Let us enquire into the nature of society. If society be God s creating, and not a creature of the creature, then God has a right to prescribe the laws by which society shall be governed. It would seem that wherever there are relations among men, the laws regulating these relations, belong to divine government. It may be yet objected, that this view of the matter will give the Bible a decided preference. It will be admitted that this view does indeed give the Bible a preference, while it is readily granted that the rights of Deists are to be held sacred.
All rights are, or ought to be sacred.
If murderers have rights, let them be scrupulously respected. A right is a right, wherever it is found. The right of a Deist to deny divine revelation, or that the Bible is so, is what the objection contemplates. Now it may be doubted whether any man has that right, or rather whether it be a right. It is presumed that this will be admitted to be competent to Deity.