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“But thou when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.”—Matt. 6:6.
“你祷告的时候，要进你的内室，关上门，祷告你在暗中的父；你父在暗中察看，必然报答你。”—马太福音 6:6。
We have here our blessed Lord’s instructions for the management of secret prayer, the crown and glory of a child of God.
我们在此有我们蒙福之主关于如何进行私下祷告的教导，这是上帝儿女的冠冕和荣耀。
I. The direction prescribed for our deportment in secret duty in three things: 1. Enter thy closet; this word signifies a secret or recluse habitation, and sometimes it is rendered a hiding place for treasure.
一、 为我们在私下本分中的举止所规定的指引，有三件事：1. 进入你的内室；这个词意指一个秘密或隐居的住所，有时它被译为藏宝之处。
2. “Shut thy door,” or lock it, as the word intimates.
2. “关上你的门”，或如这词所暗示的，锁上它。
The Greek word furnishes the term “key,” as appears by Rev. 3:7, and 20:1, 3, implying that we must bar or bolt it.
希腊文词语供给了“钥匙”一词，如启示录3:7和20:1, 3所示，意味着我们必须闩上或锁上它。
3. “Pray to thy Father which is in secret.” “Father.”
3. “祷告你在暗中的父。”“父。”
Tertullian notes this name, as intimating both piety and power; “thy Father” denoting intimacy and propriety.
特土良（Tertullian）注意到这个名字，暗示着敬虔与权能；“你的父”则表示亲密和专属。
II. A gracious promise which may be branched into three parts: 1. For thy Father sees thee in secret, his eye is upon thee with a gracious aspect, when thou art withdrawn from all the world.
二、 一个恩惠的应许，可分为三部分：1. 因为你的父在暗中看见你，当你从全世界退隐时，祂的眼目以恩慈的容光看顾你。
2. He will reward thee.
2. 祂将报答你。
The word used here is sometimes translated by rendering, Matt. 22:21. Rom. 2:6, and 13:7; by delivering, Matt. 27:58. Luke 9:42; by yielding, or affording, Heb. 12:11. Rev. 22:2.
这里所用的词，有时被翻译为“归还”，见马太福音22:21，罗马书2:6和13:7；有时为“交出”，见马太福音27:58，路加福音9:42；有时为“结出”或“提供”，见希伯来书12:11，启示录22:2。
All which comes to this; he will return thy prayers or thy requests, amply and abundantly into thy bosom.
这一切都归结于此；祂将丰丰富富、充充足足地将你的祷告或你的祈求回应到你怀中。
3. He will do it openly, manifestly; before the world sometimes, and most plentifully and exuberantly before men and angels at the great day; secret prayers shall have open and public answers.
3. 祂将公开地、明显地行这事；有时在世人面前，并在那大日，在世人和天使面前最为丰盛和充沛地行；私下的祷告将得到公开和公众的回应。
III. Here is a demonstration of sincerity, from the right performance of the duty set forth by the antithesis in the fifth verse.
三、 从第五节经文的对比所阐明的、对本分的正确履行中，可以显明真诚。
“But thou shalt not be as the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men.”
“你不可像那假冒为善的人，因为他们爱站在会堂里和十字路口上祷告，故意叫人看见。”
Enter not thy house only, or thy common chamber, but thy closet, the most secret and retired privacy, that others may neither discern thee nor rush in suddenly upon thee.
不要只进入你的房子，或你普通的房间，而要进入你的内室，那最秘密和隐蔽的私密之处，以致别人既不能察觉你，也不能突然闯入你那里。
God will answer thee and perform thy request, as a gracious return to thy secret sincerity.
上帝会回应你并成全你的祈求，作为对你私下真诚的恩惠回报。
God is pleased by promise to make himself a debtor to secret prayer.
上帝乐意藉着应许，使自己成为私下祷告的欠债者。
It brings nothing to God but empty hands and naked hearts; to show that reward in Scripture sense, does not flow in on the streams of merit, but of grace.
它带到上帝面前的，无非是空空的手和赤露的心；这表明在圣经意义上，报答并非源于功德之流，而是源于恩典之流。
It is monkish divinity to assert otherwise; for what merit strictly taken can there be in prayer?
断言并非如此的，乃是修士神学；因为严格来说，祷告中能有什么功德呢？
The mere asking of mercy cannot merit it at the hands of God.
仅仅祈求怜悯，并不能从上帝手中赚得怜悯。
Malachi 2:3.
玛拉基书2:3。
Our most sincere petitions are impregnated with sinful mixtures.
我们最真诚的祈求也渗透了罪的混杂。
We halt, like Jacob, both in and after our choicest and strongest wrestlings.
我们像雅各一样，在我们最精选和最强烈的摔跤之中和之后，都跛行了。
But such is the grace of our heavenly Father, who spies that little sincerity of our hearts in secret, that he is pleased to accept us in his beloved, and to smell a sweet savor in the fragrant perfumes and odors of his intercession.
但我们天父的恩典是如此，祂在暗中察看我们心中那点滴的真诚，祂乐意在祂的爱子里悦纳我们，并在祂代求的馨香之气中闻到芬芳。
Table of Contents
目录
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
作者生平简介
INTRODUCTION
引言
DUTY AND USEFULNESS
责任与功用
HOW CAN WE MANAGE SECRET PRAYER?
我们如何进行私下祷告？
DIRECTIONS, SPECIAL AND PECULIAR, TO SECRET PRAYER
私下祷告的特别与独特指引
HOW TO DISCOVER AND DISCERN ANSWERS TO SECRET PRAYER
如何发现与辨别对私下祷告的回应
QUESTIONS
问题
EJACULATORY PRAYER
随时祷告