AC.365, 창4:7, '네가 선을 행하면 어찌 낯을 들지 못하겠느냐' (AC.361-365)

7절, 네가 선을 행하면 어찌 낯을 들지 못하겠느냐 선을 행하지 아니하면 죄가 문에 엎드려 있느니라 죄가 너를 원하나 너는 죄를 다스릴지니라 If thou doest well, art thou not exalted? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door; and to thee is his desire, and thou rulest over him.

 

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In the third place it is said, “Unto thee is his desire, and thou rulest over him,” by which is signified that charity is desirous to abide with faith, but cannot do so because faith wishes to rule over it, which is contrary to order. So long as faith seeks to have the dominion, it is not faith, and only becomes faith when charity rules; for charity is the principal of faith, as was shown above. Charity may be compared to flame, which is the essential of heat and light, for heat and light are from it; and faith in a state of separation may be compared to light that is without the heat of flame, when indeed there is light, but it is the light of winter in which everything becomes torpid and dies.