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

Therefore Lord, not only are you that than which a greater cannot be thought but you are also something greater than can be thought.

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

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.

God hath promised pardon to him that repenteth, but he hath not promised repentance to him that sinneth.

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

I have written the little work that follows . . . in the role of one who strives to raise his mind to the contemplation of God and one who seeks to understand what he believes.