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The sovereign ruler of the world!
世界的至高统治者！
(Jonathan Edwards, “The Final Judgment”)
(约拿单·爱德华兹，《最后的审判》)
Wicked men question the very existence of God, who takes care of the world, who orders the affairs of it, and judges in it.
邪恶之人质疑上帝的存在，质疑祂看顾这个世界，质疑祂治理世界的事务，质疑祂在其中施行审判。
And therefore they cast off the fear of God.
因此他们摒弃了对上帝的敬畏。
Yet at the conclusion of the world He shall make His dominion visible to all, so that even those who have denied Him shall find, that God is their supreme Lord, and Lord of the whole world!
然而在世界的终结时，祂将使祂的主权显明给所有人，以致于那些否认祂的人也将发现，上帝是他们的至高主宰，是全世界的主！
The blasphemies of the ungodly will be forever put to silence.
不敬虔之人的亵渎将永远被沉默。
God is the sovereign ruler of the world!
上帝是世界的至高统治者！
He governs the sun, moon, and stars.
祂统管日月星辰。
He governs even the motes of dust which fly in the air.
祂甚至统管空中飞扬的微尘。
Not a hair of our heads falls to the ground without our heavenly Father.
若没有我们的天父，我们的一根头发也不会落在地上。
God also governs the brute creatures.
上帝也统管野兽。
By His providence, He orders, according to His own decrees, all events concerning those creatures.
藉着祂的护理，祂按照自己的旨意安排一切关乎这些受造物的事。
And rational creatures are subject to the His government.
理性的受造物也服从于祂的管理。
All their actions, and all events relating to them, being ordered by superior providence, according to absolute decrees, so that no event that relates to them ever happens without the disposal of God, according to His own decrees.
他们的一切行为和与他们有关的一切事件，都由至高的护理按照绝对的旨意所安排，因此没有任何与他们相关的事件会在上帝的安排之外发生，这都是按照祂自己的旨意。
God exercises the most sovereign dominion over the earth.
上帝在地上行使最高的主权。
He reigns and does all things according to His own will, ordering all events as seems good to Himself.
祂掌权并按自己的旨意行万事，按照祂认为美好的方式安排一切事件。
God is the sovereign ruler of the world!
上帝是世界的至高统治者！