The Christian Examiner and General Review, 1837, Vol. 21 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Christian Examiner and General Review, 1837, Vol. 21When we see it stated, that some of the early colonists of New England determined to govern themselves for a time by the Hebrew laws, many are strongly tempted to smile at their simplicity. But the colonists knew what they were doing. They were right, in supposing that the Hebrew institutions were intended for a state of affairs very similar to their own. Some parts of the ancient code, some of its local provisions, would not answer for modern times, but with some abatement, principally, however, of laws which could not possibly be brought into use and action, the Hebrew constitution was as wellsuited, as any that could be devised, for the infant colonies of our country. Those who ridicule the measure, are proba bly not aware, that the Hebrews lived under a government of laws and not of men. It was the spirit of freedom which ran through those institutions, that recommended them to the strong hearts of our fathers. They saw, what many others who read the Bible never saw, that it was the constitution of a free people.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.