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1 | Justice of God | Ex 23:7 | DocTrinsograce | 237881 | ||
"Yet, it is also just that You [Lord God] punish those who are evil. For what is more just than for those who are good to receive good things and for those who are evil to receive bad things? But, then, how is it just for You to punish those who are evil and likewise just for You to spare them? Do You justly punish them in one respect and justly spare them in another? For when You punish those who are evil, it is just [for You to do so] because [punishment] is suitable to their merits. But when You spare them, it is just [for You to do so], not because [sparing them] is suitable to their merits but because it befits Your goodness. For in sparing them, You are just in Yourself but are not just from our viewpoint, even as You are merciful from our viewpoint but are not merciful in Yourself. For in saving us whom You could justly damn, You are just not because You requite us as we deserve but because You do what befits You as supremely good, even as You are merciful not because You experience any emotion but because we experience the effect [of Your mercy]. So, then, without inconsistency, You both punish justly and spare justly." --Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) | ||||||
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