700# 今日在整个基督教界，人们之所以怀有这些关于这一至圣圣礼的观念，唯一的原因，是它们与圣言字义相合；而圣言的灵义至今一直隐藏，直到今日才被揭示。唯有在灵义中，圣餐的功用与果效才照其真实显明出来。此灵义如今才首次被揭示，其原因在于：此前的基督教不过徒有其名；在有些人那里，也不过有几分基督教的影子而已。因为直到如今，他们并未直接趋近并敬拜救主自己，即那唯一的上帝，在祂里面有神性三一；而只是间接地趋近并敬拜祂。其实这并非真正趋近并敬拜，而只是尊崇祂为人得救所凭借的原因；但这并非本质原因，而只是中介原因，居于本质原因之下，也在其之外。
然而，如今真正的基督教才首次兴起；主如今正在建立新教会，即启示录中“新耶路撒冷”所指的教会。在这教会中，父、子、圣灵被承认为一，因为三者在一个位格之中。因此，主乐意启示圣言的灵义，使这教会进入洗礼与圣餐这两个圣礼真实的功用与果效之中。此事发生于他们用自己属灵的眼睛，也就是用理智，看见其中所隐藏的神圣，并借着主在祂圣言中所教导的途径，将这神圣应用于自身之时。
700# 如今，关于这最神圣的圣礼的这些观念在整个基督教界都受到欢迎，仅仅因为它们符合圣言的字义。迄今为止，属灵意义，即灵义一直被隐藏，直到现在才被揭示出来。然而，只有属灵意义，即灵义才能揭示圣餐的真正功用和益处。灵义现在之所以第一次被揭示出来，是因为在此之前，基督教只是名义上存在，尽管有些人拥有它的影子。事实上，迄今为止，人们还没有直接靠近和敬拜作为独一神，有神性三位一体在里面的救主本人，只是间接靠近和敬拜祂；这不是靠近和敬拜祂，只是因祂是人类得救的原因而崇敬祂。然而，祂没有被视为根本原因，仅仅被视为在根本原因之下和之外的间接原因。但现在基督教本身刚刚开始萌芽，主现在正在建立启示录中新耶路撒冷所指的新教会，新教会承认圣父、圣子和圣灵为一，因为它们在一个位格里面。因此，主乐意揭示圣言的灵义，使新教会能收获洗礼和圣餐这两项圣礼的真正功用和益处。当人们以灵眼，即以理解力看到隐藏在它们里面的神圣性，并通过主在祂的圣言中所教导的方法而把它应用于自己时，这种事就会发生。
700. The one and only reason why these types of ideas about this most holy sacrament are entertained throughout the Christian world today is that they accord with the literal meaning of the Word. Meanwhile its spiritual meaning lies hidden away and has not been disclosed until now. Yet the spiritual meaning alone reveals the true function and benefit of the Holy Supper.
This meaning is being revealed now for the first time because Christianity did not exist before, except in name only (some people, though, did have at least a shadow of it). Until now people have not turned directly to or worshiped the Savior himself as the only God, the One in whom the divine Trinity exists. People have approached him only indirectly, which is not turning to him and worshiping him, but merely showing him respect on the grounds that he is why we have salvation. He is seen then not as the essential cause but merely as an intermediate cause that is below and outside the essential cause.
Now, however, Christianity itself is arising for the first time. The Lord is now establishing the new church that is meant by the New Jerusalem in the Book of Revelation. In it, God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are acknowledged as one, because they are together in one person. Therefore the Lord is pleased to reveal the spiritual sense of the Word now, so that this new church will be able to come into the true benefit of the sacraments of baptism and the Holy Supper. This will happen as people come to see with the eyes of their spirit (meaning with understanding) the true holiness that lies hidden within the sacraments, and will embrace that holiness through the means that the Lord has taught in his Word.
700. Such ideas about this most holy sacrament are cherished throughout Christendom at the present time, for the sole reason that they agree with the literal sense of the Word; and the spiritual sense has up to now been hidden, and has only been revealed at the present time, and it is only in this that the true benefit of the Holy Supper can be discerned. The reason why this sense has now been revealed for the first time is that Christianity did not before exist except in name, and in the case of some people as a kind of shadow of itself. For up to the present people have not approached directly and worshipped the Saviour Himself as the only God, in whom is the Divine Trinity, but have only approached Him indirectly. This is not approaching and worshipping, but only reverencing Him, as the cause on whose account man is saved, not the essential but an intermediate cause, which is below and outside the other.
