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What unsearchable riches there are in this golden mine!
这金矿中有何等难以测度的丰富！
(Letters of William Romaine, 1714-1795)
(威廉·罗曼[William Romaine]书信集，1714-1795)
In books I converse with men; in the Bible I converse with God.
在书籍中我与人交谈；在圣经中我与神交谈。
The more I read, the more I long to read.
我越是阅读，就越渴望阅读。
The Scripture is always new, always instructing, always delightful.
圣经总是新鲜的，总是教导人的，总是令人愉悦的。
The value of the Bible is inestimable. It is not only a perfect map of the spiritual world; but the believer surveying its riches and beauties and pleasures, has a good warrant to say, “All these are mine, for God Himself is mine!”
圣经的价值是无法估量的。它不仅是属灵世界的完美地图；信徒在审视其丰富、美丽和喜乐时，有充分的理由说：”这一切都是我的，因为神自己就是我的！”
God has spared me to read through His Word once more. Oh, what a treasure-what unsearchable riches there are in this golden mine! I have never dug deeper, nor found more precious jewels than upon this last perusal. Indeed, upon every reading of the Bible it grows more precious to me, as it has become the conveyance of the unsearchable riches of Christ to me.
神让我得以再次通读祂的话语。哦，这金矿中有何等的宝藏-何等难以测度的丰富！我从未挖掘得如此之深，也从未找到比这最后一次阅读更珍贵的宝石。确实，每次阅读圣经，它对我来说都变得更加宝贵，因为它成为了向我传递基督那难以测度的丰富的载体。
This I chiefly seek for, that I may get a growing experience of the wisdom of God and of the power of God in His Word-and may thereby enjoy the blessings of His love promised in it.
这是我主要寻求的，就是我可以在祂的话语中获得对神的智慧和能力不断增长的经历-并因此享受其中所应许的祂爱的祝福。
It is our duty to read and meditate on the Word, but we should always do it with the fixed dependence of our hearts upon His divine teaching; without which the Word itself will profit us nothing. May the Spirit keep us in the use of means, but entirely dependent upon Him in the use of them. The Word of God can be made useful to us, only by the enlightening of the Spirit of God.
阅读和默想神的话语是我们的责任，但我们应当始终以我们的心完全依靠祂的神圣教导来做这件事；若没有这种依靠，话语本身对我们将毫无益处。愿圣灵保守我们使用各样方法，但在使用这些方法时完全依靠祂。神的话语只有通过神的灵的光照，才能对我们有益。
It is by continual dependence on the teaching of the Spirit, in and by the Word, and by mixing faith with it-that we come to find its value and to taste its pleasures. For it then opens a new world to us, a spiritual and eternal world.
正是通过持续依靠圣灵的教导，在话语中并藉着话语，并将信心与之融合-我们才能发现它的价值并品尝它的喜悦。因为它随后向我们开启了一个新世界，一个属灵和永恒的世界。
Thanks be to Him . . .
感谢祂…
who revealed His Word to me,
向我启示祂的话语，
who opened my eyes to see wondrous things out of His law,
开启我的眼睛，使我看到祂律法中的奇妙事，
who often made me look up and say, “Oh, how sweet are Your words to my taste; yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!”
常使我仰望并说：”哦，祢的话在我口中何等甘甜；是的，比蜂蜜更甜！”
God has made His Word very precious to me. My love for it has grown much in taste and value: in taste, it is sweeter than honey; in value, it is more precious than gold, yes, than much fine gold! As I dig deeper, the mine becomes richer, and the treasures of grace are greatly enhanced by their being the pledges of glory.
神使祂的话语对我变得非常宝贵。我对它的爱在品味和价值上都有了极大的增长：在品味上，它比蜂蜜更甜；在价值上，它比金子更宝贵，是的，比极多的精金更宝贵！随着我挖掘得更深，这矿藏变得更加丰富，而恩典的宝藏因为它们是荣耀的保证而大大增值。
The great end and design of the Scripture, is to conform us to itself. When the Word is understood and believed and lived upon-He then makes it the means of conforming the whole man to it. The believer is cast into the mold of it; he takes the impression-every feature. It is so assimilating that every tint is to be seen upon him. He lives the Word-it is to be read in his looks, visible in his walk, manifest in his tempers. See him, study him-he is the living picture of a Bible-Christian!
圣经的最终目的和设计，是要使我们与之相符。当话语被理解、相信并活出时-祂就使之成为使全人与之相符的手段。信徒被铸造成它的模样；他接受它的印记-每一个特征。它是如此同化，以至于他身上可见每一种色调。他活出话语-它可以从他的外表中读出，在他的行为中可见，在他的性情中显明。看他，研究他-他就是一个圣经基督徒的活生生的写照！
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We have just published several additional compilations of William Romaine’s letters. All of these are insightful, helpful and practical.
我们刚刚出版了威廉·罗曼[William Romaine]书信集的几个额外汇编。这些都是富有洞察力、有帮助且实用的。