Legal Lore: Curiosities of Law and Lawyers

Legal Lore: Curiosities of Law and Lawyers

[Pg 1] LEGAL LORE. By S. BURGESS, m.a. At the very outset of any treatment of so delicate a subject as that indicated by the title of this chapter, we are met by no small difficulty. This consists in the danger of committing unintentional errors of irreverence, and thus offending the prejudices of those who are more or less pledged to their belief in the verbal inspiration of every Bible chapter and verse. With this risk before us, we can only trust to our own sense of a rational view of a subject so full of capabilities of misconstruction. Those of us who can remember the outburst of righteous indignation at the publication of the Essays and Reviews and of Ecce Homo, feel surprise at the quiet indifference with which views expressed in them are now received. This does not[Pg 2] at all, or necessarily, mean that mens faith is colder, or that the spirit of reverent religious feelings has died away. The advance of accurate scientific investigation may have upset the faith of some, and given a subject for outbursts of intolerant pulpit denunciations, but we must think that there are signs plainly discernible of a quiet acceptation of modern discovery by the majority of thoughtful and devout believers in the inspiration of Holy Scripture. These remarks will be found not unneedful as we pursue the examination of this particular branch of Biblical study, namely, the Law as it is found in the Bible, and this will be seen at once when it is laid down as an absolutely necessary condition of our investigation that this same Law can plainly be divided into two distinct portionsthat which is of Divine, and that which is of human origin. The bare statement of this fact will offend certain prejudices. The Divine Fiat stamps with as marvellous and undoubted clearness, certain portions, as other parts are marked by the progress of human intelligence, the needs of human society, and the force of the human will. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 38589
Author: Andrews, William
Release Date: Jan 16, 2012
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Editor: Andrews, William, 1848-1908