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“Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body.” Ecclesiastes 12:12.
“著书多，没有穷尽；读书多，身体疲倦。”传道书12:12。
Books are the “children of the brain”.
书籍是”头脑的儿女”。
In this writing age, when they are brought forth ad nauseam, I intended that my pen should have been silent—but the variety and weightiness of this subject, as also the desire of some friends, did prevail with me to publish it.
在这个写作的时代，当它们被令人作呕地产出时，我原本打算让我的笔保持沉默——但这个主题的多样性和重要性，以及一些朋友的期望，促使我出版它。
The main design of this excellent Scripture, is to encourage solid piety, and confute the atheists of the world, who imagine there is no gain in godliness.
这卓越经文的主要目的，是鼓励纯正的敬虔，并驳斥世上的无神论者，他们想象敬虔中没有益处。
It was the speech of King Saul to his servants, “Will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards?” (1 Samuel 22:7).
这是扫罗王对他仆人的话，”耶西的儿子能将田地和葡萄园赐给你们各人吗？”（撒母耳记上22:7）。
Will the world or men’s lusts give them such noble recompenses of reward—as God bestows upon his followers!
世界或人的私欲能给他们如此高贵的奖赏——如同神赐给祂跟随者的吗！
Surely, it is holiness which carries away the garland!
确实，是圣洁赢得了花冠！
As for this treatise, it comes abroad in a plain dress: truth like a diamond—shines brightest in its native luster!
至于这篇论文，它以朴素的装扮问世：真理如同钻石——在其本来的光泽中最为闪耀！
Paul did not come to the Corinthians with excellency of speech, or the pride of oratory—his study was not to court—but convert.
保罗到哥林多人那里，不是用高言大智，或演说的骄傲——他的追求不是讨好——而是使人归正。
It is an unhappiness that, in these luxuriant times, religion should for the most part run either into notion or ceremony; the spirits of true religion are evaporated.
这是一种不幸，在这些奢华的时代，宗教大部分时候要么流于观念要么流于仪式；真宗教的精神被蒸发了。
When knowledge is turned into soul food, and digested into practice—then it is saving.
当知识转化为灵魂的食物，并消化为实践——那时它就是拯救的。
That God would accompany these few imperfect lines with the operation and benediction of his Holy Spirit, and make them edifying—is the prayer of him who is
愿神以祂圣灵的运行和祝福伴随这些不完美的文字，并使它们造就人——这是以下之人的祷告
Yours in all Christian service,
你在一切基督徒服事中的仆人，
Thomas Watson, London, November 22, 1681
托马斯·华森，伦敦，1681年11月22日
Table of Contents
目录
Christian Reader
基督徒读者
Part I. The Character of the Godly
第一部分 敬虔人的特征
Part II. The Great Gain of their Godliness
第二部分 他们敬虔的巨大益处