given His Church the keysof heaven and appointed His bishops and priests the physicians andjudges to cure and pardon (Matt. In this respect liberality is assigned to justice,since its object is external things as owed by a certain moral debt toothers. God is not only a merciful Father, but also ajust Ruler, and it is fitting that He should exact satisfaction evenfor sin forgiven. poses penalties which are agreeable tooffenders, or not a deterrent, or not at all equal to the offense.
--(a)Physical impossibility excuses, for example, when one does not know whothe persons were before whom one detracted, or cannot recall who theperson was whom one defamed. Chrysostom). Asall are under the original curse by birth from Adam, so all who wouldinherit blessing are in need of this new birth through --(a) The principles here given in reference toemotions of the sensible appetite and rebellions of the flesh should beapplied to other involuntary acts in the imagination, reason and will(see 129).
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