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God is all mercy and love!
神全是怜悯与慈爱！
(J.C. Ryle, “Heirs of God” 1878)
(莱尔，《神的后嗣》1878年)
There is a school of theology rising up in this day, which appears to me most eminently calculated . . .
to promote infidelity,
to help the devil,
and to ruin souls!
如今兴起了一个神学流派，在我看来，它最显著的目的是……
助长不信，
帮助魔鬼，
并毁灭灵魂！
It comes to us like Joab to Amasa-with the highest professions of love and liberality. (2 Samuel 20:9-10)
它来到我们面前，如同约押对待亚玛撒一样——带着最高的爱与宽容的表白。（撒母耳记下20:9-10）
“God is all mercy and love!” according to this theology.
按照这种神学，”神全是怜悯与慈爱！”
God’s holiness and justice are completely left out of sight!
神的圣洁与公义完全被忽视了！
Hell is never spoken of in this theology-its talk is all of Heaven!
在这种神学中从不提地狱——它只谈论天堂！
Damnation is never mentioned-it is treated as an impossible thing.
永罚从不被提及——它被视为不可能的事。
All men and women are to be saved!
所有的男男女女都将得救！
“Everybody is right! Nobody is wrong! Nobody is to blame for any action he may commit! It is the result of his circumstances! He is not accountable for his views, any more than for the color of his skin! He must be what he is! God is so entirely a God of mercy and love-that He never does, and never will punish sin.”
“人人都是对的！没有人是错的！没有人需要为自己的行为负责！这都是环境造成的！他无需为自己的观点负责，就像无需为自己的肤色负责一样！他必须保持本来的样子！神完全是一位怜悯与慈爱的神——祂从不也永不会惩罚罪恶。”
Of all this theology I warn men solemnly to beware. In spite of big swelling words about “liberality and love,” and “broad views,” and “new light,” and “freedom from bigotry,” and so forth-I do believe it to be a theology that leads to Hell!
我郑重警告世人要谨防这种神学。尽管有关于”宽容与爱”、”开放视野”、”新亮光”、”摆脱偏执”等等这些华而不实的言词 – 我确信这是一种通往地狱的神学！
Imagine a Heaven which would contain all mankind! Imagine a Heaven in which holy and unholy, pure and impure, good and evil-would be all gathered together in one confused mass!
试想一个容纳全人类的天堂！试想一个圣洁与不圣洁、纯洁与不纯洁、善良与邪恶都混杂在一起的天堂！
Surely the mind revolts from the idea of a Heaven in which there would be no distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between Pharaoh and Moses, between Abraham and the Sodomites, between Paul and Nero, between the loving John and Judas Iscariot!
确实，人的理智会反感这样一个天堂的想法，在那里义人与恶人之间、法老与摩西之间、亚伯拉罕与所多玛人之间、保罗与尼禄之间、慈爱的约翰与加略人犹大之间都没有区别！
Surely an eternity in such a miserably confused crowd, would be worse than annihilation itself! Surely, such a Heaven would be no better than Hell!
诚然，在这样一个混乱不堪的人群中度过永恒，比湮灭还要糟糕！诚然，这样的天堂与地狱并无区别！