Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>But eternal punishment seems hard and unjust to human\r\nperceptions, because in the weakness of our mortal condition\r\nthere is wanting that highest and purest wisdom by which it<span class=\"pagenum\"><a id=\"Page_438\">[Pg 438]</a></span>\r\ncan be perceived how great a wickedness was committed in\r\nthat first transgression. The more enjoyment man found in\r\nGod, the greater was his wickedness in abandoning Him;\r\nand he who destroyed in himself a good which might have\r\nbeen eternal, became worthy of eternal evil. Hence the\r\nwhole mass of the human race is condemned; for he who at\r\nfirst gave entrance to sin has been punished with all his posterity\r\nwho were in him as in a root, so that no one is exempt\r\nfrom this just and due punishment, unless delivered by mercy\r\nand undeserved grace; and the human race is so apportioned\r\nthat in some is displayed the efficacy of merciful grace, in the\r\nrest the efficacy of just retribution. For both could not be\r\ndisplayed in all; for if all had remained<a id=\"FNanchor_877_877\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_877_877\">[877]</a> under the punishment\r\nof just condemnation, there would have been seen in no\r\none the mercy of redeeming grace. And, on the other hand, if\r\nall had been transferred from darkness to light, the severity of\r\nretribution would have been manifested in none. But many\r\nmore are left under punishment than are delivered from it, in\r\norder that it may thus be shown what was due to all. And\r\nhad it been inflicted on all, no one could justly have found\r\nfault with the justice of Him who taketh vengeance; whereas,\r\nin the deliverance of so many from that just award, there is\r\ncause to render the most cordial thanks to the gratuitous\r\nbounty of Him who delivers.</p>","headings":["THE CITY OF GOD.","BOOK TWENTY-FIRST.","ARGUMENT."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg45305-paragraph-689"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"af02b8dbd9b6861b7449e9585c0a1aa7bf484bdd961fc21453ed1a6fe0b5f677","edition_title":"The City of God, Volume II","edition_translators":["Marcus Dods","George Wilson (Books XVII-XVIII)"],"edition_year":1871,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg45305-Footnote_877_877","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Provider catalog reports public domain in the USA. Original transcription title leaves state T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, 1871; printed translator allocation retained. Gutenberg credits Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries without an exact scan identifier. Full provider license preserved with acquired original; republication and per-work metadata remain unreviewed.","source_anchor":"Footnote_877_877","source_ebook":45305,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a id=\"Footnote_877_877\"></a><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_877_877\"><span class=\"label\">[877]</span></a> Remanerent. But Augustine constantly uses the imp. for the plup. subjunctive.</p></div>","source_sha256":"7e0ced9e70512f3cf050b53c9d548e36b70d468d875153869f95d8aff5bbb530","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/45305/pg45305-images.html#Footnote_877_877","text_sha256":"782d03557177a908ccc4341c53c6dfc0852f69d229550d1496e2b5695379c870","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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