It is, therefore, not proper for God thus to pass over sin unpunished.

Idleness is the enemy of the soul.

There is no inconsistency in God's commanding us not to take upon ourselves what belongs to Him alone. For to execute vengeance belongs to none but Him who is Lord of all; for when the powers of the world rightly accomplish this end, God himself does it who appointed them for the purpose.

Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice.

But a problem occurs about nothing. For that from which something is made is a cause of the thing made from it; and, necessarily,every cause contributes some assistance to the effect's existence.

Remove grace, and you have nothing whereby to be saved. Remove free will and you have nothing that could be saved.

For I do not seek to understand in order to believe, but I believe in order to understand. For I believe this: unless I believe, I will not understand.