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“Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” — Matthew 5:8
“清心的人有福了，因为他们必得见神。”——马太福音五8
Jonathan Edwards’ The Pure in Heart Blessed is a profound meditation on Matthew 5:8, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”
乔纳森·爱德华兹（Jonathan Edwards）的《清心的人有福了》（The Pure in Heart Blessed）是对马太福音五8“清心的人有福了，因为他们必得见神”的深刻默想。
In this masterful work, Edwards explores the nature of purity, the blessedness of seeing God, and the transformative power of grace in creating a pure heart.
在这部杰出的作品中，爱德华兹探讨了纯洁的本质、得见神的福气，以及恩典在创造一颗纯洁的心方面所具有的转化性能力。
Rather than placing the burden of purity on human effort alone, Edwards emphasizes that true purity is a divine gift, wrought by the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit and grounded in the redemptive work of Christ.
爱德华兹并没有将纯洁的重担仅仅放在人的努力上，而是强调真正的纯洁是神圣的恩赐，由圣灵（Holy Spirit）的重生工作所成就，并以基督的救赎工作为根基。
Edwards begins by unpacking the meaning of seeing God, describing it as the ultimate joy and satisfaction of the human soul—a spiritual and intellectual beholding that transforms and glorifies the believer.
爱德华兹首先阐释了得见神的含义，将其描述为人类灵魂（soul）最终的喜乐和满足——一种转变和荣耀信徒的属灵和理性的观看（beholding）。
He then turns to the nature of purity, explaining that a pure heart is one cleansed from sin and filled with holy affections for God.
接着，祂转向纯洁的本质，解释说一颗纯洁的心是已被洁净脱离罪恶，并充满了对神的圣洁情感（holy affections）的心。
While believers are called to pursue holiness, Edwards underscores that this pursuit is enabled by the grace of God, who works in the heart to produce genuine love and devotion.
虽然信徒被呼召去追求圣洁，但爱德华兹强调，这种追求是借着神的恩典得以实现的，祂在心中工作，产生真实的爱和委身（devotion）。
This work is both convicting and comforting, challenging readers to examine their hearts while pointing them to Christ as the source of true purity.
这部作品既能使人知罪（convicting）又令人感到安慰（comforting），它挑战读者省察自己的内心，同时又指引他们归向基督，作为真正纯洁的源头。
Edwards critiques superficial religiosity, warning against external displays of righteousness that lack inner transformation.
爱德华兹批判了肤浅的宗教性（superficial religiosity），警告人提防缺乏内在转变的公义的外在表现。
Instead, he calls believers to rely on the Spirit’s power to cleanse their hearts and to pursue holiness as a response to God’s grace.
相反，祂呼吁信徒依靠圣灵的能力来洁净他们的心，并以追求圣洁作为对神恩典的回应。
TABLE OF CONTENTS
目录
I. It is a truly blessed thing to the soul of man to see God.
I. 灵魂（soul）得见神是一件真正蒙福的事。
What is meant by seeing God
得见神是什么意思
I shall now give the reasons why the thus seeing God is that which will make the soul truly happy
我现在将给出理由，说明如此得见神就是能使灵魂（soul）真正幸福的原因
From this part of the subject we may derive several important and useful reflections
从主题的这一部分我们可以得出几个重要且有益的默想（reflections）
II. To be pure in heart is the certain and only way to attain to this blessedness.
II. 清心是获得这种福气的确定且唯一途径。
I shall inquire what is to be pure in heart
我将探讨清心是什么意思
The heart is said to be pure, in respect to its being endowed with positive qualities, that are of a contrary nature to spiritual filthiness.
心被称为纯洁，是因为它被赋予了与属灵污秽（spiritual filthiness）本质相反的积极特质（positive qualities）。
Application
应用