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V ers. 18. — Et habebis fiduciam, proposita tibi spe. 56. Eo certius in Deum sperat, quo duriora pro illo patitur. — Tanto namque spes in Deum solidior surgit, quanto pro illo quisque graviora pertulerit, quia ne- quaquam retributionis gaudium de aeternitate colligi- tur, quod non hic prius pia tribulatione seminatur. 356 Hinc enim per Psalmistam dicitur: Euntes, ibant et flebant, mittentes semina sua; venientes autem venient in exsultatione, portantes manipulos suos ( Psal. cxxv, 6). Hinc Paulus ait: Si commorimur, et convivemus; si sustinemus, et conregnabimus ( II Tim. ii, 11). Hinc discipulos admonet, dicens: Per multas tribulationes oportet nos introire in regnum Dei ( Act. xiv, 21).
第十八節——「你必有信心，因有盼望擺在你面前。」三十六、他為神所受的苦愈艱難，便愈確切地在神裏面盼望。——因為人為神所忍受的愈沉重，向神所存的盼望便升得愈堅固；因為凡不是先在此以虔敬的患難撒種的，其報償之喜樂絕不能從永恆中收取。因此藉詩人說：「那流淚出去、帶種撒種的，必要歡歡樂樂地帶禾捆回來」（詩一二五6）。故此保羅說：「我們若一同死，也必一同活；我們若能忍耐，也必一同作王」（提後二11）。故此他勸勉門徒說：「我們進入神的國，必須經歷許多艱難」（徒十四21）。
Ver. 18. — And you shall have confidence, hope being set before you. 36. The more surely he hopes in God, the harder the things he suffers for Him. — For hope in God rises the more solid, the graver the things anyone has endured for Him; because in no way is the joy of recompense gathered from eternity which is not first here sown by devout tribulation. For hence it is said through the Psalmist: Going they went and wept, casting their seeds; but coming they shall come with exultation, carrying their sheaves (Ps. cxxv, 6). Hence Paul says: If we die together, we shall also live together; if we endure, we shall also reign together (2 Tim. ii, 11). Hence he admonishes the disciples, saying: Through many tribulations it behooves us to enter into the kingdom of God (Acts xiv, 21).
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Hinc sanctorum gloriam Joanni angelus in- dicans, ait: Hi sunt qui venerunt de tribulatione ma- gna, et laverunt stolas suas, et a candidas eas fecerunt in sanguine Agni ( Apoc. vii, 14). Quia igitur nunc per tribulationem seritur, ut post gaudii fructus metatur, tanto major fiducia mentem roborat, quanto hanc fortior pro veritate afflictio b angustat. Unde apte protinus adjungitur:
故此天使向約翰揭示眾聖徒的榮耀，說：「這些人是從大患難中出來的，曾用羔羊的血把衣裳洗白淨了」（啟七14）。因此，既然如今是藉患難撒種，好使日後可收取喜樂的果子，那麼為真理之故臨到心靈的患難愈強烈，堅固心靈的信心便愈大。故此合宜地隨即補充說：
Hence the angel, revealing the glory of the saints to John, says: These are they who came out of great tribulation, and washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb (Rev. vii, 14). Since, therefore, now it is sown through tribulation, that afterward the fruit of joy may be reaped, the greater the confidence that strengthens the mind, the stronger the affliction that straitens it for the sake of truth. Whence fittingly it is at once added: