Divine Penology: The Philosophy of Retribution and the Doctrine of Future Punishment Considered in the Light of Reason, Science, Revelation and Redemption (1898)
Divine Penology: The Philosophy of Retribution and the Doctrine of Future Punishment Considered in the Light of Reason, Science, Revelation and Redemption (1898)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...perfection, then God ceases to be God, as himself subordinate and amenable to some higher standard. The necessity of Godhead and the necessity of infinite justice must, in the nature of things, be in absolutely perfect equipoise to maintain the majesty of an infinite Deity and the moral equilibrium and rectitude of his ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...perfection, then God ceases to be God, as himself subordinate and amenable to some higher standard. The necessity of Godhead and the necessity of infinite justice must, in the nature of things, be in absolutely perfect equipoise to maintain the majesty of an infinite Deity and the moral equilibrium and rectitude of his universe. Therefore sin against God is a governmental affair, and it calls for punishment, not only on account of its intrinsic demerit, but also as a, public offense, to sustain the order and harmony of the general government. The moral universe is embraced in one general system of divine government; and it follows as a self-evident truth, that if sin is punished strictly to the measure of justice in one province, government is strengthened throughout the whole empire; and on the other hand, if law is relaxed, --if justice is allowed to miscarry, or to variate in the least, the government is just so far forth dishonored and weakened through all its provinces and for all time. God's moral government would be endangered if sin were treated on a lower scale; if it were simply pardoned as a personal matter without a public atonement, a balancing of the books, a full, adequate, public expiation, such as Christ has actually made; an atonement that touches God, moral law and government on one hand, and man on the other. Dr. Pendleton says: "All theories which teach that the aspects of Christ's atonement are manward and not Godward, virtually deny the justice and holiness of God."--Christian Doctrine, p. 233. It is an ultimate fact of human consciousness, that we cannot respect a law, nor a lawgiver, a government nor a governor, whose laws can be violated with impunity. The influence of law, as might be expected, is found to depend upon the...
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