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In this classic guide to The Westminster Confession of Faith, A.A. Hodge examines each chapter of the confession in a clear and understandable way.
在这本《威斯敏斯特信仰告白》的经典指南中，A.A.霍奇（A.A. Hodge）以清晰易懂的方式审视了信仰告白中的每一章。
This volume is intended both to facilitate and stimulate study of the Westminster Confession and is excellent material for discipleship – designed for Presbyterians, but accessible and useful for everyone.
本书旨在促进和激发对《威斯敏斯特信仰告白》的研究，是极佳的门徒训练材料——专为长老会信徒设计，但也适用于并有益于每个人。
He begins with a short history of the creeds and confessions in general and a history of the Westminster Confession in particular, including the historical and theological events which inspired its composition.
祂首先简述了信经和信仰告白的一般历史，以及《威斯敏斯特信仰告白》的特殊历史，包括启发其撰写的历史和神学事件。
Most of the volume is rightly devoted to detailed commentary on the Confession itself.
本书大部分篇幅理所当然地用于对信仰告白本身的详细注释。
Each chapter includes a detailed exposition of the Confession, and concludes with dozens of questions for review and reflection.
每一章都包含对信仰告白的详细阐述，并以数十个供回顾和默想的问题作结。
Each chapter includes a detailed exposition of the Confession, and concludes with dozens of questions for review and reflection.
每一章都包含对信仰告白的详细阐述，并以数十个供回顾和默想的问题作结。
A Commentary on the Confession of Faith also includes appendices which contain statements by Charles Hodge and Henry B. Smith, as well as the 1879 Auburn Declaration and the Declarative Act of the United Presbyterian Synod of Scotland.
《信仰告白注释》（A Commentary on the Confession of Faith）还包括附录，其中载有查尔斯·霍奇（Charles Hodge）和亨利·B·史密斯（Henry B. Smith）的声明，以及1879年的《奥本宣言》（Auburn Declaration）和苏格兰联合长老会大会的《宣告法案》（Declarative Act）。
All that man is to believe concerning God, and the entire duty which God requires of man, are revealed in the Holy Scriptures, and are to be believed and obeyed because contained therein, because it is the word of God.
凡人当信有关神的一切事，以及神向人所要求的全部本分，都启示在圣经中，并当被相信和顺服，因为它们包含在其中，因为圣经是神的圣言。
This divine word, therefore, is the only standard of doctrine which has intrinsic authority binding the conscience of men.
因此，这神圣的圣言是唯一在本质上拥有约束人良知之权柄的教义标准。
And all other standards are of value or authority only in proportion as they teach what the Scriptures teach.
而所有其他标准的价值或权柄，仅在于它们与圣经所教导的一致。
While, however, the Scriptures are from God, the understanding of them belongs to the part of men.
然而，虽然圣经源于神，但对圣经的理解属于人的一部分（责任）。
Men illumined by the Holy Spirit must interpret to the best of their ability each particular part of Scripture separately, and then combine all that the Scriptures teach upon every subject into a consistent whole, and then adjust their teachings upon different subjects in mutual consistency as parts of a harmonious system.
被圣灵光照的人必须尽其所能分别解释圣经的每一个特定部分，然后将圣经在每个主题上所教导的一切组合成一个连贯的整体，再调整它们在不同主题上的教导，使之相互一致，成为一个和谐系统的一部分。
Every student of the Bible must do this, and all make it obvious that they do it by the terms they use in their prayers and religious discourse, whether they admit or deny the propriety of human creeds and confessions.
每个研读圣经的人都必须这样做，而且无论他们是承认还是否认人类信经和信仰告白的适当性，他们都在祷告和宗教论述中所使用的词语使他们这样做的事实变得显而易见。
If they refuse the assistance afforded by the statements of doctrine slowly elaborated and defined by the Church, they must make out their own creed by their own unaided wisdom.
如果他们拒绝教会经过漫长历程所精心阐述和界定的教义陈述所提供的帮助，他们就必须靠自己未经帮助的智慧来制定自己的信条。
The real question is not, as often pretended, between the word of God and the creed of man, but between the tried and proved faith of the collective body of God’s people, and the private judgment and the unassisted wisdom of the repudiator of creeds.
真正的问题并非如人们经常所声称的那样，是在神的圣言与人的信条之间，而是在神子民团体的经过检验和证实的信仰，与信条的反对者个人的判断和未经帮助的智慧之间。
Creeds and Confessions, therefore, have been found necessary in all ages and branches of the Church, and, when not abused, have been useful for the following purposes:
因此，信经和信仰告白在教会的所有时代和所有分支中都被认为是必需的，并且在未被滥用时，已用于以下目的：
(1.) To mark, disseminate and preserve the attainments made in the knowledge of Christian truth by any branch of the Church in any crisis of its development.
