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In this profound and towering work of theology, A Dissertation Concerning the End for Which God Created the World, Jonathan Edwards confronts the most ultimate of all questions: Why did God create?
在这部深刻而宏伟的神学著作《论神创造世界的目的》（A Dissertation Concerning the End for Which God Created the World）中，乔纳森·爱德华兹（Jonathan Edwards）直面所有问题中最根本的一个：神为什么创造？
With penetrating logic and a deep reverence for the glory of God, Edwards argues that the supreme end of all creation is not the happiness of man, nor the fulfillment of history, but the exaltation and manifestation of God’s own glory.
爱德华兹以穿透性的逻辑和对神的荣耀的深深敬畏，论证了所有创造的最高目的（supreme end）不是人的幸福，也不是历史的成就（fulfillment of history），而是神自己荣耀的被高举和彰显。
Drawing from both Scripture and reason, he builds an unshakable case that God’s self-regard is not only righteous but necessary—and that all things, from the galaxies to the hearts of men, were brought into existence to radiate His infinite excellencies.
祂从圣经和理性中汲取论据，建立了一个不可动摇的论点：神的自我关注（self-regard）不仅是公义的，而且是必要的——并且万物，从星系到人心，被带入存在都是为了放射（radiate）祂无限的至美（infinite excellencies）。
This dissertation is far more than a philosophical musing; it is a worshipful defense of God-centeredness.
这篇论述远不止于哲学上的沉思；它是一种敬拜性的、以上帝为中心（God-centeredness）的辩护。
With Edwards’ hallmark clarity, he distinguishes between subordinate ends and ultimate ends, exposing modern errors that subtly put man at the center of God’s purposes.
爱德华兹以祂标志性的清晰，区分了从属的目的（subordinate ends）和最终的目的（ultimate ends），揭露了那些巧妙地将人置于神的目的中心的现代错误。
Edwards reminds us that God’s delight in Himself is not egotism but holiness—the very definition of moral perfection.
爱德华兹提醒我们，神对自己的喜悦不是自我中心（egotism）而是圣洁——这正是道德完美（moral perfection）的定义。
The reader is invited to gaze into the eternal purposes of the triune God and to see that the highest joy and greatest meaning for creatures is found not in self-fulfillment, but in beholding and exalting the One for whom all things exist.
读者被邀请凝视三一神（triune God）永恒的目的，并看到受造物最高的喜乐和最大的意义并非在于自我实现（self-fulfillment），而在于仰望和高举那位万物因祂而存在的独一者。
This edition is indispensable for pastors, students, and lay believers hungry for a God-saturated vision of reality.
这个版本对于牧师、学生以及渴求一个以神为中心的现实观（God-saturated vision of reality）的平信徒（lay believers）来说是不可或缺的。
Table of Contents
目录
Introduction. Containing Explanations of Terms, and General Positions
导论：包含术语解释和一般立场（General Positions）
Chapter One. Wherein Is Considered What Reason Teaches Concerning This Affair
第一章：论理性对这件事的教导
SECTION I. Some Things Observed in General Which Reason Dictates
第一节：理性所指引的一些普遍观察到的事物
SECTION II. Some Farther Observations Concerning Those Things Which Reason Leads Us to Suppose God Aimed At in the Creation of the World, Showing Particularly What Things That Are Absolutely Good Are Actually the Consequence of the Creation of the World
第二节：关于理性引导我们假设神在创造世界时所旨在达到的那些事物的进一步观察，特别显示了哪些绝对美好的事物实际上是创造世界的结果
SECTION III. Wherein It Is Considered How, on the Supposition of God’s Making the Forementioned Things His Last End, He Manifests a Supreme and Ultimate Regard to Himself in All His Works
第三节：论在假设神将上述事物作为祂的最终目的时，祂如何在祂一切的工作中彰显对自己至高和最终的关注（Supreme and Ultimate Regard）
SECTION IV. Some Objections Considered Which May Be Made against the Reasonableness of What Has Been Said of God’s Making Himself His Last End
第四节：考量针对神以自己为最终目的这一说法的合理性可能提出的异议
Chapter Two. Wherein It Is Inquired, What Is to Be Learned from Holy Scriptures Concerning God’s Last End in the Creation of the World
第二章：论从圣经中可以学到什么关于神创造世界的最终目的
SECTION I. The Scriptures Represent God as Making Himself His Own Last End in the Creation of the World
第一节：圣经表明神在创造世界时以自己为祂自己的最终目的
SECTION II. Wherein Some Positions Are Advanced Concerning a Just Method of Arguing in This Affair from What We Find in Holy Scriptures
第二节：论述一些关于从圣经所载事物中推论此事之公正方法的立场（Positions）
SECTION III. Particular Texts of Scripture That Show That God’s Glory Is an Ultimate End of the Creation
第三节：显示神的荣耀是创造的最终目的之特定圣经经文
SECTION IV. Places of Scripture That Lead Us to Suppose That God Created the World for His Name, to Make His Perfections Known; and That He Made It for His Praise
第四节：引导我们假设神创造世界是为了祂的名，为了使祂的完全（Perfections）被知晓；并且祂创造世界是为了祂的赞美（Praise）的圣经章节
SECTION V. Places of Scripture from Whence It May Be Argued That Communication of Good to the Creature Was One Thing Which God Had in View as an Ultimate End of the Creation of the World
第五节：可以从中论证将良善交通（Communication of Good）给受造物是神在创造世界时所预期的一个最终目的之圣经章节
SECTION VI. Wherein Is Considered What Is Meant by the “Glory of God” and the “Name of God” in Scripture, When Spoken of as God’s End in His Works
第六节：论述圣经中提及“神的荣耀”（Glory of God）和“神的名”（Name of God）作为神在祂工作中目的时，它们的含义是什么
SECTION VII. Showing That the Ultimate End of the Creation of the World is But One, and What That One End Is
第七节：表明创造世界的最终目的只有一个，以及这个目的为何