...unerring rules laid down by the great Creator. This, then, is the general signification of law—a rule of action dictated by some superior being; and, in those creatures that have neither power to think nor to will, such laws must be invariably obeyed, so long as the creature itself subsists...

...shall find them still governed by laws ; more numerous, indeed, but equally fixed and invariable. —" This, then, is the general signification of law, a rule of action dictated by some superior being." " The word law" says Mr. Erskine, " is frequently made use of, both by divines and philosophers, in...

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...unerring rules laid down by the great Creator. This then is the general signification of law, a rale of action dictated by some superior being; and in...obedience. But laws, in their more confined sense (in which it is our present business to consider them), denote the rales, not of action in general,...

...performed in a wondrous involuntary manner, and guided by unerring rules laid down by the great Creator. This, then, is the general signification of law, a...subsists, for its existence depends on that obedience. Bnt laws, in their more confined sense, and in which it is our present business to consider them, denote...

...performed in a wondrous involuntary way, and guided bv unerring rules laid down by the greaf Creator. at it is received upon that obedience. But laws, in their more confined sense, and in which it is our present business...

...wondrous involuntary way. and guidai by unerring rules laid down by the »real Creab r. 222 223 Tlii?, then, is the general signification of law, a rule of action dictated l>y some superior being; and in those creatures that have neither the po\ver to think, nor to will,...

...matter, from which it can never depart, and without which it would cease to exist. When he put matter in motion he established certain laws of motion, to which...signification of law, a rule of action dictated by another." " Laws," says Montesquieu, "in their most general signification, are the necessary relations...

...some superior, and which the inferior is bound to obey. This is the general signification of law ; and in those creatures that have neither the power...must be invariably obeyed, so long as the creature iteelf subsists, for its existence depends on that obedience. But laws, in their more confined sense,...

...wondrous involuntary mannei , and giudtd by tinrrring rules laid itoirn try the great Creator. Tins, then, is the general signification of law, a rule...of action dictated by some superior being ; and, in hose creatures that have neither power to think, nor to will, such iws must be invariably obeyed, s>o...