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GOD is at once the principal and the ultimate object of faith;
上帝是信心的主要且最终的对象；
“Ye believe in God,” said our Lord to his disciples;
“你们信上帝，”我们的主对祂的门徒说；
and says the Apostle Peter,—”who by Him,” that is, Christ, “do believe in God.”b
使徒彼得说：“你们也藉着祂，”即基督，“信上帝。”b
Believers consider God as the self-existent, uncreated truth,* on whom they may rely with the greatest safety;
信徒们将上帝视为那自存的、未被造的真理*，是他们可以最安全地信赖的；
and as the supreme felicity, united to whom by faith, they may become inexpressibly happy.
并且将祂视为至高的福乐，藉着信心与祂联合，他们就能获得难以言喻的幸福。
The Creed, accordingly, begins with these words, I BELIEVE IN GOD.
因此，《信经》以这些话语开头：我信上帝。
When we speak of GOD, we understand a Being who is infinitely perfect, since he is the Creator and Lord of all other beings.
当我们谈论上帝时，我们理解为一位无限完美的存有（Being），因为祂是所有其他存有物的创造主和主。
This is the idea common to all nations, which they express, each in their own language, whenever they make mention of God.
这是所有国家（民族）所共有的观念，每当他们提及上帝时，他们都会用各自的语言来表达这一点。
Now, in order to a man’s believing in God, it is necessary, first of all, that he be firmly persuaded in his mind that such an infinitely perfect Being doth really exist.
现在，为了一个人能相信上帝，首要的是，他必须在心里坚定地确信，这样一个无限完美的存有是真实存在的。
“For he that cometh unto God, must believe that he is.”
“因为到上帝面前来的人，必须信有祂。”
But, since this persuasion lays a foundation for itself in NATURE, upon which GRACE rears the superstructure of Divine revelation, it will be proper to see, first, what nature can teach us on this topic, and then, what the Christian faith superadds to the persuasion derived from nature.
但是，既然这种确信在本性（NATURE）中为自己奠定了基础，而恩典（GRACE）在之上建立起神圣启示的上层结构（superstructure），那么，首先要适当地查看，本性在这个主题上能教导我们什么，然后是基督教信仰在源于本性的确信之上又添加了什么。
Table of Contents
目录
DISSERTATION IV: On the Faith of the Existence of God
论著四：论上帝存在之信
DISSERTATION V: On Faith IN GOD
论著五：论信靠上帝
DISSERTATION VI: On Faith in a THREE-ONE GOD
论著六：论信靠三位一体的上帝
DISSERTATION VII: On Faith in GOD THE FATHER
论著七：论信靠圣父上帝