Download or read book The Works of the Rev. Richard Watson, Vol. 11 of 13 (Classic Reprint) written by Richard Watson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Works of the Rev. Richard Watson, Vol. 11 of 13 The whole question, then, depends on this, whether the penalty of death, as the punishment of sin, be the most effectual means of accomplishing this end; the answer to which, as to all who believe the Bible, is, that as this has actually been adopted as the penalty of transgressing the divine law, (see chapter and is confessedly the highest possible penalty which can be enacted, nothing less could be effectual for the purposes of government, and for the mani festation of the divine rectitude. For, if so, then a super fluons and excessive means has been adopted, for which no reason can be given, and which impeaches the wisdom of god, - eu attribute whose Office it is to adapt means to ends by an exact adjustment; if not, then it was required by all the moral attributes of the divine nature to which we have referred. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.