The doctrine of the covenant of redemption. Wherein is laid the foundation of all…

2. That the punishment of Sin according to these, […] also terminate on the Creature. For God to Hate Sin, may be conceived to be in himself: but to punish it, must have a Subject on which it falls, and that is a Creature, who is punished: and thi• proceeds from the Relative consideration of these Attributes, with regard to the Declaration of them. Punishment is the Execution of a just Sentence un•n a delinquent: and we may conceive Justice to be in God Essentially as a Perfection; and consequently anger, which is nothing else but his just displeasure at Sin: but not so punishment, which is a transient thing, and passeth on the Subject punished.

2. That the punishment of Sin according to these, 〈…〉 also terminate on the Creature. For God to Hate Sin, may be conceived to be in himself: but to punish it, must have a Subject on which it falls, and that is a Creature, who is punished: and thi• proceeds from the Relative consideration of these Attributes, with regard to the Declaration of them. Punishment is the Execution of a just Sentence un•n a delinquent: and we may conceive Justice to be in God Essentially as a Perfection; and consequently anger, which is nothing else but his just displeasure at Sin: but not so punishment, which is a transient thing, and passeth on the Subject punished.

3. That hence punishment is to be reckoned to Gods works of Efficiency, of which the Rule given by Divines is, Omne opus ad extra est Contingens. That all Gods Acts or Works out of himself are Contingent, as they are opposed to necessity of nature; i. e. they might have ⟨p. 74⟩been, or they might not have been. That they are voluntary acts of Choice, and depend on his Will. Whatsoever concerns any Second Being, was at Gods pleasure, as to his treating with it, and his Dispensations of himself unto it.