He should make the revelations of His heart and of His hand against sin as nearly according to the right and justice of the case as He can. Consequently He must make this revelation as enduring as His own governement. Both the natural and governmental consequences of sin must be as enduring and as striking as God can make them. Else God cannot do justice to His responsibilities as the Great Moral Father of the universe. I must next notice some delusions which prevail on this subject.
Men get up some other standard of right.
Nothing is right except it be in accordance with this law. If men talk about doing right, on any rule of right short of this, they egregiously deceive themselves. Place before your mind a band of robbers, outlaws against all human governments. Just so, all sinners are out-laws as to God. Suppose a pirate ship should be fitted up with her black flag and cross bows and her brave buccaneers, and then boast of being the best managed ship on the seas.