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 and of m; nd, a ira a, they not dy e ce t ve them bih. "It is erientiS,  the nste of  effects,  dend on their causes: ey bye neither g nor m but wht they derive from cs; d, in sct  e ca. es, ey are 8lutely dm. The  y exist without e eff; but e e cot sut wiut e e: m act against im cause is imssible, cau  no independent g nor opeon; by it, therefore, the being or ste of e cae can never be affected. Just so 8uffe, wheer  or lunt, cnot ect thz bei or nate of n, wch ey proceed. d could we for a moment enten e sty, at they cod a for, , or stro the c  �m being, then we must conceive an effect, wholly dependant on cause for i being, se up anst at cause, destroy it, and yet ii continue to be an eect, when i cause is no more  The sun, at a pcular angle, by shying ast a pamid, projects a shadow cong   angle and the height of the pid. The �erefore,  e eect of e ipt of the sun's ras, by e m of the pd. Can y man supse at ts sow would ct well deed and sceble, though e pamid were ailated the s einct ? No. For e et would necessary A th . So sin d suffeng; the latter spn from the foyer; cnot desoy suffering, which is its necessary effect; and seag caot destroy sin, wch is i prucing cause: ergo, salvation by K i8 absurd, contradicts, and imssible." From e foreing it must appe manifest t works of g, or works done beyond what G requires, e impossible. msm mta strongly the exisnce of such wor; and t  y not oy ve a sck of e meous works, so have enough for himself, but so to spare; and these e supplies, coHecd from  quurte and eve age, e Church of me pmfees m have in sre, d from th resi to dispense them to who ve few or none. The following acle, adopd subsn' by  Pros, presen ts in a proof ght, and justly pronoc such clams of met  ot and impious :-- "Vol wor, besides, over, and ave God's commdme, wch e ced works of supererogaon, cannot be taught witut aoncy d impiety. For by them men do declare that they not only rander un d as much  they e und  do, but at ev do more for 8 e tn of unden du i8 ruired: whereas th ply, When ye have done all at  conded you, say, We e profible 8ean." (2.) There is the utmost foil)- and impiety in st, pposing that a hum g who is self sinful and of lited wers, could satisfy &ve jusce for s. Thus the perfect holiness of Christ was mss s mng sasaction for sin. H he had any sin of 8 0, t he suffered wod have been due  divine jusce on s own ac- count. "Such a gh pest became [was necessary for] us, who holy, s, defiled, sepam from 8inner, and made higher �e heave; w neede not dly,  ose high pes, [under the law,] to offer up cce t for his own si, and en for the s's,"Heb. v, 26, 27. His se d &ve ju, cm 1

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