A Dissertation on the marriage of a man with his sister-in-law

John Henry Livingston, John Henry Livingston

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't %* PRINCETON, N. J. Presented Mr.by Samuel Agnew of Philadelphia, Pa. Division sec Sec/ion Number c m^% ' -K. ^ m. INCESTUOUSMARRIAGE. DISSERTATION ON THE MAREIAGE A MANOF WITH SISTER IN LAW,HIS BY JOHN H. LIVINGSTON, D. D. S T P. Ye shall do my Judgments, and keep my Ordinances, to 'valk therein : I ara the Lord your God Levit. xviii. 5. s WE\V.BRUNSWICK: PRINTED BY DEARK & MTER 1816. : District ofNew-Jersey, ss. /-..A^, V Be it remembered, that on the sixth day oi'May, in the fortieth yeai ^L. s > of the Independence of the United States of America, AVA INeal, ofthe * have no Hebrew nor Greek types.The Printers 8 58 LA W. •'>f ^ Law is correctly called a rule^ to distinguish it from advice or counsel. latter weThe are at hber- ty to follow or not, as we may judge proper. But the former depends not upon our consent or appro- bation; but upon the will of the law-giver. Coun- sel is simply a matter of persuasion, law is decided- ly a matter of injunction. Counsel acts upon the willing, law upon the unwilling as well as the willing. rule, law is also distinguished from a com-As a agreement. A compact is a promise pro-pact or us. Law is a command directed toceeding from "of a compact is,The language I will, or Ius. "The language ofnot do this.*' a law is, thouwill shalt not do it." In compactsweshalt, or thou our- promise whatdetermine and shall be done,selves obliged to do it.

Sujets

• Affinity (law)
• Marriage
• Church discipline
• Reformed Church in the United States

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 9
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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't%* PRINCETON, N. J.
Presented Mr.by Samuel Agnew of Philadelphia, Pa.
Division sec
Sec/ion
Number
cm^%
' -K.^m.INCESTUOUSMARRIAGE.DISSERTATION
ON
THE MAREIAGE A MANOF
WITH
SISTER IN LAW,HIS
BY JOHN H. LIVINGSTON, D. D.
S T P.
Ye shall do my Judgments, and keep my Ordinances, to
'valk therein : I ara the Lord your God Levit. xviii. 5.
s
WE\V.BRUNSWICK:
PRINTED BY DEARK & MTER
1816.:
District ofNew-Jersey, ss.
/-..A^, V Be it remembered, that on the sixth day oi'May, in the fortieth yeai
^L. s > of the Independence of the United States of America, AVA INeal, ofthe
<v-,.v-^5
g.^j^j Ji4,-5ct, tinth deposited in this f^ffice, the title of a book, the right
whereof he claims as Proprietor, in the word? foUowins, to wit
*' A Dissertation on the Marriage of a Man with his Sister in Law. By John
" H. Livingston, D.D. S.T.P. ^e shall do mv Judgments, and keepmyOrdi-
" nances, to walk therein : I am the Lord your God.. ..Levil. xviii. 5."
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