15
Quod si impræsentiarum dominus fuerit, non restituet, maxime si conductum venerat pro mercede operis sui.
Exodus 22:15
Apocalypsis Explicata # 946
946. "Quia judicia tua manifestata sunt." - Quod significet quod illis Divina vera revelata sint, constat ex significatione "judiciorum", quod sint Divina vera, de qua sequitur; et ex significatione "manifestari", quod sit revelari. Quod Divina vera in fine ecclesiae revelentur, et quod revelata sint, in sequentibus in hoc capite dicetur, quia ibi de illis agitur.
Quod "judicia" significent Divina vera, est quia leges regiminis in regno spirituali Domini vocantur "judicia", leges autem regiminis in regno caelesti Domini vocantur "justitia"; leges enim regiminis in regno spirituali Domini sunt leges ex Divino Vero, at leges regiminis in regno caelesti Domini sunt leges ex Divino Bono. Inde est quod in Verbo dicantur "judicium" et "justitia" in sequentibus locis:
Apud Esaiam,
"Paci non erit finis super throno Davidis, .... ad stabiliendum illud, et ad fulciendum illud in judicio et . . justitia a nunc et in aeternum" (9:6 [B.A. 7]):
haec de Domino ac de Ipsius regno Regnum Ipsius spirituale significatur per "thronum Davidis"; et quia hoc regnum est in Divinis veris ex Divino Bono, dicitur, "in judicio et justitia." Apud Jeremiam,
"Suscitabo Davidi Germen justum, et regnabit Rex, ac intelligenter aget, et faciet judicium et justitiam" (23:5):
haec quoque de Domino, et de regno spirituali Ipsius; et quia hoc regnum in Divinis veris ex Divino Bono est, dicitur quod "regnabit Rex, ac intelligenter aget", et quod "faciet judicium et justitiam"; Dominus vocatur "Rex" ex Divino Vero; et quia Divinum Verum est quoque Divina intelligentia, dicitur quod "intelligenter aget"; et quia Divinum Verum est ex Divino Bono, dicitur quod "faciet judicium et justitiam."
[2] Apud Esaiam,
"Exaltetur Jehovah, quia inhabitat altum, implevit Zionem judicio et justitia" (33:5):
per "Zionem" intelligitur caelum et ecclesia ubi Dominus per Divinum Verum regnat; et quia omne Divinum Verum est ex Divino Bono, dicitur, "Implevit Zionem judicio et justitia." Apud Jeremiam,
"Ego Jehovah faciens . . judicium et justitiam in terra, quia in illis beneplacet Mihi" (9:23 [B.A. 24]):
etiam hic per "judicium et justitiam" significatur Divinum Verum ex Divino Bono.
Apud Esaiam,
"Interrogent Me judicia justitiae, appropinquationem Dei desiderent" (58:2):
"judicia justitiae" sunt Divina vera ex Divino Bono; similiter etiam "judicium et justitia", nam sensus spiritualis conjungit illa quae sensus litterae distinguit.
Apud Hoscheam,
"Desponsabo te Mihi in aeternum, et desponsabo te Mihi in justitia et judicio . . et in misericordia, .... et in veritate" (2:19, 20):
ibi de regno caelesti Domini, quod ex illis qui in amore in Dominum sunt consistit; et quia Domini conjunctio cum illis comparative est sicut conjunctio mariti cum uxore, bonum amoris enim ita conjungit, ideo dicitur, "Desponsabo te Mihi in justitia et judicio"; ac dicitur "justitia" primo loco, et "judicium" secundo, quia illi qui in bono amoris in Dominum sunt, illi etiam in veris sunt, ex bono enim vident illa; quia "justitia" dicitur de bono, ac "judicium" de vero, ideo etiam dicitur, "in misericordia" et "in veritate"; misericordia etiam est boni, quia est amoris.
[3] Apud Davidem,
"Jehovah, in caelis .... est justitia tua sicut montes Dei, et judicia tua sicut abyssus magna" (Psalmuss 36:6, 7):
"justitia" dicitur de Divino Bono, quare comparatur montibus Dei, nam per "montes Dei" significantur bona amoris (videatur [supra,] n. 405 [a-f] , 510, 850 [a]); ac "judicia" dicuntur de Divinis veris, quare comparantur abysso magnae, nam per "abyssum magnam" significatur Divinum Verum.
