23. It is precisely the scheme and system
thus laid down in the Gospel that the Prophet has followed, when he
says: Therefore the ungodly shall not rise again in the
Judgement, nor sinners in the counsel of the righteous. He
leaves no judgment for the ungodly, because they have been judged
already; on the other hand, he has refused to sinners, who as we shewed
in our former discourse This proves that
the Homily in its original form consisted of two parts. are to be
distinguished from the ungodly, the counsel of the righteous, because
they are to be judged. For ungodliness causes the former to be
judged beforehand, but sin keeps the latter to be judged
hereafter. Thus ungodliness having already been judged is not
admitted to the judgment of sinners, while again sinners, who, are yet
to be judged, are deemed unworthy of enjoying the counsel of the
righteous, who will not be judged.