doer, until he pays his full debt to divine law, and the

measure he has meted is measured to him again, full,

pressed down, and running over. Surely “the way of

the transgressor is hard.” [15]

In this law of justice, the atonement of Christ loses

no efficacy. Justice is the handmaid of mercy, and show-

eth mercy by punishing sin. Jesus said, “I came not to

destroy the law,”—the divine requirements typified in

the law of Moses,—“but to fulfil it” in righteousness, [20]

by Truth's destroying error. No greater type of divine