第 24 节
作者:交通工具类:沧海一叶舟      更新:2021-12-07 09:33      字数:4777
  concerning   the   true   way  of   salvation。   (93)   People   who   lay   no   claims   to
  reason for themselves; are not able to prove by reason this their assertion;
  and if they hawk about something superior to reason; it is a mere figment;
  and far below reason; as their general method of life sufficiently shows。
  (94) But there is no need to dwell upon such persons。 (95) I will merely
  add that we can only judge of a man by his works。 (96) If a man abounds
  in   the   fruits   of   the   Spirit   ;   charity;   joy;   peace;   long…suffering;   kindness;
  goodness;   faith;   gentleness;   chastity;   against   which;   as   Paul   says   (Gal。
  v:22); there is no law; such an one; whether he be taught by reason only or
  by    the   Scripture    only;   has   been    in  very    truth  taught    by   God;    and    is
  altogether      blessed。    (97)   Thus    have    I  said  all  that   I  undertook     to   say
  concerning Divine law。
  End of Part 1
  77
  … Page 78…
  A Theologico…Political Treatise
  AUTHOR'S ENDNOTES TO THE
  THEOLOGICO…POLITICAL
  TREATISE CHAPTERS I to V
  78
  … Page 79…
  A Theologico…Political Treatise
  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。
  79
  … Page 80…
  A Theologico…Political Treatise
  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。
  End of Endnotes to PART I
  80