But because real Christianity is now for the first time arising, the new church meant by the New Jerusalem in Revelation is now being established by the Lord; in this God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are acknowledged as one, because they are in one person. It has therefore pleased the Lord to reveal the spiritual sense of the Word, so that this church may reap the real benefit of the sacraments of baptism and the Holy Supper. This comes about when people see with the eyes of their spirit, that is, with the understanding, the holiness hidden within them, and grasp this holiness for themselves by the means which the Lord taught us to use in His Word.
700. Such ideas respecting this most holy sacrament are at this day cherished throughout all Christendom, solely because they are in accord with the sense of the letter of the Word; while the spiritual sense in which alone the use and benefit of the holy supper are seen in their truth, has been hitherto hidden, not having been disclosed until the present time. The reason why this sense is now for the first time disclosed, is that heretofore Christianity has existed only in name, excepting some shadow of it in a few individuals; for heretofore men have not directly approached and worshiped the Savior Himself as the one only God in whom is the Divine Trinity, but only mediately, and this is not approaching and worshiping but merely venerating Him as the cause of man's salvation, not regarding Him, however, as the essential cause, but as the mediate cause which is beneath and exterior to the essential cause. But now, because real Christianity is beginning to dawn, and a New Church meant by the New Jerusalem in the Apocalypse, is now being established by the Lord, wherein God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are acknowledged as one, because in one Person, it has pleased the Lord to reveal the spiritual sense of the Word, to enable this church to enter into the real use and benefit of these sacraments, baptism and the holy supper; and this is done when men, with the eyes of the spirit, that is, with the understanding see the holiness that is concealed within them, and apply it to themselves by the means which the Lord has taught in His Word.
700. Such ideas concerning this most holy sacrament are at this day entertained throughout all Christendom solely because they agree with the sense of the Letter of the Word; and the spiritual sense, in which alone the use and benefit of the Holy Supper is clearly seen in its truth, has been hitherto concealed, and has not been disclosed until the present time. This sense is now for the first time disclosed, because formerly Christianity has existed only in name, and with some, only as a kind of shadow. For hitherto men have not approached and worshipped the Savior Himself immediately, as the only God, in whom is the Divine Trinity, but only mediately; and this is not to approach and worship Him, but merely to venerate Him as the cause of salvation to men. This is not the essential but the mediate cause, which is below and apart from the essential cause.
But for the first time Christianity itself is beginning to dawn, and a New Church, which is meant by the New Jerusalem in the Revelation, is now being established by the Lord, in which God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are acknowledged as one, because they are in one Person. It has, therefore, pleased the Lord to reveal the spiritual sense of the Word, in order that this Church may enter into the use and benefit itself of the two sacraments, Baptism and the Holy Supper. This follows when men see with the eyes of their spirit, that is, with the understanding, the holiness concealed therein, and apply it to themselves by the means which the Lord has taught in His Word.
700. Tales ideae de Sanctissimo hoc Sacramento in toto Christianismo hodie foventur, unice, quia coincidunt cum sensu literae Verbi, et sensus spiritualis hactenus latuit, et non prius quam hodie detectus est, in quo solo usus fructus Sanctae Coenae conspicitur in sua veritate. Quod hic Sensus nunc primum detectus sit, est causa, quia non prius fuit Christianismus nisi nomine tenus, et apud quosdam aliqua umbra ejus; non enim hactenus immediate Ipsum Salvatorem, ut unicum Deum, in Quo Divina Trinitas est, adiverunt et coluerunt, sed solum mediate, quod non est adire et colere, sed modo venerari, ut causam propter quam homini est salus, quae non est causa essentialis sed media, quae est infra et extra illam. At vero quia nunc primum ipse Christianismus exoritur, Nova Ecclesia, quae per Novam Hierosolymam in Apocalypsi intelligitur, a Domino nunc instauratur, in qua Deus Pater, Filius et Spiritus Sanctus ut unum, quia in una Persona, agnoscuntur, placuit Domino revelare Sensum spiritualem Verbi, ut haec Ecclesia in ipsum usum fructum Sacramentorum, Baptismi et Sanctae Coenae, veniat, quod fit, cum vident oculis spiritus sui, hoc est, intellectu, Sanctitatem, quae inibi latet, et hanc sibi applicant per media, quae Dominus in Verbo suo docuit.