LESSON XV.
(Scripture Reading Exercise.)
THE EXORABLENESS[A] OF LAW.
| ANALYSIS. | REFERENCES. |
| I. The Effective Quality in Law—Inexorableness. | |
| II. Reign of Law vs. Government by "Arbitrary Will." | Doc. & Cov., Sec. 88: also Sec. 130. |
| III. Mercy and Special Providence in a Reign of Law. | Drummond's Natural Law in the Spiritual World—Introduction. |
| IV. Law and Destructive and Constructive Forces. | Fiske's Studies in Religion, pp. 337-340; and the works and passages quoted in the body of this lesson. |
| V. God No Respector of Persons; Mercy and Special Providence Under Dominion of Law. |
[Footnote A: "Inexorable"—literally not to be moved or changed by petition or prayer. Immovable, relentless. See Cent. Dict.]
SPECIAL TEXTS: "Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence [from prison] till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing." (The Christ: Matt, v.26.)
"Think not I am come to destroy the law I a. not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." (Matt, v.17, 18.)