Excerpt from Horae Homileticae, or Discourses (Principally in the Form of Skeletons) Now First Digested Into One Continued Series, and Forming a Commentary Upon Every Book of the Old and New Testament, Vol. 2 of 21: To Which Is Annexed, an Improved Edition of a Translation of Claude's Essay on the Composition of a Sermon; Numbers to Joshua Many of the Jewish laws were adapted exclusively to that people, and were wholly inapplicable to any other nation. The Jews lived under a Theocracy God himself was their temporal, no less than their Spiritual, Governor. Doubtful causes were referred to his decision and there were means appointed for the manifestation of his will respecting them. Of this nature was the trial of a suspected wife it was conducted by a direct appeal to God. This singular institution was of great national utility. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."