CHAP. IX. Of the Works of Satisfaction.

IT doth moreover teach the bounty of the Divine munificence to be so great, that we are able, not only by punishment voluntarily undertaken by us for the rooting out of Sin, or imposed at the discretion of the Priest, according to the nature of the offence; but also, which is the greatest Argument of Love, by temporal Scourgings inflicted by God, and patiently endured by us, to satisfie God the Father through Christ Jesus.