earth,
from which
relief can
be had by
appeal,
there the
continuance
of the
state of
war is
excluded,
and the
controversy
is decided
by that
power. Had
there been
any such
court, any
superior
jurisdiction
on earth,
to
determine
the right
between
Jephtha
and the
Ammonites,
they had
never come
to a state
of war:
but we see
he was
forced to
appeal to
heaven.
The Lord
the Judge
(says he)
be judge
this day
between
the
children
of Israel
and the
children
of Ammon,
