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Quotation from Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (Preface and Book I) by Richard Hooker
“The general and perpetual voice of men is as the sentence of God himself.”
Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (Preface and Book I), Book I, ch. VIII (Everyman's Library printing, Internet Archive OCR text)
Hooker argues that what all people at all times have learned must have been taught by nature, whose author is God.
Citation: "The general and perpetual voice of men is as the sentence of God himself." — Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (Preface and Book I), Book I, ch. VIII (Everyman's Library printing, Internet Archive OCR text). (id hooker-laws-of-ecclesiastical-polity-q6)
Portrait: Wenceslas Hollar - Richard Hooker (State 1), Wenceslaus Hollar, Public domain.
