▁and ▁a ▁sound er ▁Wh ig ▁never ▁wrote , ▁nor ▁of ▁prof ound er ▁learning ▁in ▁the ▁orth odox ▁do ctr ines ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁constitution , ▁or ▁in ▁what ▁were ▁called ▁English ▁libert ies ." ▁See ▁The ▁Writ ings ▁of ▁Thomas ▁Jefferson , ▁vol . ▁ 1 6 , ▁p . ▁ 1 5 5 . ▁Co ke ▁defined ▁law ▁as ▁" per fect ▁reason , ▁which ▁commands ▁those ▁things ▁that ▁are ▁proper ▁and ▁necessary ▁and ▁which ▁prohib its ▁contrary ▁things ". ▁For ▁Co ke , ▁human ▁nature ▁determined ▁the ▁purpose ▁of ▁law ; ▁and ▁law ▁was ▁superior ▁to ▁any ▁one ▁person ' s ▁reason ▁or ▁will . ▁Co ke ' s ▁discussion ▁of ▁natural ▁law ▁appears ▁in ▁his ▁report ▁of ▁Cal vin ' s ▁Case ▁( 1 6 0 8 ): ▁" The ▁law ▁of ▁nature ▁is ▁that ▁which ▁God ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁man ▁inf used ▁into ▁his ▁heart , ▁for ▁his ▁pres ervation ▁and ▁direction ." ▁In ▁this ▁case ▁the ▁jud ges ▁found ▁that ▁" the ▁l ige ance ▁or ▁faith ▁of ▁the ▁subject ▁is ▁due ▁unto ▁the ▁King ▁by ▁the ▁law ▁of ▁nature : ▁second ly , ▁that ▁the ▁law ▁of ▁nature ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁law ▁of ▁England : ▁third ly , ▁that ▁the ▁law ▁of ▁nature ▁was ▁before ▁any ▁jud icial ▁or ▁municipal ▁law : ▁fourth ly , ▁that ▁the ▁law ▁of ▁nature ▁is ▁imm utable ." ▁To ▁support ▁these ▁find ings , ▁the ▁assemble d ▁jud ges ▁( as ▁reported