Excerpt from An Essay on the Relation in Which the Moral Precepts: Of the Old and New Testaments Stand to Each Other, to Which Was Adjudged the Hulsean Prize for the Year M. DCCC. XLII First, or last, that way or another, it (the law of nature) became a law only by the authority and proper sanction of God God is the author of our nature, and made a law for it. Bp. Jer. Taylor, Law of Nature, Rule I.given on mount Sinai was proclaimed to the people of Israel. We have thus that which our circumstances demand - a distinct and authoritative declaration of right. Reason, weakened by the general corruption of our nature, dimmed and confused by the evil clouds which arise from our earthly affections, cannot now discern clearly at all times that which is right, espe cially in things pertaining to God3 Even when it can clearly discern and reveal, it has no power to command another's Obedience. There was therefore a felt neces sity among nations not enlightened by the law of God for some deciding power, some authoritative voice, to determine what is spiritually and morally just. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.