...subject to the laws of hit Creator, for he is entirely a dependent being, . . . and consequently ai man depends absolutely upon his Maker for everything,...This will of his Maker is called the law of nature." The precepts of the law of nature "an founded in those rules of justice that existed in the nature...

...have been forced, sooner or later into some absurdity. You will recall Blackstone's sonorous passage: "This will of his maker is called the law of nature. For, as God, when he created matter, and endued it with a principle of mobility, established certain rules for the perpetual direction of that...

...confequently, as man depends abfolutely upon his Maker for every thing, it is neceflary that he fbould in all points conform to. his Maker's will. This will of his Maker is caHed the law- of Nature : For as God, when he created matter, ajid endued it with a principle of mobility,...