In addition to the natural law implanted in the minds of men, the Almighty was pleased to give a certain positive law consisting of statutes. He has given us this additional law by means of direct revelation, because of the supernatural end proposed to us, which requires further instructions and a better organization than the natural forces of our reason can provide us with. Further, for his full development even in the natural order man would require something more than natural light, for this is incomplete in each individual, and liable to variation and to obscurity. The goodness of God has bestowed on us something more precise and definite, more visible and tangible, something that brings us into closer relations with God, and remedies the miseries and insufficiencies of our fallen condition. From the beginning, accordingly, additional laws were given, as to Adam in Paradise, to Noah after the deluge, to the patriarchs, Abraham, and Moses. Behold the goodness of God which has not left human nature to itself, but gives evidence of constant watchfulness and concern about it. In addition to the law which guides us to a natural perfection, He has given us the law of a much higher and happier life. If we bear this light burden, we shall be rewarded with abundant advantages.