[4] Exhis nunc constare potest quod per "judicia" significentur Divina Vera. Multis in locis in Verbo etiam dicuntur "judicia", "praecepta" et "statuta"; ac ibi per "judicia" significantur leges civiles, per "praecepta" leges vitae spiritualis, ac per "statuta" leges cultus. Quod per "judicia" significentur leges civiles, constat ex Exodo, cap. 21, 22, 23, ubi illa quae ibi mandantur "judicia" vocantur, quia ex illis fiebant judicia a judicibus in portis urbium; sed usque eadem illa significant Divina vera, qualia sunt in regno spirituali Domini in caelis, continent enim illa in sensu spirituali, ut constare potest ab explicatione illorum in Arcanis Caelestibus (n. 8971-9103, 9124-9231, 9247-9348). Quod leges apud filios Israelis dicta fuerint "judicia", "praecepta" et "statuta", constat ex sequentibus locis:
Apud Mosen,
"Loquar ad te omnia praecepta, statuta et judicia, quae docebis eos, ut faciant ea" (Deuteronomius 5:28 [B.A. (31]);
apud eundem,
"Haec sunt praecepta, statuta et judicia, quae praecepit Jehovah Deus vester ad docendum vos" (Deuteronomius 6:1);
apud eundem,
"Ideo custodies praecepta, statuta et judicia, quae Ego praecipio tibi hodie ad faciendum illa" (Deuteronomius 7:11);
apud Davidem,
"Si deserunt filii ejus legem meam, et in judiciis meis non ambulant, si statuta mea profanant, et praecepta mea non servant, ..visitabo virga praevaricationem eorum" (Psalmuss 89:31-33 [B.A. 30-32]);
praeterea etiam pluries alibi (Ut Leviticus 18:5; 19:37; 20:22; 25:18; 26:15; Deuteronomius 4:1; 5:1, 6, 7; 17:19; 26:17; Ezechiel 5:6, 7; 11:12, 20; 18:9; 20:11, 13, 25; 37:24). Per "praecepta" in illis locis intelliguntur leges vitae, imprimis quae in decalogo sunt, quae ideo vocantur "decem praecepta"; per "statuta" autem intelliguntur leges cultus, quae imprimis erant de sacrificiis, ac de ministeriis sanctis; ac per "judicia" intelliguntur leges civiles, quae leges quia repraesentativae spiritualium erant, per illa significantur Divina vera, qualia sunt in regno spirituali Domini in caelis.
[5] (Continuatio.)
Cum itaque homo fugit et aversatur mala ut peccata, ac elevatus est a Domino in caelum, consequitur quod non amplius in proprio suo sit, sed in Domino, et inde quod cogitet et velit bona. Nunc quia homo sicut cogitat et vult, ita etiam facit, omne enim factum hominis procedit ex cogitatione voluntatis ejus, inde iterum consequitur quod cum homo mala fugit et aversatur, faciat bona non a se sed a Domino. Inde nunc est quod fugere mala sit facere bona. Bona quae homo tunc facit intelliguntur per bona opera, ac bona opera in toto complexu intelliguntur per charitatem. Quia homo non reformari potest, nisi cogitet, velit et faciat sicut ex se, id quod sicut ab ipso homine fit conjungitur ei et manet apud illum; quod autem non sicut ex ipso homine fit, hoc, quia non recipit aliqua vita sensus, transfluit sicut aether; ideo vult Dominus ut homo non modo fugiat et aversetur mala sicut a se, sed etiam cogitet, velit et faciat sicut ex se, sed usque agnoscat corde quod omnia illa sint a Domino. Hoc agnoscet quia est verum.
Psalms 89
1
I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
2
For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
3
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
4
Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
5
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
6
For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
7
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
8
O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
9
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
10
Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
11
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
12
The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
13
Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
14
Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
15
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
16
In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
17
For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
18
For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
19
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
20
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
21
With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
22
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
24
But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25
I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
26
He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
27
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
28
My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
29
His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
30
If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
31
If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
32
Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
33
Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35
Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
36
His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me.
37
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
38
But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
39
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
40
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
41
All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
42
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle.
44
Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground.
45
The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
46
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
47
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
48
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
49
Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
50
Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
51
Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
