School Manual of the Law of Moses (Paperback)


This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1880 Excerpt: ... THE LAW OF MOSES. CHAPTER I. LAW. A Law = something laid down, or established: --Definition of A. S. lecgan = to lay is a rule of action prescribed v' to and enforced upon inferiors by their acknowledged superior, such law being imposed under a penalty for neglect or violation. The penalty is termed "punishment." As the only universal superior is the Creator and Governor of the universe, all laws, when traced to their remotest sources, are Divine or natural laws. Commands are not laws, except when there is a primary Bense of competent authority or superior power to enforce a a' them. Man, considered as a creature, depends absolutely upon his Maker for everything; it is therefore necessary that he should in all points conform to Distinction behis Maker's will. This will of his Maker is called ween--the law of nature. When God created man, and 1. Natural law. endued him with free-will to conduct himself in all parts of life, He laid down certain immutable laws of human nature, whereby that free-will is in some 2. Divine law (otherwise moral or revealed law). degree regulated and restrained, and gave him also the faculty of reason to discover the purport of those laws. These are the eternal laws of good and evil, which God has enabled human reason to discover, so far as they are necessary for the conduct of human actions. Such, among others, are these principles: that we should live reputably and respectably, should hurt nobody, and should render to every one his due. The law of nature is best obeyed when man pursues his own true and substantial happiness. This law of nature is binding upon all men. But each individual must have recourse to reason in order to discover what the law of nature directs in every circumstance of his life, so as best to promote his tr...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1880 Excerpt: ... THE LAW OF MOSES. CHAPTER I. LAW. A Law = something laid down, or established: --Definition of A. S. lecgan = to lay is a rule of action prescribed v' to and enforced upon inferiors by their acknowledged superior, such law being imposed under a penalty for neglect or violation. The penalty is termed "punishment." As the only universal superior is the Creator and Governor of the universe, all laws, when traced to their remotest sources, are Divine or natural laws. Commands are not laws, except when there is a primary Bense of competent authority or superior power to enforce a a' them. Man, considered as a creature, depends absolutely upon his Maker for everything; it is therefore necessary that he should in all points conform to Distinction behis Maker's will. This will of his Maker is called ween--the law of nature. When God created man, and 1. Natural law. endued him with free-will to conduct himself in all parts of life, He laid down certain immutable laws of human nature, whereby that free-will is in some 2. Divine law (otherwise moral or revealed law). degree regulated and restrained, and gave him also the faculty of reason to discover the purport of those laws. These are the eternal laws of good and evil, which God has enabled human reason to discover, so far as they are necessary for the conduct of human actions. Such, among others, are these principles: that we should live reputably and respectably, should hurt nobody, and should render to every one his due. The law of nature is best obeyed when man pursues his own true and substantial happiness. This law of nature is binding upon all men. But each individual must have recourse to reason in order to discover what the law of nature directs in every circumstance of his life, so as best to promote his tr...

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General Books LLC

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United States

Release date

February 2012

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February 2012

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246 x 189 x 1mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

22

ISBN-13

978-1-151-36561-3

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9781151365613

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1-151-36561-0



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