ABSTRACT
1. All expressions of the mind concerning future actions, are either covenant, counsel, or command. 2. The difference between a law and a covenant. 3. The command of him whose command is law in one thing, is law in every thing. 4. The difference between law and counsel. 5. The difference between jus and lex. 6. The division of laws into divine, natural, and civil; written and unwritten; simple and penal. 7. That the divine moral law, and the law of nature, is the same. 8. That the civil laws are the common measure of right and wrong, and all other things subject to controversy. 9. Martial law is civil law. 10. Written laws are the constitutions of the sovereign power; unwritten are nothing but reason. Customs and opinions have the force of law from the tacit consent of the sovereign.
