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concerning Divine law。 

     End of Part 1 



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AUTHOR'S ENDNOTES TO THE 

   THEOLOGICO…POLITICAL 

  TREATISE CHAPTERS I to V 



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                                         Chapter I 



     Endnote 1。 (1) The word naw…vee'; Strong:5030; is rightly interpreted 

by  Rabbi   Salomon   Jarchi;   but   the   sense   is   hardly  caught   by Aben   Ezra; 

who was not so good a Hebraist。 (2) We must also remark that this Hebrew 

word   for   prophecy   has   a   universal   meaning   and   embraces   all   kinds   of 

prophecy。 (3) Other terms are more special; and denote this or that sort of 

prophecy; as I believe is well known to the learned。 

     Endnote 2。 (1) 〃Although; ordinary knowledge is Divine; its professors 

cannot be called prophets。〃 That is; interpreters of God。 (2) For he alone is 

an interpreter of God; who interprets the decrees which God has revealed 

to him; to others who have not received such revelation; and whose belief; 

therefore;     rests  merely     on   the  prophet's    authority    and    the  confidence 

reposed   in   him。   (3)   If   it   were   otherwise;   and   all   who   listen   to   prophets 

became   prophets   themselves;   as   all   who   listen   to   philosophers   become 

philosophers;      a  prophet     would    no   longer   be   the  interpreter    of  Divine 

decrees;     inasmuch      as  his   hearers   would     know     the  truth;   not  on   the; 

authority   of   the   prophet;   but   by   means   of   actual   Divine   revelation   and 

inward   testimony。   (4)   Thus   the   sovereign   powers   are   the   interpreters   of 

their    own    rights   of  sway;    because     these   are   defended     only   by   their 

authority and supported by their testimony。 

     Endnote       3。  (1)   〃Prophets      were     endowed      with    a   peculiar    and 

extraordinary power。〃 (2) Though some men enjoy gifts which nature has 

not bestowed on their fellows; they are not said to surpass the bounds of 

human nature; unless their special qualities are such as cannot be said to 

be deducible from the definition of human nature。 (3) For instance; a giant 

is a rarity; but still human。 (4) The gift of composing poetry extempore is 

given to very few; yet it is human。 (5) The same may; therefore; be said of 

the   faculty   possessed   by  some   of   imagining   things   as   vividly   as   though 

they saw them before them; and this not while asleep; but while awake。 (6) 

But    if  anyone    could    be   found    who    possessed     other   means    and   other 

foundations   for   knowledge;   he   might   be   said   to   transcend   the   limits   of 

human nature。 



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                         CHAPTER III。 Endnote 4。 



     (1) In Gen。 xv。 it is written that God promised Abraham to protect him; 

and   to   grant   him   ample   rewards。   (2)   Abraham   answered   that   he   could 

expect nothing which   could be   of any  value to him; as   he was   childless 

and well stricken in years。 

    Endnote      5。  (1)  That   a  keeping    of  the  commandments         of  the  old 

Testament is not sufficient for eternal life; appears from Mark x:21。 

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