upon Eternal Judgment. 43 was not over rigorous to fecure his Obedience. L fhall not in- 'flit on what is fadly vifble fince the firff Apollacy, that there is in Mankind fuch a prodigious pro- penfity to fenfual things, that without the fear of Hell, no Ar- guments are firong enough to prevent the bold violation of the Divine Law. 2. 'Tis confented to by com- mon Reafon, that there ought to be a proportion,between the qua- lity of the Offence, and the de- grees of the Punifhment. Ju- flice takes the Scales into its hand before it takes the Sword. Now fin againfi God is of fuch an im- menfe Guilt, that an eternal Pu- niíIhment is but equivalent to it. This will appear by confider- ing, i . The. Perfeaions of the Law-giver who is infinitely a- bove Adfit Regula pec- catis, que pcenas irro- get equas. Horat.
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