qui in simili bono sunt. Dici potest, quod nemo possit explorare interiora mentis illorum cum quibus in consortio et commercio est, sed hoc non necessarium est; modo caveat sibi ab amicitia amoris cum quocunque; amicitia externa propter varios usus non nocet.
Footnotes:
1. Prima editio: illi quia amant.