more miserable than a person whom God hates and abominates, and over whose head is suspended both the wrath of God and eternal death? This passage is remarkable; from it we learn, first, that the expiation of Christ, effected by his death, really belongs to us when we do what is right and just, in uprightness of heart; for Christ is no redeemer except to those who turn from iniquity and lead a new life. If, then, we desire to have God propitious to us, so as to forgive our sins, we ought not to forgive