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V ers. 4. Quia sagittae Domini in me sunt, qua- rum indignatio ebibit spiritum meum. 13. Boni flagellis ac judicii terrore configuntur. Praestat tamen agi amore.—Sed ecce, ut superius di- ctum est, et divinae correptionis percussione configi- mur, et tamen adhuc illud gravius est quod de terrore venturi judicis ex aeterna animadversione formida- mus. Unde protinus subinfertur: Et terrores Domini militant contra me. Debet tamen a metu et dolore animus excuti, et ad sola aeternae patriae desideria extendi. Tunc enim nobilitatem nostrae regenerationis ostendimus, si eum ut patrem diligimus, quem nunc pervili mente ut dominum formidamus. Unde et per Paulum dicitur:
第四節：因為上主的箭射在我身上，其怒氣吸乾了我的靈魂。十三、善人被鞭撻與審判之恐懼所刺透；然而出於愛而受感動更為美善。——然而看哪，如上文所言，我們既被神聖懲治之擊打所刺透，卻仍有更沉重之事，就是我們因永恆懲罰而懼怕那將臨審判者的恐怖。故此隨即補述說：上主的種種恐嚇向我爭戰。然而心靈當從懼怕與憂傷中掙脫，唯獨伸向對永恆家鄉的渴慕。因為我們若愛那如今以卑賤之心懼怕如主的祂為父，便顯明了我們重生的尊貴。所以也藉保羅說：
Verse 4. For the arrows of the Lord are in me, the indignation of which drinks up my spirit. 13. The good are transfixed by scourges and the terror of judgment; yet it is better to be moved by love. — But behold, as was said above, we are both transfixed by the blow of the divine correction, and yet that is still more grievous which we dread from the terror of the coming Judge out of eternal chastisement. Whence at once it is added: And the terrors of the Lord war against me. Yet the soul ought to be shaken free from fear and grief, and to be extended to the sole desires of the eternal homeland. For then do we show the nobility of our regeneration, if we love as a Father Him whom now with a base mind we dread as a Master. Whence also it is said through Paul:
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Non accepistis spiritum servitutis iterum in timore, sed accepistis spiritum adoptionis filiorum, in quo clamamus. Abba pater ( Rom. viii, 15). Pondus itaque formidinis mens electi postponat, in virtute se amoris exerceat, renovationis suae digni- tatem desideret, ad conditoris sui speciem anhelet; quem quo usque conspicere non valet, aeternitatem ejus necesse est, id est, intimum cibum suum esu- riens, exspectet. Unde et apte subditur:
你們並非再度領受了為奴的心以致恐懼，而是領受了兒子名分的心，靠此我們呼叫：阿爸，父啊（羅八15）。所以，願蒙揀選者的心靈撇下恐懼的重擔，在愛的力量中操練自己，渴慕自身更新的尊榮，切慕其造物主的榮美；只要它尚不能瞻仰祂，就當飢慕祂的永恆——即它至內在的食糧——存著盼望等候。因此也恰切地補述說：
You have not received the spirit of bondage again in fear, but you have received the spirit of the adoption of sons, in which we cry: Abba, Father (Rom. viii, 15). Let the mind of the elect therefore set aside the weight of dread, let it exercise itself in the strength of love, let it long for the dignity of its renewal, let it pant after the beauty of its Creator; and so long as it is unable to behold Him, it must, hungering for His eternity — that is, for its inmost food — wait in expectation. Whence also it is fittingly added: