That we might discern his will and conform to it, he has set before us his own character, which in all things is good. He has given us reason, or active intellectual powers capable of pursuing the truth, and discovering his character, as a rule of our conduct. And because reason is matured by slow degrees, and the advantages for its improvement are unequal, he has given us a sense susceptible of the impressions of good and evil, by which we can distinguish between moral good and evil almost as easily, as by our natural senses we discern the differences between light and darkness, sweetness and bitterness; and thus has he rendered the judgment upon our own actions almost always unavoidable. The light of nature has been confirmed by express revelation; and because the law of nature identifies itself with the written law of God, the obligation of both rests upon the same foundation, the Sovereign will. Footnote 16: Where a covenant is, there should be the death of the devoted _victim_. Footnote 17: PROPHETS BEFORE THE CAPTIVITY. _With the order and times of their Prophecies._ Years before Christ. 812 Amaziah king of Judah, Jonah sent with a message. 2 Jeroboam II. king of Israel Kings xiii. 20. xiv. 25. 800 Uzziah king of Judah. Jeroboam Joel i. ii. iii. II. 800 Jeroboam II. king of Israel. Amos i.——ix. Uzziah king of Judah 800 Jeroboam II. Uzziah Hosea i. ii. iii. 772 Menahem I. Hosea iv. 770 Menahem II. Jonah i. ii. iii. iv. 759 Uzziah 52. Pekah 1. Isaiah vi. ii. iii. iv. v. 753 Jotham 5. Pekah 7. Micah i. ii. 742 Ahaz 1. Pekah 18. Isaiah vii. In the same year Isaiah viii. ix. x. In the same year Isaiah xvii. 740 Ahaz 3. Pekah 20. Isaiah i. In the same year Isaiah xxviii. 739 Aphaz 4. Hosea v. vi. 726 Hezekiah 2. Isaiah xiv. ver. 28, &c. In the same year Isaiah xv. xvi. 725 Hezekiah 3. Hoshea 6. Hosea vii.-xiv. Micah iii. iv. v. vi. vii. 720 Hezekiah 7. Nahum i. ii. iii. 715 Hezekiah 13. Isaiah xxiii.-xxvii. 714 Hezekiah 14. Isaiah xxxviii. xxxix. 714 Hezekiah 14. Isaiah xxix. xxx.-xxxv. In the same year Isaiah xxii. ver. 1-15. In the same year Isaiah xxi. 713 Hezekiah 15. Isaiah xx. In the same year Isaiah xviii. xix. 710 Hezekiah 18. Isaiah x. ver. 5, &c. xi. xii. xiii. xiv. ver. 28, &c.