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And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth:
我听见从天上有声音说：你要写下，从今以后，在主里面而死的人有福了：
Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.—REV. 14:13.
圣灵说：是的，他们息了自己的劳苦，做工的果效也随着他们。——启示录十四章十三节。
Thomas Goodwin’s Of the Blessed State of Glory Which the Saints Possess After Death is nothing less than a soaring meditation on the Christian’s final hope—an extended doxology clothed in rich, Puritan theology.
托马斯·古德温的《圣徒死后所享之荣耀蒙福状态》无异于一篇高扬的默想，论到基督徒最终的盼望——一篇延展的颂赞（doxology，指颂荣耀之辞），披戴着丰厚的清教徒神学。
In a world that trivializes death or drowns in fear of it, Goodwin lifts our eyes to heaven and anchors our souls in the unshakeable promise that to depart and be with Christ is “far better” (Phil. 1:23).
在一个轻看死亡或沉溺于对死亡恐惧的世界里，古德温举起我们的眼目望向天上，并将我们的灵魂锚定在那不可动摇的应许上：离世与基督同在是“好得无比”（腓立比书一章二十三节）。
This work is not for the merely curious, but for the spiritually hungry—those who long to understand what awaits the believer at the very moment of death.
这部作品不是为仅仅好奇的人写的，而是为属灵饥渴的人写的——那些渴望明白信徒在死亡那一刻究竟将要面对什么的人。
Goodwin contends, with great clarity and warmth, that the souls of the saints do not sleep or wait in some vague holding place, but are immediately ushered into a state of unspeakable glory and conscious communion with Christ.
古德温以极大的清晰与温暖申明：圣徒的灵魂并不沉睡，也不在某个模糊的暂留之处等候，而是立刻被引入那不可言喻的荣耀状态，并与基督有清醒的相交。
With biblical precision and pastoral insight, he draws from Revelation 14:13 and 2 Corinthians 5 to show that death is not the end, but the very threshold of rest, reward, and radiant joy for those in Christ.
他以圣经的精确与牧养的洞见，从启示录十四章十三节与哥林多后书第五章引申说明：死亡不是终点，反而是属基督之人进入安息、赏赐与荣光喜乐的门槛。
The believer, he says, not only escapes wrath but is welcomed into “Abraham’s bosom,” the immediate presence of the Savior—received by angels, crowned with comfort, and transformed into the likeness of Christ.
他指出，信徒不仅逃离忿怒，也被迎入“亚伯拉罕的怀里”，就是救主即时的同在——被天使接引，被安慰加冕，并被改变成基督的样式。
What sets this treatise apart is its deeply experiential tone.
使这篇论著与众不同的，是它深具经历性的语调。
Goodwin does not write as a detached theologian but as a seasoned shepherd preparing souls for the most decisive moment of their earthly pilgrimage.
古德温写作并非以疏离的神学家姿态，而是以老练的牧者身份，为灵魂预备他们地上朝圣旅程中最关键的时刻。
He addresses the common fears and fainting fits of dying saints, offering a Spirit-filled vision of death not as an enemy, but as the final act of faith—an entrance into the reward of grace.
他针对临终圣徒常有的惧怕与软弱昏沉的时刻，提出一个被圣灵充满的异象：死亡不是仇敌，而是信心最后的行动——进入恩典的赏赐之门。
He magnifies the ministry of the Holy Spirit in the hour of death, showing how the Comforter carries believers through the veil with joy and peace, even giving them foretastes of heavenly glory while still in the body.
他高举圣灵在死亡时刻的事奉，说明保惠师如何以喜乐与平安带领信徒穿过幔子，甚至在他们仍在身体里时，就赐给他们天上荣耀的预尝。
This book is a balm for the afflicted, a guide for the dying, and a trumpet blast of hope for all who live with eternity in view.
这本书是受苦者的膏油，是临终者的指南，也是给一切以永恒为念而活之人的盼望号角。
Read it slowly.
要慢慢地读它。
Read it prayerfully.
要带着祷告读它。
And let Goodwin, with the wisdom of heaven and the heart of a pastor, teach you how to die well—by teaching you how blessed it is to die in the Lord.
并让古德温以天上的智慧与牧者的心肠教导你如何善终——借着教导你在主里面而死是何等有福。
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Table of Contents
目录
——–Chapter I: Of the blessedness of a dying believer.
——–第一章：论一个临终信徒的蒙福。
——–Chapter II: That the soul of a believer doth not sleep, or is not in a state of inac…
——–第二章：信徒的灵魂并不沉睡，也不处在一种 inac…（原文截断，未完）
——–Chapter III: That the souls of believers, immediately after their separation from th…
——–第三章：信徒的灵魂在与 th…（原文截断，未完）分离之后立刻……
——–Chapter IV: That the souls of believers do, immediately after the death of the body,…
——–第四章：信徒的灵魂在身体死后立刻……（原文截断，未完）
——–Chapter V: A state of glory for believers upon their dissolution, demonstrated from …
——–第五章：信徒在离散（dissolution，指身心分离）之后进入荣耀状态，由……证明（原文截断，未完）
——–Chapter VI: That the clothing mentioned in the text, 2 Corinthians 5:3, doth import …
——–第六章：经文中所提到的“穿上”（clothing）——哥林多后书五章三节——所含之意……（原文截断，未完）
——–Chapter VII: What is meant by the phrase, 2 Corinthians 5:3, of being ‘found naked.’
——–第七章：哥林多后书五章三节“被遇见是赤身的”（found naked）这句话是什么意思。
——–Chapter VII: The words of the text explained, and their coherence with the first and…
——–第七章：解释经文的词句，并说明它们与第一与……的连贯（原文截断，未完）
——–Chapter IX: The true and eminent grounds of a Christian’s groanings after dissolutio…
——–第九章：基督徒在离散之后叹息的真实而显著的根由……（原文截断，未完）
——–Chapter X: The positive ground or reason why a Christian desires dissolution is, tha…
——–第十章：基督徒渴望离散的积极根由或理由是：tha…（原文截断，未完）
——–Chapter XI: That as the soul is the immediate subject of grace, which is a preparati…
——–第十一章：既然灵魂是恩典直接的承载者，而恩典乃是 preparati…（原文截断，未完）
——–Chapter XII: The glory unto which the separate soul is received, demonstrated from t…
——–第十二章：与身体分离的灵魂被接纳进入的荣耀，由 t… 证明（原文截断，未完）
——–Chapter XIII: Whether the state of glory into which separate souls enter after death…
——–第十三章：分离的灵魂死后进入的荣耀状态是否……（原文截断，未完）
——–Chapter XIV: A particular enumeration of the glories of that state into which the se…
——–第十四章：对分离的灵魂所进入之那种状态的荣耀作具体的列举……（原文截断，未完）
——–Chapter XV: Of the glories of heaven, a
——–第十五章：论天上的荣耀，a（原文截断，未完）
nd the happiness of glorified saints therein.
以及其中得荣耀之圣徒的福乐。