Is an act vicious because revelation declares it so, or does
revelation declare it so because its consequences are bad? ‹ib.›
Bishop Butler’s Sermons on Human Nature quoted, 478, ‹note›.
If we had a religion which forbade acts proved to be useful, it
could not be maintained, 479.
All the power of the Church insufficient to enforce prohibition
of interest, 480.
False religions known from their obstructing advancement and
progress, ‹ib.›
Legal sanction should only give force and efficacy to natural
sanction, ‹ib.›
Where natural repression sufficient, legal repression should be
avoided, 481.
Law acts by means of force, and should not be applied to repress
any particular form of religion, 481, 482.
Other instances of the hurtful interposition of law, 482-485.
Evils to which foundling hospitals have given rise, 485-487.
Sense of responsibility capable of improvement, 487.