D. But when I said he was unjust, I meant that he was so merciful, as not to punish the wicked as their sins deserve; not that he was an unjust God. T. Thou wilt not put new wine into old bottles, lest it ferment and break the bottles, and the wine be lost. Thou hast made the rent no better. If God will not give the wicked what they deserve, he is unjust, and is not faithful to his promise. Besides, how can the wicked separate themselves from the evil of a violated law? When the law is disregarded, a wrong is done; and, when a wrong is done, the evil is committed. The evil is the wrong. The wrong is what disturbs thee, and what disturbs thee is thy reward. Thy reward is the judgment of God, executed in thy mind, because thy wisdom needs improvement. D. Thou wilt not say, the wrong is the reward. T. The wrong is the evil, and the evil is what thou shouldst abandon for thy good; because what is evil to thee, thou shouldst not pursue. The law which rewards thee, is eternal, and, while wrong is cherished, the reward is thine. What is thine, thou wilt receive, for it is just. D. Thou wilt not say, the wrong is the reward. T. I will say, the wrong and the reward are inseparable. D. Then where is the necessity for a day of judgment? T. The necessity is nature’s law; but thy views are wrong. D. They are what the Scriptures teach. T. Thou hast not read the Scriptures without thy wisdom to aid thee. Thy wisdom is not the wisdom of God. D. Wherein do they differ? T. Thy wisdom is the wisdom of minds like thee; those who are like thee, are no wiser than thyself. Those who are no wiser than thyself, can not instruct thee. They agree with thee, and thou seest only what thy wisdom has unfolded to thee. And when thou hast read the Scriptures, thou hast understood as thy wisdom corrected the Bible. It is thy misfortune to read with thy education to correct the reading, and make it conform to thy errors. D. Thou wilt not say, there is no judgment. T. I say, law is eternal, and when wrong is done, a law is violated. When a law is disobeyed, the disobedience is wrong, and the wrong disturbs the doer. This disturbance of law is sure to be attended with the evil which wrong brings. That evil is the judgment of God. I know no other judgment. D. Thou knowest the Scriptures teach another judgment. T. I know not what thou affirmest. D. The Bible speaks of a judgment. T. So do I. D. The Bible says, God will judge the world. T. So do I. D. When will he judge the world? T. When the world do wrong, and when they do right. D. That is always. T. Truly. D. Then God judges all minds when they do wrong, and when they do right? T. Yea. D. How can he judge those who do right? T. As he does those who do wrong--by his eternal law. But wrong is judged as an evil, and right as a good. Hence, the mind that does wrong, is judged as wrong; and the mind that does right, is judged as right. D. How can there be, then, a day of judgment?