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... perfect a book in so early a state of the world ; that no volume , either ancient , or modern , and written in the most advanced and cultivated condition of human society , should compare with this ancient record , originating in a ...
... perfect a book in so early a state of the world ; that no volume , either ancient , or modern , and written in the most advanced and cultivated condition of human society , should compare with this ancient record , originating in a ...
Page 55
... intelligences ; is without change , or abate- ment ; and is alike fitted to earth and to heaven . It requires what human laws may not require , perfect holiness ; and it forbids what man may not forbid 5 * LEGISLATIVE SCIENCE . 55.
... intelligences ; is without change , or abate- ment ; and is alike fitted to earth and to heaven . It requires what human laws may not require , perfect holiness ; and it forbids what man may not forbid 5 * LEGISLATIVE SCIENCE . 55.
Page 57
... perfect government , con- niving at no kind or degree of wickedness , and ad- justing penalty to crime with that perfect precision Nor and exactness of moral balance , that is in LEGISLATIVE SCIENCE . 57.
... perfect government , con- niving at no kind or degree of wickedness , and ad- justing penalty to crime with that perfect precision Nor and exactness of moral balance , that is in LEGISLATIVE SCIENCE . 57.
Page 58
... perfect rectitude among men , it would be impossible for any civil code to draw the line between guilt and inno- cence by any distinct or definite limitations . could justice ever become so active , vigilant or cau- tious , as to ...
... perfect rectitude among men , it would be impossible for any civil code to draw the line between guilt and inno- cence by any distinct or definite limitations . could justice ever become so active , vigilant or cau- tious , as to ...
Page 59
... perfect holiness . This law the faithful missionary of the cross illustrates and enforces in all the perfection of its precepts , and all the severity of its sanctions . But as a virtuous and wise jurist , he is called upon to modify ...
... perfect holiness . This law the faithful missionary of the cross illustrates and enforces in all the perfection of its precepts , and all the severity of its sanctions . But as a virtuous and wise jurist , he is called upon to modify ...
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