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Quotation from Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (Preface and Book I) by Richard Hooker
“of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world”
Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (Preface and Book I), Book I, ch. XVI, sect. 8 (Everyman's Library printing, Internet Archive OCR text)
The celebrated closing sentence of Book I, in which every creature in heaven and earth is said to do homage to Law.
Citation: "of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world" — Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (Preface and Book I), Book I, ch. XVI, sect. 8 (Everyman's Library printing, Internet Archive OCR text). (id hooker-laws-of-ecclesiastical-polity-q8)
Portrait: Wenceslas Hollar - Richard Hooker (State 1), Wenceslaus Hollar, Public domain.
