are from Him alone, whilst man is merely a receiver of His DIVINE SPIRIT and LIFE, or of His divine TRUTH and GooD, and co-operates with Him in the formation and fruitfulness of those heavenly principles, by ceasing to do evil, and learning to do good. Thus too it will be further seen how groundless, and therefore how dangerous, is the modern doctrine of salvation by faith alone, which is the same thing as salvation by knowledge alone without the life of knowledge, or by light in the understanding, whilst the will, or love, remains unchanged, and consequently defiled with every uncleanness and abomination. Having thus then pointed out the design of the following pages both generally and particularly, it only remains for the translator to make a few remarks on his new translation of the Gospel from the original Greek, and also on the internal sense as it is given in a series, 66 And first, in regard to the translation, the transJator thinks it proper here to repeat what he some years ago observed concerning his translation of the Gospel according to Matthew, viz. "that he has endeavoured to make it as literal as possible, con"sistent with the different idioms of the two lan66 guages, and therefore the English reader will not be surprised at finding some deviations in this respect from the common version, especially where "a regard to the internal sense made it necessary to "adhere closely to the letter of the original. Ne"vertheless, the translator must still lament the imperfection of his translation, arising in some "cases from the want of English terms to express the Greek ones, and in other cases from the un"defined and indistinct sense of the English terms, "which on that account are inadequate to express "the distinct ideas suggested in the original Greek." Secondly, as to the internal sense in a series, the translator perhaps is bound to make some apology for obtruding it on the public attention, especially as he has been informed, that a few respectable individuals of the New Church regarded such obtrusion as presumptuous, when it first made it's appearance in the publication of the Gospel according to Matthew. The translator has not forgotten this charge, nor been unaffected by it, insomuch that he had nearly made up his mind never to incur it again, in any future translation of any of the other Gospels. This purpose however has been over-ruled by the opinion of several judicious friends, and particularly of the printing society in Manchester, whose sentiments were requested on the subject, and who were unanimous in their wishes that the internal sense might be given in a series in the present volume, since it was their full conviction that many readers had derived very essential benefit from a similar series in the Gospel according to Matthew. The translator therefore has only to add on the occasion, that in giving the internal sense in the present translation, he has thought it his duty to be guided by the enlightened author of the Extracts, so far as his particular views were immediately discoverable, and in every other case to be directed by his general mode of interpreting the sacred Scriptures. Trusting therefore that he shall no longer be charged with presumption for doing what appears to him a duty, it now only remains for him to offer up his most devout prayers to the GOD of the church, that He will be pleased to give His divine blessing to every part of the following publication, that so it may tend to the building of the walls of His New Jerusalem, and adding to the number of it's blessed inhabitants, by announcing that the LORD JESUS CHRIST, in His DIVINE HUMANITY, is the true BRIDEGROOM and HUSBAND of the Church, the ALPHA and OMEGA, the BEGINNING and the END, the FIRST and the LAST, and that blessed are all they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. (Rev. xxii. 13, 14.)—AMEN. Page 3. Verse 22, for sayeth r. sayest. 19. Line 13, dele that. 89. Verse 18, dele sign. 55. Line 16 from the bottom, for regeneration r. generation. 59. Line 1, for itas r. is. 120. Line 5 from the bottom of the internal sense, for man r. men. 163. Line 1, after instilling insert introductory truths of 224. Verse 9, for sayeth r. sayest. Verse 12, for that r. than THE GOSPEL, ACCORDING TO JOHN. CHAPTER I. 1. IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Gop, and Gop was the Word. 2. The same was in the beginning with GOD. 3. All things were made by Him, and without Him was not any thing made that was made. 4. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.~ 5. And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not. THE INTERNAL SENSE. THAT the LORD, as to His divine human [principle], which is divine truth, existed from eternity, in undivided union with the divine good, which is Jehovah, verses 1, 2. That by divine truth from the LORD was effected the all of creation both natural and spiritual, thus the production of the all of outward nature, and likewise the regeneration of man and the establishment of the church, v. 3. That divine truth is always in union with divine love, and by virtue of that union is the source of all wisdom, intelli. gence and rationality amongst mankind, v. 4. But that mankind had so immersed themselves in external and natural things, and thus in false principles, that they no longer acknowledged divine truth, v. 5. 6. There was a man sent from GOD, whose name was John. 7. He came for a witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him. 8. He was not the light, but that he might bear witness of the light. 9. [That] was the true light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into the world. 10. He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him That divine truth bath its appointed representatives here on earth, amongst those who are principled in charity and faith, whose office it is to testify concerning the LORD's divine humanity, and thus to lead mankind to acknowledge and receive it, as the only source of all wisdom, intelligence, and rationality, v. 6, 7, 8, 9. That the LORD, by his di vine truth, or the Word, was present with the Jewish church, but that He was not in general known and acknowledged, yet that all, who did know and acknowledge Him, were made regenerate, and thus delivered from the guilt of doing violence to charity, and of profaning truth, being cleansed from all the principles of evil and error, v. 10, 11, 12, 13. That the LORD, by assuming the human nature, and thus becoming a man, made Himself divine truth in ultimates, as He had before been divine truth in first principles, and thus gained fuller access to man, by imparting a fuller measure of his divine love and wisdom, v. 14. Therefore all, who are principled in charity and faith, acknowledge from the heart, that the LORD in His divine bumanity is the eternal GoD, and that all good and truth are |