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A sweet power
甜美的力量
(Cudworth, 1647)
（卡德沃斯，1647）
“Speaking the truth in love.” Ephes. 4:15
“以爱心说诚实话。”以弗所书4:15
When we would convince men of any error by
the strength of truth, let us additionally pour
the sweet balm of love upon their heads. Truth
and love are two of the most powerful things
in the world; and when they both go together,
they cannot easily be withstood. The golden
beams of truth, and the silken cords of love,
twisted together, will draw men on with a
sweet power, whether they will or not.
当我们想用真理的力量使人认识错误时，让我们另外把爱的甘甜香膏倾倒在他们头上。真理和爱是世界上最有力量的两样东西；当它们结合在一起时，就不容易被抵挡。真理的金色光芒和爱的丝绸绳索，交织在一起，会以甜美的力量吸引人们，无论他们愿意与否。
Let us take heed we do not sometimes call that
‘zeal for God and His gospel’ which is nothing else
but our own tempestuous and stormy passion.
True zeal is a sweet, heavenly, and gentle flame,
which makes us active for God–but always within
the sphere of love. It never calls for fire from heaven
to consume those who differ a little from us. It
strives to save the soul–but hurts not the body.
True zeal is a loving thing, and makes us always
active to edification, and not to destruction.
让我们当心，不要有时把那些仅仅是我们自己狂暴激烈的情绪称作’对上帝和祂福音的热忱’。真正的热忱是一种甜美的、天国的、温和的火焰，它使我们为上帝而行动——但始终在爱的范围之内。它从不呼求天火降下来烧灭那些与我们稍有不同的人。它努力拯救灵魂——但不伤害身体。真正的热忱是充满爱的事物，使我们始终致力于造就，而不是毁坏。