application. We can at once think of two limitations. 1. The exigencies of God’s universal rule. 2. The moral condition of those whom God would forgive. I. FORGIVENESS LIMITED BY THE EXIGENCIES OF GOD’S UNIVERSAL RULE. That demands the recognition, and the adequate punishment, of all acts of wilful sin. God has ordered the relation of things in nature so that suffering certainly attends sin, and calls attention to the character of sin. In the interests of the race, that relation must be maintained;