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Page 55
... character , customs , religion , soil , position , and pursuits of different nations ; but the fundamental principles , the great out- line of legislative science , are found in the civil polity of the Jews . The last four books of the ...
... character , customs , religion , soil , position , and pursuits of different nations ; but the fundamental principles , the great out- line of legislative science , are found in the civil polity of the Jews . The last four books of the ...
Page 60
... character . They were about to be organized into a body politic and to be constituted the Hebrew state . And in this crisis of their history , God himself was their counsellor . He condescended to give them statutes and judgments , and ...
... character . They were about to be organized into a body politic and to be constituted the Hebrew state . And in this crisis of their history , God himself was their counsellor . He condescended to give them statutes and judgments , and ...
Page 63
... character is the injunction , to leave the " forgotten sheaf " in the field in the time of har- vest ; not " to go over the boughs of the olive tree a second time ; " nor " twice glean the grapes of their vineyard ; " but that what ...
... character is the injunction , to leave the " forgotten sheaf " in the field in the time of har- vest ; not " to go over the boughs of the olive tree a second time ; " nor " twice glean the grapes of their vineyard ; " but that what ...
Page 64
... character is the law that required a man , if he " met his enemy's ox , or ass going astray , to bring it back to him again ; " the law that the " wages of every hired labourer should be paid punctually before the going down of the sun ...
... character is the law that required a man , if he " met his enemy's ox , or ass going astray , to bring it back to him again ; " the law that the " wages of every hired labourer should be paid punctually before the going down of the sun ...
Page 67
... character of the crimes that were punish- able with death . They were all either of high moral malignity , or crimes that tended to the subversion of their whole civil polity , and endangered the social existence of the nation . The ...
... character of the crimes that were punish- able with death . They were all either of high moral malignity , or crimes that tended to the subversion of their whole civil polity , and endangered the social existence of the nation . The ...
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