The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption…

But the opening of Hell to our view is not sufficient alone to make us Holy. For the strongest terrors although they restrain from the outward forbidden act, yet they do not change the Heart. According to that of St. Austin, Inaniter see victorem putat esse peccati, qui poenae timore non peccat; quia etsi non impletur foris negotium malae cupiditatis, ipsa tamen cupiditas intus est hostis; That is, the fear of Punishment can never make us truly victorious over sin, because although we do not actually accomplish the desires of the corrupt Will, yet the corrupt Will is still an enemy that lives within, and is only destroyed by the love of Holiness, which allures us by the excellent Reward that is promised to it. Besides, Fear is a violent Passion to which Nature is repugnant, so that although its power is great, yet not constant: how strong soever the force is by which a stone is thrown upwards, yet 'tis weakened by degrees, and overcome by the natural weight of the Stone, whereby it falls to the Centre. So the Humane Nature resists Fear, and lessens its impetuousness so far, that frequently it returns to sensual Lusts. Therefore, that the Law of the Spirit may be perfect and stable, it must be confirmed by the hopes of Heaven. As the ⟨p. 384⟩Natural, so the Spiritual Life must be nourished by grateful food, 'tis not preserved with Aloes or Worm-wood. For this reason our Saviour,

But the opening of Hell to our view is not sufficient alone to make us Holy. For the strongest terrors although they restrain from the outward forbidden act, yet they do not change the Heart. According to that of St. Austin, Inaniter se victorem putat esse peccati, qui poenae timore non peccat; quia etsi non impletur foris negotium malae cupiditatis, ipsa tamen cupiditas intus est hostis; That is, the fear of Punishment can never make us truly victorious over sin, because although we do not actually accomplish the desires of the corrupt Will, yet the corrupt Will is still an enemy that lives within, and is only destroyed by the love of Holiness, which allures us by the excellent Reward that is promised to it. Besides, Fear is a violent Passion to which Nature is repugnant, so that although its power is great, yet not constant: how strong soever the force is by which a stone is thrown upwards, yet 'tis weakned by degrees, and overcome by the natural weight of the Stone, whereby it falls to the Centre. So the Humane Nature resists Fear, and lessens its impetuousness so far, that frequently it returns to sensual Lusts. Therefore, that the Law of the Spirit may be perfect and stable, it must be confirmed by the hopes of Heaven. As the