In 1961, there was a case Torcaso v. Watkins, in which a public notary in Maryland refused to take the oath, “so help me God,” and the court said he wasn't required to acknowledge God [although] the Maryland law said you were.

Nights candles are burnt out, and iocond Day / Stands tiptoes on the myſtie mountaine tops.

Paul puts the same in directer language; sin reduces men to a position where they are alienated from the life of God (Eph. 4:18; Col. 1:21), without God in the world (Eph. 2:12), enemies of God (Rom. 5:10; Col. 1:21); but he does not say more than Jesus implies.

The stomach revolts at such food; his nature revolts at cruelty.