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Analogy.
NOTE
of Government."† † 3 Inst. 211. This sally of false wit his Lordship expressly terms signifies with the
like of "a reason": and in truth till within these late years the reasons of Lawyers have been
mostly commonly of this stamp.
Notwithstanding this the Author of the Commentaries
soon tells it tells us without ceremony that the punishment
appointed for the crime offence in question is one
of the instances where capital punishments have been "inflicted
"after the example of the Creator, in his
"positive code of Laws for the regulation of the Jewish
"republic."† <hi rend="superscript">†</hi> This notion of following in this manner the example
of the creator, the Author seems to look upon as a
much better warrant for any political measure,
than any that can be drawn from the principle
of utility. I beseech the reader to consider when to who recollects
the other instances that have been hinted at in
some former notes, and to consider⊞ ⊞ where this would lead us, and what would be
come of the the influence of the Scriptures upon happiness of society if this method
of reasoning were to be adopted. Far from
being adopted it is expressly reprobated, by one
of the most illustrious champions of Religion Revelation, Bishop
Warburton.† † See
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