（1.）在教会任何分支在其发展的任何危机中，标明、传播和保存其在认识基督真理方面所取得的成就。
(2.) To discriminate the truth from the glosses of false teachers, and to present it in its integrity and due proportions.
（2.）将真理从假教师的曲解中分辨出来，并以其完整性和应有的比例呈现出来。
(3.) To act as the basis of ecclesiastical fellowship among those so nearly agreed as to be able to labor together in harmony.
（3.）在那些意见非常一致、能够和谐地一起工作的人们之间，作为教会团契的基础。
(4.) To be used as instruments in the great work of popular instruction.
（4.）被用作大众教导这一伟大工作中的工具。
It must be remembered, however, that the matter of these Creeds and Confessions binds the consciences of men only so far as it is purely scriptural, and because it is so;
然而，必须记住，这些信经和信仰告白的内容约束人的良知，仅在于它们是纯粹合乎圣经的，并且因为它们是如此；
and as to the form in which that matter is stated, they bind those only who have voluntarily subscribed the Confession, and because of that subscription.
至于这些内容所陈述的形式，它们只约束那些自愿签署了告白的人，并且是因着那一签署而约束。
Table of Contents
目录
A Short History of the Creeds and Confessions
信经和信仰告白简史
Some Account of the Origin of the Westminster Confession and Catechisms
《威斯敏斯特信仰告白》和《问答》起源记述
Chapter 1: Of the Holy Scripture
第一章：论圣经
Chapter 2: Of God and the Holy Trinity
第二章：论神和圣三一
Chapter 3: Of God’s Eternal Decree
第三章：论神的永恒定旨
Chapter 4: Of Creation
第四章：论创造
Chapter 5: of Providence
第五章：论护理
Chapter 6: Of The Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment Thereof
第六章：论人的堕落、罪与刑罚
Chapter 7: Of God’s Covenant With Man
第七章：论神与人所立的约
Chapter 8: Of Christ the Mediator
第八章：论基督中保
Chapter 9: Of Free Will
第九章：论自由意志
Chapter 10: Of Effectual Calling
第十章：论有效的呼召
Chapter 11: Of Justification
第十一章：论称义
Chapter 12: Of Adoption
第十二章：论儿子的名分
Chapter 13: Of Sanctification
第十三章：论成圣
Chapter 14: Of Saving Faith
第十四章：论救赎的信心
Chapter 15: Of Repentance Unto Life
第十五章：论引致生命的悔改
Chapter 16: Of Good Works
第十六章：论善行
Chapter 17: Of Perseverance of the Saints
第十七章：论圣徒的坚忍
Chapter 18: Of Assurance of Grace and Salvation
第十八章：论恩典与救恩的确据
Chapter 19: Of the Law of God
第十九章：论神的律法
Chapter 20: Of Christian Liberty and Liberty of Conscience
第二十章：论基督徒的自由与良心的自由
Chapter 21: Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day
第二十一章：论宗教崇拜和安息日
Chapter 22: Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
第二十二章：论合法的宣誓和许愿
Chapter 23: Of the Civil Magistrate
第二十三章：论国家官长
Chapter 24: Of Marriage and Divorce
第二十四章：论婚姻与离婚
Chapter 25: Of the Church
第二十五章：论教会
Chapter 26: Of the Communion of the Saints
第二十六章：论圣徒的相通
Chapter 27: of the Sacraments
第二十七章：论圣礼
Chapter 28: Of Baptism
第二十八章：论洗礼
Chapter 29: Of the Lord’s Supper
第二十九章：论主的晚餐
Chapter 30: Of Church Censures
第三十章：论教会惩戒
Chapter 31: Of Synods and Councils
第三十一章：论大会与议会
Chapter 32: Of the State of Men after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead
第三十二章：论人死后的景况和死人复活
Chapter 33: Of the Last Judgment
第三十三章：论末日审判
Appendix 1: The Meaning of ‘System of Doctrine’: Old School vs. New School
附录一：“教义体系”（System of Doctrine）的含义：旧派与新派
Appendix 2: The Auburn Declaration and The Declaratory Act
附录二：《奥本宣言》与《宣告法案》
Appendix 3: What is Presbyterianism? by Charles Hodge
附录三：何谓长老会主义？查尔斯·霍奇著
Appendix 4: What is Meant by Adopting the Westminster Confession?
附录四：采纳《威斯敏斯特信仰告白》意味着什么？
Appendix 5: On the Passages of the Confession Concerning the Magistrate’s Power as to Religion and the Church
附录五：论信仰告白中关于国家官长在宗教和教会事务上权力的段落