The liberty of man consists solely in this: that he obeys natural laws because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been externally imposed upon him by any extrinsic will whatever, divine or human, collective or individual.
Bio: Thomas Adams was an English clergyman and reputed preacher. He was called The Shakespeare of the Puritans by Robert Southey; while he was a Calvinist in theology, he is not, however, accurately described as a Puritan.