assumes that it is morally unfit, that is, wrong, to pardon the impenitent; and this is expressly conceded by Socinus, who says, that “not to give pardon, in case of impenitence, is due to the rectitude and equity of God.” It follows, then, that those who believe repentance to be necessary, in order to render it morally fit for God to pardon offenders, must give up the doctrine of pardon by mere prerogative. For, according to their own showing, in order to make forgiveness an act of moral fitness,