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A servant of Christ once said, “Every day a Christian spends on earth is a day lost in heaven.”
基督的一位仆人曾说：”基督徒在世上度过的每一天，都是在天堂失去的一天。”
He meant that union and communion with God in Jesus Christ is what makes heaven.
他的意思是，与耶稣基督里的神联合和交通才是天堂的本质。
Since this is attainable in life, what keeps a Christian from living in heaven while on earth?
既然这在生活中是可以达到的，那么是什么阻止基督徒在世上就活在天堂里呢？
Our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ (1 John 1:3).
我们乃是与父并他儿子耶稣基督相交的（约翰一书1:3）。
Our conversation is in heaven, as another apostle said (Phil. 3:20).
我们的国籍是在天上，正如另一位使徒所说的（腓立比书3:20）。
“I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God” (Galatians 2:20).
“现在活着的不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着；并且我如今在肉身活着，是因信神的儿子而活”（加拉太书2:20）。
These men were on earth, subject to infirmities like us, yet living in heaven.
这些人虽然在地上，像我们一样有软弱，却活在天堂里。
In this declining, wanton, Christ-denying age, there is still a generation upon earth who live like this.
在这个衰落、放荡、否认基督的时代，地上仍有一代人如此生活。
Their lives and graces, though hidden under a plain exterior, under many reproaches and infirmities, shine inwardly with the glory of Christ.
他们的生命和恩典，虽然隐藏在朴素的外表下，承受许多责备和软弱，内心却因基督的荣耀而闪耀。
They follow the Lord with a different spirit than the spirit of the world.
他们跟随主的心志与世界的心志不同。
Among these hidden ones of the Lord was the Preacher of these sermons, who, while on earth, lived in heaven.
在主这些隐藏的人中，有这些讲道的传道人，他们虽在地上，却活在天堂。
The end and purpose of these sermons is to encourage you to have a similar attitude.
这些讲道的目的和宗旨是鼓励你也有类似的态度。
Take your mind off of fleeting vanities and set it on what is real and durable.
将你的心思从短暂的虚荣上移开，专注于真实和持久的事物。
We can see how weak worldly pomp and glory is, and how the Lord is putting an end to the kingdoms of men who have not contributed their strength and power to advancing the glory of the kingdom of Jesus Christ, but rather to its decline and obscurity.
我们可以看到世俗的荣华富贵是多么脆弱，主正在终结那些没有贡献力量和权力来提升耶稣基督国度的荣耀，反而导致其衰落和晦暗的人类王国。
Besides what the world tells us, our days have more examples of the vanity of the world than any other age.
除了世界告诉我们的，我们这个时代比任何其他时代都有更多关于世界虚空的例子。
Therefore, our hearts should not be attached to things that cannot stretch themselves to eternity.
因此，我们的心不应该依恋那些无法延伸到永恒的事物。
The Apostle’s reasoning is weighty.
使徒的推理是深刻的。
The message is that those who have wives should live as if they do not, and those who weep should live as if they do not weep.
这个信息是说，有妻子的人应该像没有妻子一样生活，哭泣的人应该像不哭泣一样生活。
Those who rejoice should live as if they do not, and those who buy should live as if they do not possess.
欢喜的人应该像不欢喜一样生活，购买的人应该像不拥有一样生活。
Those who use the world should do so without abusing it.
使用这个世界的人应该不滥用它。
The preacher supports this exhortation with the argument that time is short and life is shorter still, and that the end of all things is near.
传道者用时间短暂、生命更短暂，万物的终结近了这个论点来支持这个劝勉。
We should focus on greater things and set our hearts on them.
我们应该专注于更伟大的事物，并将我们的心放在它们上面。
This holy man’s spirituality is evident in the fact that even though he enjoyed many comforts on earth, he still viewed them as a stranger would and used them to raise his soul to a more holy, humble, and self-denying walk with God.
这位圣人的灵性在于，尽管他在地上享受了许多舒适，他仍然像陌生人一样看待它们，并用它们来提升他的灵魂，与上帝有更圣洁、谦卑和克己的同行。
It is more impressive for someone who is surrounded by creature comforts to reject them with a divine spirit and elevate themselves to a state of higher enjoyment with Jesus Christ.
对于一个被物质舒适包围的人来说，以神圣的精神拒绝它们并提升自己到与耶稣基督更高层次的享受状态，这更令人印象深刻。
This is comparable to someone who is made a partaker of the Divine nature and who lives above the world in the enjoyment of it.
这可以比作一个成为神性的分享者，在享受世界的同时超越世界的人。
These sermons are printed twice: once in the practice of the holy man and once again in these papers presented in a preaching style, which is more desired, more acceptable to his hearers, and, if not mistaken, more effective in working upon the affections and being profitable to the majority of Christians.
这些讲道被印刷了两次：一次是在圣人的实践中，另一次是在这些以讲道风格呈现的文章中，这种风格更受欢迎，更容易被听众接受，如果不出错的话，在感化人心和对大多数基督徒有益方面更有效。
Although the papers could have been more condensed, this preaching style is chosen because it is more appealing to the audience.
尽管这些文章本可以更加简洁，但选择这种讲道风格是因为它对听众更有吸引力。
The Lord Jesus be with your spirit, and go along with these, and all his other precious labors, to the furtherance of the joy of your faith, building you up in the inner man, and directing you in the way to your eternal rest.
愿主耶稣与你的灵同在，伴随这些和他所有其他宝贵的工作，增进你信仰的喜乐，建立你内在的人，指引你走向永恒的安息。
Thomas Goodwin, William Bridge, William Greenhill, William Adderly, John Yates, Sydrach Simpson, Philip Nye.
托马斯·古德温，威廉·布里奇，威廉·格林希尔，威廉·阿德利，约翰·耶茨，西德拉克·辛普森，菲利普·奈。
Table of Contents
目录
To the Reader
致读者
Chapter One: Doctrine: There is a great difference between a wicked man and a godly man. The one minds the earth; the other’s conversation is in heaven
第一章：教义：恶人和敬虔人之间有很大差异。一个注重地上的事，另一个的生活在天上
Chapter Two: Earthly-Mindedness Discovered in Nine Particulars
第二章：地上心性的九个特点
Chapter Three: Six Evils of Earthly-Mindedness
第三章：地上心性的六大弊端
Chapter Four: Eight Additional Evils of Earthly-Mindedness
第四章：地上心性的八大附加弊端
Chapter Five: Five Things may be Wrought in an Earthly-Minded Man
第五章：可能在地上心性的人身上产生的五件事
Chapter Six: Seven Reasons of Men’s Earthly-Mindedness
第六章：人们地上心性的七个原因
Chapter Seven: Eleven Considerations to Take the Hearts of Men off of Earthly-Mindedness
第七章：十一个考虑,让人的心从地上心性上转移
Chapter Eight: Five Directions How to Get Our Hearts Free From Earthly-Mindedness
第八章：五个方向,如何使我们的心从地上心性中解脱