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an appeal
absurd, where it is said, " This simple code is well fitted
to regulate the conduct of the human race in th dis-
charge of their various duties to God, to themselves, and
to society." This assertion is corroborated and sup-
ported by a great number of passages in the treatise in
question, which point out the appropriate mode of
performing our duty to the Almighty Power. It is
however too true to be denied, that the Compiler of
those moral precepts separated them from some of the
-dogmas and other nutters, chiefly under the supposition,
that they alone were a sufficient guide to secure peace
and happiness to mankind at large — a position that is
entirely founded on and supported by the express
authorities of Jesus of Nazareth—a denial of which
would imply a total disavowal of Christianity. Some of
those authorities, as found amongst these precepts, here
follow : Matthew, ch. xxii. beginning with ver, 37 :
"Jesus said unto hi n, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all
thy mind. 38 : This is the first and great command-
ment. 39 : And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt
love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 : On THESE two
COMMANDMENTS HANG ALL THE LAW AND THE PrOPHKTS."
Mark, ch. xii. beginning with ver. 29 : " And JesuS
answered him, The first of all the commandments is,
Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God is one Lord. 30 :
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with
all thy strength. This is the first commandment. 31 :
And the second is like, namely this : Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other command-
ment greater than these. '32 : And he said unto him,
an appeal
absurd, where it is said, " This simple code is well fitted
to regulate the conduct of the human race in th dis-
charge of their various duties to God, to themselves, and
to society." This assertion is corroborated and sup-
ported by a great number of passages in the treatise in
question, which point out the appropriate mode of
performing our duty to the Almighty Power. It is
however too true to be denied, that the Compiler of
those moral precepts separated them from some of the
-dogmas and other nutters, chiefly under the supposition,
that they alone were a sufficient guide to secure peace
and happiness to mankind at large — a position that is
entirely founded on and supported by the express
authorities of Jesus of Nazareth—a denial of which
would imply a total disavowal of Christianity. Some of
those authorities, as found amongst these precepts, here
follow : Matthew, ch. xxii. beginning with ver, 37 :
"Jesus said unto hi n, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all
thy mind. 38 : This is the first and great command-
ment. 39 : And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt
love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 : On THESE two
COMMANDMENTS HANG ALL THE LAW AND THE PrOPHKTS."
Mark, ch. xii. beginning with ver. 29 : " And JesuS
answered him, The first of all the commandments is,
Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God is one Lord. 30 :
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with
all thy strength. This is the first commandment. 31 :
And the second is like, namely this : Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other command-
ment greater than these. '32 : And he said unto him,