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the mercy of God would, in itself considered, extend salvation to the entire race of man ; and it is only justice that must forever prevent an accomplishment so infinitely desirable. We have, now, an idea to present here which we never saw suggested before, but which weighs very much in our mind, against the conclusion which the rejectors of our doctrine would draw, even admitting their premises true, viz. that justice, against mercy,Bottes Timberland demands the endless condemnation of the sinner. Consider, then, that mercy wants to save, justice wants to damn. These are both essential and infinite attributes of Deity. Now what is to be done ? These Christians say, let justice be executed. But why so ? Why so, any more than to ?? UNIVERSALIS!! AGAINST PARTIALISM.?let mercy be extended ? Both are infinite attributes ; both, therefore, have infinite desires. And why should one yield to another ? If justice is executed, then mercy will go unsatisfied, and vice versa. The idea I have is this : both being infinite attributes, chaussures Timberland and both, therefore, having infinite desires, if these desires are crossed, one demanding one thing, and another longing for its opposite, then, for all I can see, there can be no action at all. Neither justice can be executed,Christian Louboutin Shoes  nor mercy extended. Neither salvation nor damnation can be effected. And hence we are driven to this absurd conclusion, that the Deity must remain in an eternal indecision, and neither one thing nor the other can be done. I know this conclusion is absurd, but it is one to which we are absolutely driven from absurd and inconsistent premises; viz. that mercy wants to save, and justice wants to damn. It will avail nothing here, to free from this difficulty, to say that justice must damn, but that it would save if it could. For, in the first place, this would set justice itself at eternal opposition, the same as the two attributes are; and nothing in this case could be done, unless justice, Christian Louboutin UK divided against itself, should half unite with the whole of mercy, and so the world be saved in spite of it! In the second place, we can say the same of mercy, that it must save, were it not for justice ; surely it must. " Ah ! " says the objector, " it must, were it not for justice. Our case?? UNIVERSALIS!! AGAINST PARTIALISM.?is stronger, then. Justice

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