of the World.

I If I have hurt, or grieved, or injured anyj Man, to be punished with the same, or an\ equivalent suffering : if I have taken anyi Unreasonable Pleasure, to compensate it with- an answerable Pain. Indeed the enormitiesof my Life cannot well deserve so much, if| it be considered, that I have been strongly in-! stigated and inclined, and as it were fatallydriven upon all the Evils which I have com-mitted, by those Affections and Appetites,which I made not for my self, but sound inmy self ; and have been exposed to strongand almost inexpugnable Temptations fromwithout ; beset with Snares, encompassedabout with innumerable Evils.

To this I answer First, That every sin, in-jury, or offence is aggravated and enhansedby the dignity or merit of the Person againstwhom it is committed. So Parricide is e-stcemed a greater Crime than ordinary Mur-ther, and by the Laws of all Nations avengedj with a sorer Punishment. The like may beI said of La/a Maj est as, or Treason. Now Godis an infinite Person, and Sin being an injuryand affront to him, as being a violation ofhis Law, an infinite Punishment must be dueto it.

This answer Dr. Hammond in his TraUicalCatechism, lib. 5. sect. 4. accounts a Nicety,

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