The theory of moral sentiments: By Adam Smith, ...

of making, before the purity of the divine justice can be reconciled to his ma|nifold offences. The doctrines of revela|tion coincide, in every respect, with those original anticipations of nature; and, as they teach us how little we can depend upon the imperfection of our own virtue, so they show us, at the same time, that the most powerful intercession has been made, and that the most dreadful atone|ment has been paid for our manifold trans|gressions and iniquities.