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Rh From these considerations it may be seen that the Lord does evil to no one; and that herein the case is similar to that we find in the world, where not the king, nor the judge, nor the law is the cause of punishment to the guilty, because neither of them is the cause of the crime committed by the evil doer. (H. H. 543-550.)