Men Was Formed For Society, And Is

Mankind Will Not Be Reasoned Out Of The Feelings Of Humanity.

To Deny The Possibility, Nay, The Actual Existence Of Witchcraft And Sorcery, Is At Once Flatly To Contradict The Revealed Word Of God In Various Passages Both Of The Old And New Testament, And The Thing Itself Is A Truth To Which Every Nation In The World Hath, In Its Turn, Borne Testimony, By Either Example Seemingly Well Attested Or By Prohibitory Laws, Which At Least Suppose The Possibility Of A Commerce With Evil Spirits.

The Law Rarely Hesitates In Declaring Its Own Meaning; But The Judges Are Frequently Puzzled To Find Out The Meaning Of Others.

The Doctrines Thus Delivered We Call The Revealed Or Divine Law, And They Are To Be Found Only In The Holy Scriptures.. Are Found Upon Comparison To Be Really Part Of The Original Law Of Nature. Upon These Two Foundations, The Law Of Nature And The Law Of Revelation, Depend All Human Laws; That Is To Say, No Human Laws Should Be Suffered To Contradict These.

The Law, Which Restrains A Man From Doing Mischief To His Fellow Citizens, Though It Diminishes The Natural, Increases The Civil Liberty Of Mankind.