...the reasons of which we see; positive precepts are precepts the reasons of which we do not see. Moral duties arise out of the nature of the case itself,...the nature of the case, but from external command. Moral and positive precepts are in some respects alike, in other respects different. So far as they...

...precepts are precepts the reasons of which we do not see." Therefore he goes on to show that "moral duties arise out of the nature of the case itself,...received from Him whose creatures and subjects we are."1 With reference to its bearing on our present subject we might illustrate the definition thus:...

...positive. Says Bishop Butler in his Analogy, that exhaustless seed-bed of Christian apologetics: "Moral duties arise out of the nature of the case itself,...received from Him whose creatures and subjects we are." All our duties would be moral, if there were no revelation of God other than that through nature. There...

...reasons of which we see; positive precepts are precepts, the reasons of which we do not see. Moral duties arise out of the nature of the case itself,...the nature of the case, but from external command." Normally, we obey both types of religious injunction, but situations can arise where moral and positive...

...understanding of the matter, let us consider the distinction between positive and moral. not see. Moral duties arise out of the nature of the case itself,...received from Him whose creatures and subjects we are." (Analogy, part ii. chapter i.) To place the subject in a still clearer light, a few illustrations may...